

Seattle to Boise by Bike
Check out my day-by-day account of my September 2025 bike trip from Seattle to Boise here: https://www.cycleblaze.com/journals/crozierbike/


Layers of Time
[note: this is a short piece I produced for the Nature Writing class, taught by Jessica Gigot, that I took in summer 2025 through Hugo House in Seattle] In May I’m pedaling along the Klickitat River with Adam, my friend since the second grade. We’re in the shade of the canyon wall, but the slope on the other side of the river is still bright in the late afternoon sun: grass gold, oaks emerald, with lichened branches and trunk opalescent. The cliff to my right is a stark wall


The Role of the Mosquito Fleet in the Settlement of the Puget Sound 1890 - 1920
Ian Crozier Final Research Paper American Urban History Prof. Manish Chalana June 9, 2017 “Throughout [the Puget Sound’s] whole vast...


Precedented Growth
The current spurt of population growth in Seattle is a big one. We’re on track to grow by 130,000 people this decade rising to a...


Bike to the train
In Portland Oregon a silver spheroid carries three thousand-odd people per day from the banks of the Willamette river to Oregon Health...
Letter to Ramez Naam – Cofessions of an Urbanist
Hi Ramez Thanks for the lecture last night in AP’s class. It was definitely the most informative session on climate change I have ever...


The Remarkably Good Urban Design of UW’s New Dorms
In the past decade the University of Washington has undertaken a major building campaign to replace aging dormitories on the west side of...


Quota-zoning to share the load
In a letter to the editor of the Seattle Times from November 2015 David Sucher proposed taking literally Seattle City Councilmember...


Mountains and valleys: Geography shaping societies in Oaxaca
Travelling around Oaxaca our class had the opportunity to observe and experience the geography of the state, from the northern border to...


Monuments in Mexico City: Ideology Wrought in Stone
The ideologies held by powerful elites in Mexico City have had profound effects on Mexico’s development as a country and the lives of...