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Erin Fried


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Seattle Parks Seeks Erasure of the Black Lives Memorial Garden

Seattle Parks and Recreation recently announced its intent to erase the Black Lives Memorial Garden in Cal Anderson Park, a move as cowardly as it is offensive, echoing a history of redlining and racial discrimination that persists in American institutions today. Cal Anderson Park, named for the first openly gay

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Subscriber Drive Testimonial: Erin Fried

The Urbanist is a rare gift. Its reporting evokes a passion for civic life that goes beyond intellectual — these are the people who sit through council meetings on transit in Everett and committee meetings on affordable housing in Tacoma. In between, they are documenting life in the right-of-way via Twitter