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9359-00. Municipal Plans Commission

 Record Group
Identifier: 9359-00
The Commission was created by City Charter amendment in 1910 to produce a plan for the growth and development of the City. The Commission hired engineer Virgil Bogue who designed a comprehensive plan, based on city planning in several European cities, with an elaborate civic center and system of parks and boulevards. The plan failed to receive voter approval in 1912.
Creator: Seattle (Wash.). Municipal Plans Commission

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Plan of Seattle (Bogue Plan)

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 9359-01
Scope and Contents note

Comprehensive plan for the City prepared by Virgil C. Bogue, an engineering consultant from New York. Also known as the Bogue Plan, it recommended replanning along European boulevard lines, improved transportation system, adoption of the Olmsted Brothers parks plan, relocation of the Civic Center, and development of the Port of Seattle. Approved 18-3 by the Commission, the plan was rejected by Seattle voters in 1912.

Dates: 1911

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