By rethinking the building code and allowing single-stair apartment buildings, the city made small-lot, mid-rise apartments ...

April 29, 2025, marks 60 years since a deadly earthquake hit western Washington. A magnitude 6.7 earthquake, centered near Des Moines, shook the ground for about 45 seconds on April 29, 1965. Three ...

More than 130 years after it was built and a fatal fight was on its doorstep, the Metropole Building in Pioneer Square ...

Up and down the West Coast, cities face high risk of earthquakes. In Seattle, there is an 85% chance of a major quake in the next 50 years. Historic brick buildings are most at risk. There is even a ...

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