Working papers, correspondence, and
subject files of Department of Community Development directors. Includes
memoranda, notes, and reports relating to project and program development and
City planning. Major issues covered include housing, economic development,
neighborhood revitalization, urban renewal, and downtown planning.
The Department of Community Development (DCD) was established in 1969,
assuming the responsibilities of the City Planning Commission staff and the
Urban Renewal Program, previously a division of the Executive Department.
Throughout its existence, DCD administered the City’s comprehensive planning
and provided direction and support for the City’s physical and economic
development through community planning. The Department was the City agency
responsible for coordinating public and private efforts toward physical
redevelopment and renewal in both residential and business districts. This work
was based on the social, economic, and physical needs of the target community
or district.
A very large portion of the DCD budget was realized from federal funds.
This reliance on federal grants significantly impacted DCD's operational focus
as certain types of federal funding dried up and other funding programs
emerged. The administration of the Seattle Model City Program was moved to DCD
in 1970, but funding ended in 1974. All but one of the City's Urban Renewal
projects were closed out in 1977. And at about the same time, the Community
Development Block Grant program, a federal pass-through program, was
established. Other federal funding programs included the Neighborhood
Improvement Program, Targeted Neighborhood Assistance Program, Neighborhood
Development Program, and Urban Development Action Grants.
These changes in funding impacted the DCD's priorities and also led to
several departmental reorganizations in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1972, the
Department added economic development to its responsibilities in response to an
economic decline in Seattle that had begun in the late 1960s. The focus was to
provide information to businesses that were expanding or relocating in Seattle.
At this point, DCD was managing planning and implementation of complex projects
that had interdepartmental implications, such as development of the Central
Waterfront, Freeway Park, Westlake Mall, Pike Place Market renewal, and the
huge renewal projects in the Yesler/Atlantic, Northlake, and South Seattle
neighborhoods.
In 1974, a Mayor's task force report recommended separating policy
planning from development planning and implementation. While policy work went
to the newly created Office of Policy Planning, DCD's focus turned to
development and operational planning with added renewal projects in the Denny
Regrade and International District, among others. With the addition of
Community Development Block Grant funding, as well as other federal programs,
DCD grew considerably in the late 1970s.
However, with the advent of President Ronald Reagan's administration,
federal funding for Seattle was curtailed. In 1982, DCD's budget was cut by
twenty percent and remained flat for the next three years. In 1986, following
passage of the City's Housing Levy, the Department added a new function,
administering the construction of new moderate to low income housing units. In
addition, DCD was the lead agency working with the University of Washington in
the late 1980s to promote Seattle, nationally and internationally, as a
technology center.
Mayor Norm Rice, whose first term began in 1990, reorganized the City's
housing, human services, economic development, and planning functions. DCD was
abolished in 1992. Its programs were relocated in several City agencies,
including the newly organized Department of Neighborhoods, Department of
Housing and Human Services, and Planning Department.
Content Description
The collection consists of 31.8 cubic feet of working papers,
correspondence, and subject files of Department of Community Development
directors. Included are memoranda, notes, and reports relating to planning and
project and program development. The records cover the major functional areas
of concern to the Department: housing, economic development, neighborhood
revitalization, urban renewal, and downtown planning. The files were generated
by Paul Schell, James Hornell, Darel Grothaus, Evelyn Sun, Dean Mosier, David
Moseley, and Linda Dupont-Johnson. Series are described more fully below.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access :
Records are open to the public.
Preferred Citation :
[Item and date], Department of Community Development Director's
Records, Record Series 1600-03. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle
Municipal Archives.
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
The records are arranged into ten functional categories:
Administration
Downtown Development
Economic Development
Environmental Management
Housing
Neighborhood Planning
Pike Place Market Project
Urban Conservation
Westlake Project
Zoning
Related Materials :
The records of the Department of Community Development's first director,
James D. Braman, Jr., are currently at the University of Washington. Braman was
DCD's director from 1969 to 1974.
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Administration, 1973-1991
4.0 cubic feet
The DCD director's Administration records document the
department's finance and budget matters, federal and state legislative agendas,
relations with other City departments, public relations, internal policy and
organization, and the director's role in the Mayor's advisory cabinets. A
significant body of this material relates to the administration of federal
grants, especially Community Development Block Grants and Urban Development
Action Grants. Nearly a quarter of the records concern work with the Mayor's
Office, especially in the areas of housing, human services, land use, and
physical development.
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box/Folder
1/1
Associated General
Contractors Meetings.
1983
1/2
Bhy Kracke City Gift
Program.
1977
1/3
Boards and
Commissions.
1982
1/4
Boards and Commissions.
Advisory Forum on Balanced Growth.
1988
1/5
Boards and Commissions.
Advisory Forum on Balanced Growth.
1988
1/6
Boards and Commissions.
Multipurpose Bond Issue Task Force.
1981
1/7
Boards and Commissions.
