Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Old school buses converted into bus stops




This guy takes sections of school buses and creates bus stops out of them. I thought Taze might like this. There is a short video of the guy fabricating one in the link below.


Thursday, November 5, 2009

Backyard cottages OK'd in Seattle

The City of Seattle recently passed an ordiance which would allow the development of detached cottages in the rear of single-family neighborhoods. The building regulations of the cottages are 22' maximum height and 800 square foot maximum floor plan. Their intent is to strengthen the neighborhoods by providing family units and affordable rental units.

Sounds like a great way to achieve higher density without consuming additional land resources. I wonder what impact this will have on the existing infrastructure (water, sewer, roads, etc)?

Full article available here: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/411769_cottages02.html?source=rss