News and Updates

On Tuesday night, September 24, the public is invited to University Heights Community Center to consider potential rezones and amendments to the Land Use Code that would update design standards for new buildings in the University District and implement new programs for neighborhood amenities. These are part of the Environmental Impact Statement required to implement the U District Urban Design Framework created by members of the community and City planners throughout 2012 and 2013.

The arrival of Commodore Perry in Japan after centuries of isolation coincided with the rise of photography in the nineteenth century. Camera Nipponica: Photographs from Japan, 1880–1930, now on display at the Henry, offers an intimate look at Japan’s photographic—and cultural—history.

First of five eco-geographic forests planned for the Pacific Connections Garden, which eventually will be the largest exhibit of its kind in North America, the New Zealand Forest Exhibit opened with a fanfare on Sunday at the Washington Park Arboretum. Read more details in the Seattle Times.

A new show from UW-based public radio station KUOW features a segment on Steve Badanes, UW architecture professor who co-created the Fremont Troll in 1990 with the help of students and the local community. (For more information about the UW and local neighborhoods see UW in Your Community.)