Multipurpose Bond Issue Task Force.
1981
1/8
Boards and Commissions.
Seattle Design Commission.
1976-1981
1/9
Boards and Commissions.
Seattle Design Commission.
1985
1/10
Boards and Commissions.
Seattle Design Commission.
1986-1987
1/11
Boards and Commissions.
Seattle Planning Commission.
1980
1/12
Boards and Commissions.
Seattle 2000 Commission.
1973
1/13
Budget, 1982.
1981
1/14
Budget 1983.
1982
1/15
Budget, 1985.
1984
1/16
Budget, 1986.
1985
1/17
Budget. In-depth
Review.
1986
1/18
Budget 1987.
1986
2/1
Budget 1988.
1987
2/2
Budget 1989.
1988
2/3
Budget 1990.
1989
2/4
Budget 1991.
1990
2/5
Budget 1991.
1991
2/6
Budget, 1992.
1991
2/7
Community Development Block
Grants.
1977
2/8
Community Development Block
Grants.
1977
2/9
Community Development Block
Grants.
1979-1981
2/10
Community Development Block
Grants.
1981-1982
2/11
Community Development Block
Grants.
1982
3/1
Community Development Block
Grants.
1983
3/2
Community Development Block
Grants.
1984
3/3
Community Development Block
Grants.
1985
3/4
Community Development Block
Grants.
1986
3/5
Community Development Block
Grants.
1987-1988
3/6
Community Development Block
Grants.
1991
3/7
Departmental Correspondence.
City Council Briefing Meeting.
1984
3/8
Departmental Correspondence.
Department of Construction and Land Use. Director Search.
1988
3/9
Departmental Correspondence.
Law Department Relationship.
1991
3/10
Departmental Correspondence.
Engineering Department Coordination.
Planning and development of the downtown core area was one of
the principle program areas for DCD. Most of these records relate to the
physical development of downtown, but also touch on economic development issues
and downtown neighborhood preservation. Major topics include the development of
the Denny Regrade area, renovation and revitalization of Union Station and the
Union Station corridor, preservation and development in Pioneer Square and the
International District, and planning for the central waterfront. Among the
issues addressed for most of these topics were downtown transportation, parking
policies, stadium construction, street populations, mitigation related to
transit and transportation projects, and the development of downtown
institutions such as the Seattle Art Museum and the Seattle Aquarium.
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box/Folder
11/1
Bay Link. Seattle Center to
Elliot Bay (I).
1975-1976
11/2
Bay Link Pedestrian Sky
Bridge.
1980-1982
11/3
Central Business District
Boundaries and Definitions.
The records in this category focus on projects and programs
designed to have an economic impact on the city's downtown core, but also in
certain neighborhood commercial areas. Important projects and topics include
the Neighborhood Business Development Loan Program, the disposition and
development of the Lake Union Steam Plant, trade and tourism issues, Promenade
23 in the Central Area, issues related to construction of the Washington State
Trade and Convention Center, and cooperative efforts between the City and the
University of Washington. Also documented is the City's participation in
regional economic development agencies such as the Seattle Economic Development
Commission and the Seattle King County Economic Development Council. Labor,
education, and equal opportunity issues are reflected in files related to the
Seattle Worker's Center, Seattle Minority Business Development Center, Seattle
Opportunities Industrial Center, and education and economic development.
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box/Folder
22/10
African American Heritage
Cultural Center.
1985-1988
22/11
African American Heritage
Cultural Center.
1989-1990
22/12
Bailey Gatzert
School.
1986
22/13
Ballard Chamber of
Commerce.
1984-1985
22/14
Boeing Company Headquarters
Siting.
1977
22/15
Business Incubator
Committee.
1985
22/16
Central Area. Commercial
Properties Development.
1989
22/17
Central Heights
Project.
1984-1985
22/18
Central Puget Sound Economic
Development District.
1984
22/19
Central Puget Sound Economic
Development District.
1985
22/20
Central Puget Sound Economic
District. Goals and Objectives.
The records in this sub-series have extensive crossover with the
zoning records below. Records relate to issues such as shoreline management,
alternative energy development and conservation, and residential weatherization
programs. Other topics include coastal zone management, greenbelt acquisition
and protection, and environmental protection legislation.
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box/Folder
32/6
Coastal Zone
Management.
1976-1977
32/7
Coastal Zone
Management.
1981
32/8
Comprehensive Residential
Weatherization Program.
1980
32/9
Comprehensive Residential
Weatherization Program.
1980
32/10
Comprehensive Residential
Weatherization Program.
1981
32/11
Comprehensive Residential
Weatherization Program.
1981
32/12
Comprehensive Residential
Weatherization Program.
1981
32/13
Comprehensive Residential
Weatherization Program.
1991
32/14
Energy Design
Center.
1980
32/15
Energy. General
Correspondence.
