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📍Seattle 🟠 Urbanist and 🏎️ motorsports enthusiast. 🛣️ Aurora Reimagined Coalition 🔗 got99problems.org

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Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · Jul 29

@theurbanist.org published my review of SDOT's recently released phase 1 report on the Aurora Ave project.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/07/29/o...

Op-Ed: Seattle Is Failing to Reimagine Aurora Avenue » The Urbanist

# SDOT's latest report indicates the agency is envisioning the future of Aurora Avenue N to look nearly exactly the same as it has for the last 100 years: a dangerous, high speed, six- to seven-lane h...

www.theurbanist.org

Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 10h

Seattle residents are so fed up with Bruce Harrell that they're making videos for free about how bad he has been for the city. Vote for Katie Wilson.

max k @jmkauff.bsky.social · 13h

i made a little video about recent reporting by @typewriteralley.bsky.social on mayor harrell’s involvement in lake washington boulevard’s safety saga

Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 19h

yes but only if they have ai and can tell us what they ate for breakfast

Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 1d

How can anyone see this and deny that these give a neighborhood character?

Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 1d

6th Ave NW is a gold mine of what used to be a small neighborhood hub. I suspect because the pocket park is an old streetcar/trolly transfer station. Look at this cool little former storefront that is currently illegal to build and use as a store today. I would open a coffee shop if I lived here.

Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 1d

6th Ave NW and NW 76th St.
This is one of my favorite finds so far. Someone who once lived here added a storefront to the front of this home.

Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 1d

6th Ave NW and NW 76th St.
This is one of my favorite finds so far. Someone who once lived here added a storefront to the front of this home.

Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 1d

6th Ave NW and NW 78th St.
I'm not as confident about this one. The lack of a set back on one side makes me think the first floor might have been some kind of store front at one time.

Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 1d

Also 6th Ave NW and NW 77th St.
Clearly was a storefront but no indication about what it is being used for today.

Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 1d

6th Ave NW and NW 77th St.
All these spaces in this building appear to belong to a company that tests materials for asbestos.

Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 1d

6th Ave NW and NW 80th St.
I think this used to be a small motel and is now a recording studio.
www.nelsmotel.com
Neat.

Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 1d

5th Ave NW and NW 73rd St

Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 1d

I just want the bus that literally drives past the Woodland Park Zoo to stop and let me get off at the zoo.

Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 1d

Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 3d

N 42nd St and Woodland Park Ave N.
I think this was an art gallery or studio until around 2020. Looks like just housing now.

Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 3d

N 43rd St and Woodland Park Ave N.

Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 4d

Please someone explain to me how this will help lower the cost of living in Seattle.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 4d

Downtown could have "like, a 10-foot wall" where people could talk to AI versions of historical figures. "How cool would this be if we had like, a 10 foot wall. It's interactive and it's historical. And you could talk to Martin Luther King."...

Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 4d

Some more motivation to reduce lanes on Aurora Ave.

Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 4d

Hilarious coming from a guy whose biggest donors live in Medina.

Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 4d

Let's get that interagency program director position filled.

Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 4d

a woman is crossing the street in front of a car .

ALT: a woman is crossing the street in front of a car .

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Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 5d

a man in a black shirt is making a funny face while holding a piece of meat in his hand .

ALT: a man in a black shirt is making a funny face while holding a piece of meat in his hand .

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Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 5d

The best Subaru ever made don't @me. Still being used by a family member and still going strong at over 250,000 miles.

Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 5d

Saving for later

Tony @tonychiado.com · 5d

While walking in Beacon Hill last night, I saw two former commercial buildings tucked away in a residential area converted into residences. Not something you see a ton of in Seattle, but it’s pretty common place in St. Louis.

Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 5d

The technical reason is that there is nowhere to cross Aurora safely in Fremont. We could make it safe but Seattle has not made it a priority.

Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 6d

Has Tree Action Seattle made a statement yet on the condition of the tree? Surely they will be strong advocates for traffic calming to protect Seattle's tree canopy.

Olraca @olraca.bsky.social · 6d

FINALLY. This intersection was an awful experience driving, walking, and biking through. I am overjoyed to see the change.

Seattle Department of Transportation @seattledot.bsky.social · 6d

There’s a new traffic signal at 20th Ave NW and Leary Ave NW in Ballard.🚦

Learn more about the Route 40 Transit Plus Multimodal Corridor Project: https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/projects-and-programs/programs/transit-program/transit-plus-multimodal-corridor-program/route-40---transit-plus

Two individuals crossing a street at a crosswalk in a sunny urban setting with traffic lights and modern buildings in the background.