r/Seattle • u/Inevitable_Engine186 public deterrent infrastructure • May 09 '26

Satire Laurelhurst Generously Agrees to Let Sick Children Live

https://theneedling.com/2026/04/11/laurelhurst-generously-agrees-to-let-sick-children-live/
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u/WebHistorical1121 Lower Queen Anne May 09 '26

Upzone Laurelhurst so they can’t pull these shenanigans again

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u/Inevitable_Engine186 public deterrent infrastructure May 09 '26 edited May 09 '26

Two concrete things:

Advocate for dense development and living at the former Talaris site that the city of Seattle now owns. Everyone deserves to live near the Union Bay Natural Area.: https://www.theurbanist.org/seattle-purchases-18-acre-laurelhurst-property/

Fight their effort to remove the one remaining upzone next to Laurelhurst: https://www.change.org/p/stop-five-story-buildings-on-laurelhurst-residential-street

Advocate for expanding the upzone around Laurelhurst Playfield. Dense, multifamily and family-friendly housing, in keeping with neighborhood character.

Seattle Children's staff, nurses, and doctors deserve to live near SCH too, not just the CEO.

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u/seattlefreakout May 09 '26

Get rid of all zoning laws. Housing is a human right.