1979-1980
32/16
Energy. Neighborhood Energy
Self-Reliance.
1979-1980
32/17
Energy Resource
Center.
1980
33/1
Energy. Solar.
1979-1981
33/2
Energy. Solar Access Study
(Phase One).
1981
33/3
Energy. Solar Potential
Study.
1981
33/4
Energy. Solar Zoning
Policy.
1980
33/5
Environmental Process
Responsibilities Policy.
1976
33/6
General
Correspondence.
1976
33/7
General
Correspondence.
1977
33/8
General
Correspondence.
1979-1981
33/9
Greenbelts.
1980-1982
33/10
Greenbelts.
1984-1985
33/11
Lake Union Seaplan
Noise.
1977
33/12
Manhole Cover Design and
Artwork.
1976
33/13
Metro Secondary Treatment
System.
1986
33/14
Renton Effluent Transfer
System.
1985-1987
34/1
Seattle Environmental Review
Committee.
1978-1979
34/2
Seattle Shoreline
Coalition.
1979-1981
34/3
Shoreline Economic Analysis
and Management Referrals.
1978-1980
34/4
Shoreline Management. General
Correspondence.
1971-1973
34/5
Shoreline Management. General
Correspondence.
1974-1975
34/6
Shoreline Management. General
Correspondence.
1976
34/7
Shoreline Management. General
Correspondence.
1977
34/8
Shoreline Management. General
Correspondence.
1977
34/9
Shoreline Management. General
Correspondence.
1981
34/10
Shoreline Management. General
Correspondence.
1982
34/11
Shoreline Management. General
Correspondence.
1984
34/12
Shoreline Management. General
Correspondence.
1985
34/13
Shorelines. Kellogg Island
and Port of Seattle.
1977
34/14
Shorelines. Permit
Exclusion.
1974
34/15
Shorelines. Permit
Status.
1979-1982
34/16
Shorelines. Re-enactment of
Shoreline Master Program.
The Housing sub-series covers a wide range of issues including
low and moderate income housing, homelessness and shelters, renovation and
rehabilitation of existing housing, senior and special needs population
housing, and needs of specific geographic areas of the City. There is a
substantial amount of material covering the Centeral Area Draft Development
Plan and Area Action Plan, housing levies, the Housing Preservation Ordinance,
and housing and related social service needs in downtown Seattle. Although
alternative housing does not comprise a large portion of these records, there
are files of interest on co-housing, cooperative housing, homesteading, and
mobile homes.
Low income and senior housing records document the policy
development and implementation of programs such as Section 8 housing, Scattered
Site housing, and specific building projects such as the Morrison, Aloha, and
Oregon hotels. Rehabilitation programming is documented in records of the
Neighborhood Housing Rehabilitation Program, Rental Rehabilitation Program, and
Section 312 Program.
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box/Folder
35/1
Accessory Housing
Program.
1983-1984
35/2
AIDS Housing of
Washington.
1988-1989
35/3
Bradner Playfield and
Interstate-90 Lid.
1983-1984
35/4
Burke-Gilman
Place.
1985
35/5
Central Area.
1981
35/6
Central Area. (Including
CAPDA and CACHC).
1981
35/7
Central Area.
1986-1988
35/8
Central Area Housing
Development Project.
1980
35/9
Central Area Public
Development Authority.
1985
35/10
City Owned Property.
Development for Housing.
1989
35/11
City Owned Property.
Yesler-Atlantic Properties Development.
1990-1991
35/12
Co-Housing.
1991
35/13
Comprehensive Housing
Affordability Strategy.
1991
35/14
Cooperative
Housing.
1981
35/15
Council of
Carpenters.
1981
35/16
Delridge. J & B
Projects.
1985
35/17
Demolition.
1979-1985
35/18
Denny Regrade.
1984-1985
35/19
Denny Regrade.
1986-1988
36/1
Denny Regrade. Intrawest
Mixed Use Project.
1986-1989
36/2
Downtown Construction Housing
Mitigation.
1987-1988
36/3
Downtown Construction Housing
Mitigation.
1989
36/4
Downtown Construction Housing
Mitigation.
1989
36/5
Downtown. Cost Comparison vs.
Neighborhoods.
1984
36/6
Downtown Housing (Including
Low Income Housing).
1984
36/7
Downtown Housing.
1985
36/8
Downtown Housing Advisory
Task Force.
1984-1985
36/9
Downtown Housing Advisory
Task Force.
1985
36/10
Downtown Housing Advisory
Task Force. Low to Moderate Income Committee.
1986
36/11
Downtown Housing Advisory
Task Force. Low to Moderate Income Committee.
1987
36/12
Downtown Housing Advisory
Task Force.
1988-1989
37/1
Downtown Housing
Crisis.
1980
37/2
Downtown Housing Inventory
Report.
1989
37/3
Downtown Housing Maintenance
Ordinance.
1987-1990
37/4
Downtown Housing Needs.
