Seattle Design Commission Project Files
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, excerpts from minutes, proposals, maps, plans, photographs, memoranda, clippings, reports, and other material relating to projects of the Design Commission. Contains files for projects begun from 1968 through 1977, including the Seattle Aquarium, Woodland Park Zoo expansions, and Pike Place Market rehabilitations and improvements.
Dates
- Creation: 1968-2006
Creator
- Seattle Design Commission (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access note
Records are open to the public.
Historical Note
The Seattle Design Commission (SDC) was established in 1968 to ensure that public facilities and projects incorporate high standards of design quality. The SDC reviews public projects and makes recommendations in the areas of urban design context, public access, open space planning, integration of public art, and streetscape design. SDC review is a required element of the public design review process. The Commission is comprised of ten citizens, including artists, architects, urban planners, engineers, environmental planners, and landscape architects. Commissioners are appointed to two-year terms by the Mayor and are confirmed by City Council.
Full Extent
10.8 Cubic Feet (27 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Records detailing projects reviewed by the Design Commission.
Subject
- Seattle Design Commission (Organization)
Geographic
Topical
- Aquariums -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Benaroya Hall (Seattle, Wash.)
- City planning
- City planning -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Libraries
- Libraries -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Monorail railroads -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Pike Place Market (Seattle, Wash.)
- Skybridges
- Stadiums -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Washington State Convention and Trade Center
- Waterfronts -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Woodland Park Zoo
- Title
- Guide to the Seattle Design Commission Project Files 1968-1986
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Megan O'Shea and Julie Kerssen
- Date
- Š 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
- EAD Location
- http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv39508
Repository Details
Part of the Seattle Municipal Archives Repository