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New Vision for South Downtown Seattle
Seattle city planners unveiled on Thursday how they would allow for more homes and employers into some of the city's oldest and most culturally significant neighborhoods, including Pioneer Square and Chinatown. The high density growth will make these neighborhoods safer, provide access to transit and encourage builders to use environmentally friendly practices.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
By Angela Galloway
Seattle planners unveiled their strategy Thursday for squeezing more homes and employers into some of the city's oldest and most culturally significant neighborhoods, including Pioneer Square and Chinatown.
The sweeping proposal of land-use and other policy changes seeks to make room for 6,000 new housing units and enough office space to support 16,000 additional jobs by 2030 in an area bureaucrats have dubbed "South Downtown," which includes Little Saigon east of Interstate 5 and the northern tip of Sodo near Qwest Field.
