This is interesting - I didn't know much about the political process that led to SLU being able to up-zone... Do you have any more background? How did adding the street-car allow for the stalled up-zone?

For non-Seattleites, this will add context (South Lake Union, circa 2005): http://www.seattle.gov/economicdevelopment/files/south_lake_... http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/nickels-outlines-fu...