Statistics and Programs.
1988
37/5
Downtown Housing Needs.
Statistics and Programs.
1989
37/6
Downtown Low Income
Housing.
1984
37/7
Downtown Low Income
Housing.
1985
37/8
Downtown Low Income Housing
Survey.
1985
37/9
Downtown Service Center. A.E.
Doyle Building.
1985
37/10
Emergency Code Repair
Program.
1986
37/11
Emergency
Shelter.
1978-1988
37/12
Employer Assisted
Housing.
1990-1991
37/13
Family Support
Project.
1991
37/14
Fire Code.
1981
37/15
Funding
Resources.
1988
37/16
General
Correspondence.
1976
37/17
General
Correspondence.
1979-1980
37/18
General
Correspondence.
1981
38/1
General
Correspondence.
1981
38/2
General
Correspondence.
1982
38/3
General
Correspondence.
1984
38/4
General
Correspondence.
1986
38/5
General
Correspondence.
1987
38/6
General
Correspondence.
1988
38/7
General
Correspondence.
1989
38/8
General
Correspondence.
1989
38/9
General
Correspondence.
1990
39/1
General
Correspondence.
1990-1991
39/2
Growth Related Housing
Fund.
1985-1987
39/3
Homelessness and Street
People. Aloha Hotel and Bus Barn.
1991
39/4
Seattle Housing
Authority.
1986
39/4
Homelessness and Street
People. Aloha Hotel and Bus Barn.
1991
39/5
Homelessness and Street
People. Broadview Emergency Shelter.
1985
39/6
Homelessness and Street
People. Directors' Committee on Homeless Coordination.
1989
39/7
Homelessness and Street
People. Homeless Families Strategies.
1987
39/8
Homelessness and Street
People. General Correspondence.
1980-1984
39/9
Homelessness and Street
People. General Correspondence.
1985
39/10
Homelessness and Street
People. General Correspondence.
1986
39/11
Homelessness and Street
People. General Correspondence.
1987
40/1
Homelessness and Street
People. General Correspondence.
1988-1989
40/2
Homelessness and Street
People. General Correspondence.
1991
40/3
Homelessness and Street
People. McKinney Transitional Housing Program.
1989
40/4
Home Sight
Program.
1991
40/5
Homesteading.
1976
40/6
Housing Assistance
Plan.
1979-1988
40/7
Housing Assistance
Plan.
1989
40/8
Housing Assistance
Plan.
1990
40/9
Housing Bonus
Program.
1985
40/10
Housing Bonus
Program.
1986
40/11
Housing Bonus
Program.
1987
40/12
Housing Bonus
Program.
1988
40/13
Housing Bonus
Program.
1989
40/14
Housing Code
Enforcement.
1986
40/15
Housing Code
Enforcement.
1987-1988
41/1
Housing. Housing Cost
Study.
1978-1979
41/2
Housing Demolition
Moratorium.
1989
41/3
Housing Development Grant
Program.
1985
41/4
Housing Discussion
Group.
1990
41/5
Housing Levy.
1980
41/6
Housing Levy.
1985
41/7
Housing Levy.
1986
41/8
Housing Levy.
1986
41/9
Housing Levy.
1986
41/10
Housing Levy.
1990
42/1
Housing Levy.
1987
42/2
Housing Levy.
1987
42/3
Housing Levy.
1987
42/4
Housing Levy.
1987
42/5
Housing Levy.
1988-1987
42/6
Housing Levy.
1989-1991
42/7
Housing Levy. Overall Housing
Development Plan.
1988
42/8
Housing Policy Resource
Group.
1985
43/1
Housing Oversight Committee
Minutes and Agenda.
1987
43/2
Housing Preservation
Ordinance.
1981
43/3
Housing Preservation
Ordinance.
1984-1985
43/4
Housing Preservation
Ordinance Replacement.
1987
43/5
Housing Preservation
Ordinance Replacement.
1988
43/6
Housing Preservation
Ordinance Replacement.
1988
43/7
Housing Preservation
Ordinance Replacement.
1988
43/8
Replacement of Housing
Preservation Ordinance. Statistical Summary.
1980-1987
43/9
Housing Work Plan. Resolution
28199.
1991
43/10
International District. Gee
How Oak Tin Association.
1987-1989
43/11
Interstate-90 Corridor
Issues.
1977
43/12
Interstate-90 Corridor
Issues.
1986
44/1
Interstate-90 Corridor
Issues.
1991
44/2
Interstate-90 Corridor. Home
Ownership Program.
1990
44/3
Josephinum Project.
Archdiocese of Seattle.
1988-1989
44/4
King County Housing and Human
Services Levy.
1990
44/5
King County Housing and Human
Services Levy.
1991
44/6
King County Housing
Partnership.
1988
44/7
King County Housing
Partnership.
1989
44/8
King County Housing
Partnership.
