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

Creation: 1911

Creator

Seattle (Wash.). Municipal Plans Commission (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access note

Records are open to the public.

Historical Note

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.