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> Or rezoning density downtown? You can't really get any more dense in Seattle's downtown core. There aren't any single-family houses left and everything betw
by techsupporter 10y ago
> Or rezoning density downtown?
You can't really get any more dense in Seattle's downtown core. There aren't any single-family houses left and everything between Denny and, say, Yesler is zoned much, much more dense than pretty much anywhere else in town.
I completely agree that there needs to be more dense zoning, especially around the light rail stations. (I also read somewhere that the new Roosevelt station will have less density zoned for it, because of neighborhood opposition, than already exists in areas of Seattle not getting light rail. The math seems to bear that out, at least from the zoning maps I have read.)
- maherbeg 10y agoSeattle still has a long ways to go for densification. Lower Queen Anne is not dense at all if you walk through it. There are also still a lot of surface lots in downtown and throughout the city that should ideally be buildings with parking garages instead. If we converted some of those garage spots to paid public parking (similar to the pearl apartments on 15th), we'd get the best of both worlds.