1990
44/9
Loss of Housing/
Mitigation.
1990
44/10
Low Income
Housing.
1979-1984
44/11
Low Income Housing
Projects.
1985
44/12
Low Income Housing Projects
(July 1986 - December 1986).
1986
45/1
Low Income
Housing.
1986
45/2
Low Income
Housing.
1987-1988
45/3
Low Income
Housing.
1989-1990
45/4
Low Income Housing. Section 8
Housing.
1976
45/5
Low Income Housing. Section 8
Housing.
1977
45/6
Low Income Housing. Section 8
Housing.
1979-1980
45/7
Low Income Housing. Section 8
Housing.
1981
45/8
Low Income Tax
Credits.
1988
45/9
Morrison Hotel. Minimum
Security Jail Proposal.
1980
45/10
Mobile Home
Parks.
1991
45/11
Mobile Homes Displacement
Issue.
1991
45/12
Mount Baker
Apartments.
1985
45/13
Mount Baker
Apartments.
1986
46/1
Mount Baker
Apartments.
1987
46/2
Mount Baker
Apartments.
1988
46/3
Mount Baker
Apartments.
1989
46/4
Multifamily Loan
Fund.
1987-1988
46/5
Public Development
Authorities. Housing Development.
DCD's neighborhood planning dealt with development issues in all
neighborhoods, but particularly in the original urban renewal area of
Yesler-Atlantic, Northlake, North Greenwood, and south Seattle. A large body of
the records relate to the I-90 Home Ownership Program. This program was created
to make is possible for surplus land to be transferred to the City of Seattle
from the Washington State Department of Transportation, who purchased the land
for the construction of the I-90 Corridor Project. The City of Seattle then
turned around and sold the land to tenants who resided in state-owned I-90
housing and allowed them to carry home loans at low interest rates.
The records also show the cooperation between the City and the
Seattle School District on neighborhood issues, including such topics as
integration, joint reuse of closed schools, and development of former school
sites. Also comprising a significant portion of the neighborhood planning
records are files on the siting of social and human services and special needs
programs and agencies in neighborhoods.
Many of the neighborhood planning records touch on economic
development issues including neighborhood/industrial issues in the
Empire/Rainier Valley area, South Lake Union Corridor, and South Park/Duwamish
development area. Neighborhood traffic and transportation is an important
thread running throughout these records.
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box/Folder
52/7
Ballard and West
Woodland.
1976-1979
52/8
Beacon Hill.
1977-1980
52/8
El Centro de la
Raza.
1978-1981
52/9
Blanchard Plaza
Parking.
1982
52/10
Brighton Community
Council.
1977
52/11
Cain and Scott Survey
Correspondence.
1982
52/12
Capital Improvement
Projects.
1981
52/13
Capitol Hill.
1976
52/14
Capitol Hill.
1977
52/15
Capitol Hill Community
Council.
1979-1980
52/16
Carkeek Estates.
1978
52/17
Cascade Neighborhood
Study.
1975-1976
52/18
Census Projects.
1980
53/1
Central Area.
1986
53/2
Central Area.
1987
53/3
Central Area.
1987
53/4
Central Area.
1988
53/5
Central Area.
1989
53/6
Central Area.
1990
53/7
Central Area Public
Development Authority.
1980-1982
53/8
Columbia City.
1976-1977
53/9
Community Crime
Prevention.
1977
53/10
Community
Profiles.
1975
53/11
Community Service
Centers.
1984
53/12
Commuter Pool and Ride
Lots.
1980
53/13
Composting
Demonstrations.
1981
53/14
Critical
Neighborhoods.
1979
53/15
Delridge Needs
Assessment.
1877-1980
54/1
Delridge Needs
Assessment.
1987-1988
54/2
Delridge Needs
Assessment.
1989-1990
54/3
Duwamish Public Access
Plan.
1984
54/4
Duwamish Public Access
Plan.
1985
54/5
Duwamish Substation, Delta
Marine, Sea Mar (II).
1988
54/6
Duwamish Waterway
Study.
1980-1987
54/7
Eastlake Residential Land Use
Plan.
1980-1981
54/9
Empire/Rainier Development
Task Force.
1979
54/10
Empire/Rainier Development
Task Force.
1980
54/11
Empire/Rainier Development
Task Force.
1980-1981
54/12
Fire Stations.
1976-1979
54/13
First Hill (including Horizon
House).
1975-1988
54/14
Freemont Public
Association.
1988
54/15
General
Correspondence.
1975-1976
54/16
General
Correspondence.
1977
55/1
General
Correspondence.
1979-1982
55/2
General
Correspondence.
1984
55/3
General
Correspondence.
1985
55/4
General
Correspondence.
1987-1988
55/5
General
Correspondence.
1990
55/6
Georgetown.
1980-1981
55/7
Georgetown.
1984-1985
55/8
Greenbelts.
