Is This the Ugliest Apartment Building in Seattle?

The Urbana on Northwest Market Street and 15th Avenue Northwest in Ballard

Maybe This Year

From an Erewhon in SLU to a Waymo in a Lake, We Predict the Headlines We’ll See in 2026

Take Our Sex Survey, You Sexy People!

We Want to Hear All About the Sex You're Having, the Sex You're Not Having, Your Kinks, Your Fantasies, and Whether or Not You're Horny for Nathan Fielder

20 Hours on the 1 

We went looking for the culture of Seattle’s Light Rail. We found one that’s full of earnest local regulars, oppressive silence, and a Black Parade.  

The El Rey Has Been Saved! What's Next?

Common AREA Maintenance Is Making Plans for Artist Housing and a Cultural Space

And You Know What Else???

We Have Even More to Say About Restaurants, Neighborhoods, and Ghosts

Seattle, Please Stay Open Later

I Know It’s Hard, But We Gotta Try

Hell Is a Grocery Store

The Police State Is in Aisle 10

But Wait, There's More

We Need to Talk About the Lack of Public Bathrooms, Sidewalk Etiquette, and That One Public Artist… You Know the One

We Deserve Better City Parks

Seattle Needs More Spaces That Celebrate the City, Not Run Away From It

How to Make a Hockey Team in 205 Days

The Seattle Torrent were just an idea this spring. Now they’re our home team.

Monster Couch

It Took Me Two Years to Ditch My Terrible Couch, and for What?

The Phantoms of Beacon Hill

How Seattle Lost (and Found) Comet Lodge Cemetery

The Making of Katie Wilson

Is a 747 Jet Finally Coming to the Space Between Denny Triangle Towers?

After Years of Delay, One of Seattle’s Most Over-the-Top Luxury Developments Appears to Be on the Way to Completion 

There’s a New Anti-Masturbation Fence at Denny Blaine Park

And No One Is Happy About It

Transit Hot Takes

Is the Monorail good? Are scooters bad? Stranger staffers debate Seattle’s hottest transportation topics!