Design Perspectives By Clair Enlow

August 5, 2009

Design Perspectives: The train's not there yet, but Northgate has arrived

In this first season of light rail in Seattle, few neighborhoods seem to be getting on board with dense, pedestrian-friendly development, except Northgate. And the train doesn't even go there — yet.

This neighborhood, which is really several neighborhoods centered around the eponymous shopping mall near Seattle's northern boundary, is expected to be on the next leg of the expanding system.

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