1980-1982
55/9
Green Lake.
1977-1981
55/10
Greenwood.
1976-1977
55/11
Greenwood Needs
Assessment.
1987-1989
55/12
Haller Lake.
1977-1981
55/13
Interbay Issues and
Policies.
1979
55/14
Interstate-90 Corridor
Development.
1977-1982
55/15
Interstate-90 Corridor
Development.
1985-1986
55/16
Interstate-90 Corridor
Development.
1987
56/1
Interstate-90 Corridor
Development.
1988
56/2
Interstate-90 Corridor
Development.
1988
56/3
Interstate-90 Corridor
Development.
1989
56/4
Interstate-90 Corridor
Development.
1989
56/5
Interstate-90 Corridor
Development.
1989
56/6
Interstate-90 Corridor
Development.
1989
56/7
Interstate-90 Corridor
Development.
1989
56/8
Interstate-90 Corridor
Development.
1989
56/9
Interstate-90 Corridor
Development.
1989
56/10
Interstate-90 Corridor
Development.
1990
56/11
Interstate-90 Corridor
Development.
1990
57/1
I-90 Home Ownership Program
(I).
1989
57/2
I-90 Home Ownership Program
(II).
1989
57/3
I-90 Home Ownership Program
(I).
1990
57/4
I-90 Home Ownership Program
(II).
1990
57/5
I-90 Home Ownership Program
(III).
1990
57/6
Judkins Rejected.
1976-1977
57/7
Judkins Rejected.
1981-1988
57/8
Kubota Gardens.
1980-1981
57/9
Lake City.
1976-1988
57/10
Leschi Neighborhood
Improvement Project.
1979
57/11
Light and Glare Study - Phase
Two.
1980
57/12
Magnolia
Tidelands.
1978-1979
57/13
Mann/Minor/Madrona.
1977-1981
57/14
Massachusetts Street / Port /
Public Access Coast Guard.
1976
57/15
Montlake (includes Tot
Lot).
1980-1988
57/16
Mount Baker.
1976-1990
57/17
Mount Baker Central Youth
Service Bureau.
1987-1989
57/18
Municipality of Metropolitan
Seattle (Metro).
1988
57/19
Municipality of Metropolitan
Seattle (Metro). Drainage and Treatment Plant.
1984
58/1
Neighborhood Business
Districts.
1977
58/2
Neighborhood
Forums.
1987
58/3
Neighborhood Futures.
Organization of Neighborhood Planning.
1980
58/4
Neighborhood Improvement
Program.
1976
58/5
Neighborhood Improvement
Program.
1976
58/6
Neighborhood Improvement
Program.
1977
58/7
Neighborhood Improvement
Program.
1981-1982
58/8
Neighborhood Improvement
Program. Closeout.
1988-1989
58/9
Neighborhood Improvement
Program. Mann/Minor.
1976
58/10
Neighborhood Planning and
Assistance Program.
1988
58/11
Neighborhood Planning
Study.
1986
58/12
Neighborhood Program Status
Report.
1977
58/13
Neighborhood Revitalization
Projects.
1982
58/14
Neighborhood Seattle.
Forums.
1991
58/15
Neighborhood Seattle.
Memoranda.
1991
58/16
Neighborhood Seattle.
Post-Central Area Summit.
1991
59/1
Neighborhood Seattle.
Subcabinet Planning.
1991
59/2
Neighborhood Seattle.
Steering Committee.
1991
59/3
Non-Profit Emergency
Requests. El Centro de la Raza. Kiosk Project.
1991
59/4
Non-Profit Emergency
Requests. Fremont Public Association.
1991
59/5
North End.
1976-1987
59/6
North End Needs
Assessment.
1990
59/7
North Greenwood.
1975-1976
59/8
Northlake Urban Renewal
Project.
1975
59/9
Northlake Urban Renewal
Project.
1976
59/10
Northlake Urban Renewal
Project.
1977
59/11
Olympic Foundry
Landfill.
1979-1980
59/12
Parks Planning and
Maintenance.
1976-1982
59/13
Parson's Block.
1980-1982
59/14
Pier 91.
1981
59/15
Planting Strips and Street
Trees.
1976-1977
59/16
Population
Estimates.
1980
59/17
Project Coordination
Agreement, DCD/SED.
1979
59/18
Property
Disposition.
1979-1981
59/19
Queen Anne.
1977
59/20
Rainier/Genesee Business
District Plan.
1986
59/21
Rainier/Genesee Business
District Plan.
1988-1989
59/22
Ravenna/Eckstein/
Bryant.
1976-1980
59/23
Roanoke Reef.
1979
60/1
Sand Point Naval Air
Station.
1985
60/2
Seacrest Marina Breakwater
Project.
1980-1981
60/3
Seattle Freeway.
1978
60/4
Seattle Public
Schools.
1976
60/5
Seattle Public
Schools.
1979-1980
60/6
Seattle Public
Schools.
