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September 6, 2017

How power shapes Seattle

Mudede

Yerena

Way

Wessells

Ever wonder what a city designed with women in mind might look like?

That's one topic of a free panel discussion titled “Power and the Urban Form in Seattle” that will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Sept. 11 at MG2, 1101 Second Ave. in Seattle.

The event is part of the 2017 Seattle Design Festival and is being presented by Whitney Rearick, a former affordable housing project manager.

Rearick said urban planning decisions have historically favored those with power. From redlining and racial covenants to interstates that divide low-income communities. Who has power — and who doesn't — is reflected in the urban fabric.

The panelists are Charles Mudede of The Stranger, Thaisa Way and Anne Taufen Wessells of the University of Washington, and Anaid Yerena of the UW Tacoma.

They will talk about how urban planning can address historic patterns of discrimination and segregation. They will also address where different groups live, what kind of buildings they live in, as well as how and for whom public spaces are designed.

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