An we come upon the last day of the year, a perfect opportunity to look through The Urbanist’s media archive for a retrospective of the year in snippets. There’s the topics we covered from the legislature through the budget. But a smart eye can also catch the empty trees going to flower, then leaf, then all the foliage filling the gutters. It’s an arc to the year that creates a backdrop to the scenes, independent of the individual image needs of a story. Here are the photos and images we caught this year and thought were the best.
Our favorites: January through March
April through June
(Andrew Engelson)
(Ray Dubicki)
July through August
(Doug Trumm)
October through December
Screen caps
A reminder that we’re still experiencing a pandemic that keeps crowds down, people at home, and meetings remote. Here are some of our favorite screen grabs of the year.
Illustrations
A lot of times, we have to rely on the courtesy of architecture firms and public agencies to dole out concise illustrations of whatever it is they’re trying to sell us. The pictures are often pretty, but that’s to sell us something. We tried our hand at some illustrations this year, and here’s some of our favorite in-house and guest contributor illustrations.
The View From Nathan’s Lens
We consider it a treat to get a column from Nathan Vass. Hopefully you do also. Here’s some pictures that accompanied his articles this year.
Evening
Finally, late in November we tried to run a Photo Scavenger Hunt. Due to a few missed chances at promotion, it didn’t quite get the hook we wanted. While just a pair of entries didn’t quite warrant handing out a full prize, the submissions we received were lovely. Here, as evening is just begging to get shorter, enjoy Daniel and Oliver’s looks at Seattle in the dark.