1981
60/7
Seattle Public
Schools.
1985-1986
60/8
Seattle Public
Schools.
1987
60/9
Seattle Public
Schools.
1988
60/10
Seattle Public
Schools.
1989
60/11
Seattle Public Schools.
Bailey Gatzert School Site.
1984
60/12
Seattle Public Schools.
Bailey Gatzert School Site.
1985
60/13
Seattle Public Schools.
Desegregation.
1976
60/14
Seattle Public Schools.
Fairview School Site Development Study.
1979
60/15
Seattle Public Schools.
Fairview School Site Development Study.
1980-1982
60/16
Seattle Public Schools.
Reuse/Joint Use.
1981
60/17
Seattle Public Schools.
Reuse/Joint Use. Lake City School.
1985
60/18
Seattle Public Schools.
Reuse/Joint Use. School Use Advisory Committee.
The proposed Urban Renewal and redevelopment project for the
Pike Place Market during the late 1960s and early 1970s led to a massive
citizen movement to save and preserve the Market. The DCD director's records
document the redevelopment, rehabilitation, and preservation of the Market
following the citizen initiative that saved it from redevelopment.
These records illustrate the wide range of activities involving
the City in the Market's preservation. This includes sale and purchase of
parcels within the Market neighborhood, rehabilitation and renovation of
specific buildings, relocation of tenants during the renewal process, and the
improvement of streets, sidewalks, lighting, and stairways in the public
right-of-way.
Also of interest are records related to social services sited in
the Market district, housing issues, funding for the renewal project, creation
of parks in and around the district, and discussions of operating the Market on
Sundays.
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box/Folder
66/8
City Council
Audit.
1980
66/9
Closeout.
1980
66/10
Concrete Walks.
1977
66/11
Condemnations and
Demolition.
1977
66/12
Corner Market and Sanitary
Market.
1976-1977
66/13
Fairmount Hotel.
1976
66/14
First Avenue Service
Center.
1980
66/15
General
Correspondence.
1975
66/16
General
Correspondence.
1976
66/17
General
Correspondence.
1977
66/18
General
Correspondence.
1977
66/19
General
Correspondence.
1977
66/20
General
Correspondence.
1977
66/21
General
Correspondence.
1979
67/1
General
Correspondence.
1980
67/2
General
Correspondence.
1980
67/3
General
Correspondence.
1982
67/4
General
Correspondence.
1984
67/5
General
Correspondence.
1985
67/6
General
Correspondence.
1986
67/7
General
Correspondence.
1987
67/8
General
Correspondence.
1988
67/9
General
Correspondence.
1989
67/10
General
Correspondence.
1990
67/11
General
Correspondence.
1991
67/12
Hillclimb
Corridor.
1976-1977
67/13
Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) Audit.
1976
67/14
Livingston-Baker
Project.
1975-1977
68/1
Longshoreman's Union (ILWU)
Hall Acquisition.
1976-1977
68/2
Longshoreman's Union (ILWU)
Hall Property.
1980
68/3
Low Income
Housing.
1980
68/4
Low Income Housing. Pizza
Pete Site.
1982
68/5
Main Market
Groups.
1976-1977
68/6
Market Park (Victor
Steinbrueck Park).
1984
68/7
MC - 1 Parcel.
1981
68/8
MC - 1 Parcel.
1981
68/9
Parking.
1977
68/10
Parking and Market
Garage.
1980
68/11
PC-1 Site.
1982
68/12
PC-1 Site.
1986
68/13
PC-1 Site.
1987
68/14
PC-1 Site.
1988
68/15
PC-1 Site.
1989
68/16
Pike Place Market
Preservation and Development Authority.
The Urban Conservation records document the development and
operation of the City's historic preservation program. These records relate to
the creation and regulation of historic districts including the Ballard Avenue
Landmark District, Fort Lawton, International District, and Pioneer Square.
Policy and legislation regarding historic preservation is also included.
Specific buildings or building types that are documented include Anhalt
apartments, Fire Station 3, historic downtown theaters, Home of the Good
Shepherd, the Martha Washington School site, and Smith Tower, among others.
The historic preservation and landmark designation process is
illustrated in these records, as is the creation of the Historic Seattle
Preservation and Development Authority, a public corporation established to
develop historic properties.
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box/Folder
69/13
Anhalt Apartments Book
Controversy.
1979-1982
69/14
Ballard Avenue Landmark
District.
1976-1982
69/15
Ballard Avenue Landmark
District.
1987-1990
69/16
Ballard Avenue Landmark
District. Kustina vs. City.
1977-1981
69/17
Certificates of Approval
Procedures.
1977
69/18
Downtown Walking Tour
Guidebook.
1985
69/19
Fire Station No.
3
1979
69/20
Fort Lawton Historic
District.
1975-1981
69/21
Fort Lawton Historic
District.
