1600-00. Department of Community Development

Correspondence and memoranda of James Braman, director of Department of Community Development from 1969-1974.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and reference materials relating to DCD's activities, project, and mission. These are the Director's personal office files and include some materials of an administrative nature. Arranged alphabetically.

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.

Newsletters and brochures produced by DCD relating to topics such as urban renewal, block grants, and business development.

Grant applications, financial plans, guidelines, correspondence, and reports relating to renewal projects and neighborhood improvements. Non-cash grants in aid represent non-project funds and are considered the City's share of project costs.

Correspondence, reports, YANIP newsletters, activity reports, and press clippings relating to the Yesler-Atlantic Neighborhood Improvement Project.

Records documenting DCD's administration of Community Development Block Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Records documenting work on Community Development Block Grant projects in Seattle.

Performance reports submitted to HUD regarding activities funded by Community Development Block Grants.

Monthly Economic Report newsletter. Also includes brochures produced by the office.

The Economic Development Administration Grant Project Records document the funding allocation and coordination of the United States Economic Development Administration grant funding program .

Correspondence, publications, and promotional materials relating to the City's attempt to lure Chiyoda Chemical and Engineering Construction Company of Japan to build a plant in Seattle.

Records relating to economic development planning.

Records relating to plans for an open space park in the Westlake Triangle.

The Land Use Planning Project was a Model Cities Program venture operated by DCD. It was designed to develop a land use plan in the East Model Neighborhood. Records include correspondence, reports, notes, and reference material of the project director.

Records relating to Seattle's Model Cities program.

Correspondence, reports, agreements and contracts, charters, and fiscal and legal records related to the Westlake Development Authority, a public corporation created to plan and develop the Westlake Project in downtown Seattle. The WDA was chartered in December 1977 to develop a mixed-use urban center on a site that had long been considered for redevelopment as a park or public center. Mayor Charles Royer dissolved the WDA in July 1986.

Material documenting the planning, property acquisiton, land disposition, and development of the Westlake Mall project.

Records documenting community development projects in Seattle's downtown area.

Correspondence, memoranda, plans, reports, meeting minutes, agendas, and other material relating to the development of the Washington State Convention and Trade Center (WSCTC).

Material documenting the planning of the South Lake Union area, including park, street, and business development.

Records of an interagency committee concerning the Kingdome.

Planning records concerning surplus federal property in Seattle.

Correspondence, reports, notes, and memoranda relating to the development and management of the Pioneer Square Historic District. Two-thirds of the series consists of newspaper clippings, including copies of the Pioneer Square Gazette. Of particular interest are reports and correspondence from 1952-1954 that include the initial proposals for the preservation of Pioneer Square.

Real estate appraisals of buildings and property for a variety of locations in Seattle, primarily downtown and Pioneer Square, from several appraisers. Appraisals include photographs and are helpful for learning about the historical context of buildings and property.

Studies and reports related to zoning and planning issues.

Files of the director of the Department of Community Development's Housing Division.

Records documenting urban renewal and neighborhood development projects.

Records from McIver's work as a program coordinator in the Department of Community Development.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and Federal loan materials relating to the rehabilitation of single and multi-family housing units, especially in the central area. These are primarily the files of program coordinator Bill Stalzer.

Working files of the property development coordinator relating primarily to property appraisals, acquisition, disposition, and demolition in urban renewal areas.

Administrative files documentning the Seattle Senior Housing Program.

Records regarding renovation of existing buildings to create low and middle income housing in Seattle.

Records of a program that assisted social service agencies in siting their facilities.

Records documenting neighborhood plans and neighborhood planning issues.

Records of a program to assist low-income Seattle residents.

Records of a neighborhood-involvement project.

Records relating to U.S. Postal Service office site selection.

Records relating to the Department's concerns over University of Washington expansion.

Records related to transportation and parking issues in Seattle's University District.

Records related to Leschi neighborhood improvement projects.

Records related to Fremont neighborhood improvement projects.

Correspondence, reports, minutes, and maps relating to the Unity 71 Project, an urban development project in Seattle's Central Area, 1970-1972.

Records related to South Park neighborhood improvement projects.

Records related to North Greenwood neighborhood improvement projects.

Applications to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Notices regarding parcels in North Greenwood NDP, Leschi NDP, Pike Place Project, South Park Project, and Yesler-Atlantic NIP. Acquisition notices include legal description, address, name of owner, acquisition date, occupancy status and price paid. Disposition notices include parcel numbers, address, purchaser, bid opening date, contract and closing dates, price and net income to City, and intended development use. Arranged chronologically and by project.

Records relating to improvements in an area of West Seattle.

Correspondence, memoranda, financial statements, grant applications, agreements and maps relating to the Neighborhood Development Program.

Records of an urban renewal project in the University-Northlake area of Seattle.

Itemized appraisals of real property including structures in the University Addition-Northlake area. Used for documenting neighborhood conditions and for property acquisitions related to the urban renewal program.

Records relating to redevelopment in South Seattle.

Itemized appraisals of real property including structures in the South Seattle area. Used for documenting neighborhood conditions and for acquisitions related to the urban renewal program. Includes photographs.

Project manager of the Yesler-Atlantic Neighborhood Improvement Project. Records include correspondence, reports, and statistics relating to acquisitions, demolition, rehabilitation, and disposition of property in the neighborhood.

Records relating to urban renewal and improvements in the Yesler-Atlantic neighborhood. Includes materials about social services, housing rehabilitation, pedestrian pathways, streets, and parks, commercial development, and religious structures.

Appraisals of property as part of the Yesler-Atlantic Neighborhood Improvement Project.

Photographic prints and slides relating to the Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington.

Records of a project to make public improvements to Seattle's Pike Place Market.

Videotaped interviews and short documentaries concerning the successful effort to establish a historic district to preserve the Pike Place Market in 1971.

Records documenting businesses in the Pike Place Market during the period when urban renewal plans were being contemplated.

A comprehensive slide collection displaying Seattle's neighborhoods, homes and businesses from the mid 20th century to the 1980s.

Records relating to revisions and amendments to Seattle's zoning code.

Surveys, maps, and photographs documenting neighborhood architecture.

Records documenting the Housing Development Program which sought to expand the City's low income housing, provide technical assistance, and direct new development in city neighborhoods

Plans and resource tools related to neighborhood planning.

Engineering reports for Pike Place Market buildings as part of a planned redevelopment project.

Annual reports of the Department of Community Development.