1984
69/22
Fort Lawton Historic
District.
1985
69/23
Fort Lawton Historic
District.
1986
70/1
Fort Lawton Historic
District.
1988
70/2
General
Correspondence.
1976
70/3
General
Correspondence.
1977
70/4
General
Correspondence.
1979
70/5
General
Correspondence.
1979
70/6
General
Correspondence.
1980
70/7
General
Correspondence.
1981
70/8
General
Correspondence.
1982
70/9
General
Correspondence.
1984
70/10
General
Correspondence.
1985
70/11
General
Correspondence.
1986
70/12
General
Correspondence.
1987-1988
70/13
General
Correspondence.
1989-1991
71/1
Georgetown Steam
Plant.
1979-1981
71/2
Greenlake School
Demolition.
1985
71/3
Historic Seattle Preservation
and Development Authority.
1977-1980
71/4
Historic Seattle Preservation
and Development Authority.
1985-1988
71/5
Historic Downtown
Theaters.
1986
71/6
Historic Downtown
Theaters.
1989
71/7
Home of the Good
Shepherd.
1978-1979
71/8
Indian Cultural
Center.
1976-1977
71/9
International
District.
1984
71/10
International
District.
1985
71/11
Landmarks Preservation
Board.
1976-1977
71/12
Landmarks Preservation
Ordinance Development.
1976-1977
71/13
Local Improvement
Districts.
1977
71/14
Martha Washington School
Site.
1979-1988
71/15
Minimum Maintenance
Provisions.
1977
71/16
National Historic
Preservation Week.
1976-1982
71/17
National Trust for Historic
Preservation.
1985
71/18
Pike Place
Market.
1976-1977
71/19
Pike Place
Market.
1982
71/20
Pioneer Square.
1977-1981
71/21
Pioneer Square.
1982
71/22
Pioneer Square.
1984
72/1
Pioneer Square. Areaways
Rehabilitation.
1977
72/2
Pioneer Square. Casey
Waterfall Garden.
1977
72/3
Pioneer Square Historic
District.
1976
72/4
Pioneer Square. Mayor's Task
Force on Social Problems in Pioneer Square.
1977
72/5
Pioneer Square. Mayor's Task
Force on Social Problems in Pioneer Square.
The records document the controversies and the development of a
downtown park and retail center around the Westlake triangle. Included are
records relating to financing development, relocating and renovating the
Monorail terminus, the closing of Pine Street, relocation of utilities,
negotiations with the Rouse Company, tenant and business relocation, and
creation of the short-lived Westlake Development Authority.
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box/Folder
72/15
Briefing.
1977
72/16
Council Members Miller and
Hill Questions and Responses.
The Zoning records deal with a wide variety of land use issues
in Seattle and the City's comprehensive planning. The records document the
planning for a project approach to zoning that broke the process into
relatively manageable categories. These included individual zoning projects
based on specific use of the land, thus focusing on major institutions, single
family land use zones, multi-family land use zones, and neighborhood commercial
areas.
In addition, these records deal with issues of annexation,
parking, moorages, adults-only theater controls, skybridges, code
interpretations, sign regulations, and street vacations. Also documented is the
Citizen's Alternative Plan, a successful citizen initiative to restrict the
height of new buildings constructed in the downtown area.
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box/Folder
75/18
Accessory Units
(Mother-in-Law Apartments).
1981-1982
75/19
Adult-Only Theater
Controls.
1976
75/20
Animal Shelters.
1977
75/21
Annexations.
1970
75/22
Artist Live-In
Studios.
1976-1977
76/1
Board of Adjustment
Decisions.
1979-1982
76/2
Bulk and Siting
Issues.
1977
76/3
Business and Commercial
Zones.
1981
76/4
CHG Lease of Air
Rights.
1979
76/5
CHG - CG Zone
Proposal.
1980
76/6
Citizens' Alternative
Plan.
1988
76/7
Citizens' Alternative
Plan.
1988
76/8
Citizens' Alternative
Plan.
1989
76/9
Citizens' Alternative Plan.
Alternatives.
1988
76/10
Code
Interpretations.
1980-1982
76/11
Code Revisions.
1980-1982
76/12
Comprehensive
Plan.
1976-1977
76/13
Comprehensive Plan. Soft
Alternatives.
1981
76/14
Condominiums.
1979
76/15
Construction Limit Line and
Equity Ordinance.
1977
76/16
Declaration of
Non-Significance. Add-a-Rental Ordinance.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Personal Names :
Dupont-Johnson, Linda
Grothaus,
Darel
Hornell,
James
Moseley,
David
Mosier,
Dean
Schell,
Paul, 1937-
Sun,
Evelyn
Corporate Names :
Seattle
(Wash.). Dept. of Community Development
Geographical Names :
Seattle
(Wash.)
Subject Terms :
City
planning--Washington (State)--Seattle
Community development--Washington
(State)--Seattle
