George Benson Subject Files
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and reference materials relating to Benson and topics of particular interest to him. Major subjects include parks and recreation, traffic and transportation, and the Westlake Mall Project, the Downtown Seattle Transit Project, the University District Transportation Program, the Waterfront Streetcar, gun control, land use, and solid waste disposal.
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and reference materials relating to Benson and topics of particular interest to him. Major subjects include parks and recreation, traffic and transportation, and the Westlake Mall Project, the Downtown Seattle Transit Project, the University District Transportation Program, the Waterfront Streetcar, gun control, land use, and solid waste disposal.
Dates
- Creation: 1972-1993
Creator
- Benson, George (George E.) (Person)
- Seattle (Wash.). City Clerk (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access note
Records are open to the public.
Biographical Note
Benson was elected to City Council in 1974 and served five terms until his retirement in 1994. During the final two years of his tenure he was Council President. He was particularly active in the reestablishment of electric trolleys in Seattle and development of the Waterfront Trolley. He chaired four committees during his incumbency, including Transportation (1974-1977, 1982-1987, and 1990-1991), Recreation and Community Services (1978-1981), Environmental Management (1988-1989), and Labor (1992-1993).
Extent
24 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement note
Arranged chronologically by meeting date.
Location of Records
SMA
Subject
- Washington Public Power Supply System (Organization)
- Benson, George (George E.) (Person)
- Seattle City Light (Organization)
- Urban Arterial Board (Organization)
- Downtown Seattle Development Association (Seattle, Wash.) (Organization)
- Seattle (Wash.). City Council. Public Safety Committee (Organization)
- Seattle Center (Seattle, Wash.) (Organization)
- Interstate 90 Citizens Advisory Committee (Organization)
- Seattle-King County Dept. of Public Health (Organization)
- Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (Organization)
- Seacrest Marina (Organization)
- Central Area Public Development Authority (Seattle, Wash.) (Organization)
- Seattle Mariners (Baseball team) (Organization)
- Seattle 2000 Commission (Organization)
- Woodland Park Zoo (Organization)
- Washington State Rail Development Commission (Organization)
- Seattle (Wash.). City Council (Organization)
- Port of Seattle (Organization)
- Seattle SuperSonics (Basketball team) (Organization)
Geographic
Topical
- AIDS
- Alaskan Way
- Arboretum - Washington Park
- Arboretum/Lakeside Bicycle Trail
- Beacon Avenue South
- Bicycles and bicycling -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Cable television
- Citizen Alternative Plan (CAP) Initiative
- City Flag Proposal
- Community Transit (Snohomish County, Wash.)
- Comprehensive Plan
- Convention Center
- Dogs -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
- Domestic Partners
- Don Armeni Park
- Downtown Construction Coordinating Program
- Downtown Land Use and Transportation Plan
- Downtown Transit Planning
- Drainage and Wastewater Utility
- Duwamish (Fireboat)
- Duwamish Waterway
- Elderly/Handicapped Transportation Study
- Elections
- Ethics
- Fauntleroy Cove
- Fireworks
- First Avenue South Bridge (Seattle, Wash.)
- Greenbelts
- Gun Control
- Henry L. Stimson Center
- Homeless
- Housing Demolition
- Housing Preservation Ordinance
- Interlaken Boulevard (Seattle, Wash.)
- Interstate 90
- KeyArena (Seattle, Wash.)
- Kingdome (Seattle, Wash.)
- Lake City Way
- Lake Union Bikeway
- Landfills
- Light Rail Transit
- Lucile Street Bridge
- METRO North Operating Base
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
- Mercer Street (Seattle, Wash.)
- Monorail System
- Multi-Corridor Alternatives Analysis
- Parks
- Pike Place Market
- Pike Plaza Redevelopment Project
- Regional Transportation Planning
- Residential Parking Zones
- Sanctuary City Initiative (Initiative 30)
- Sand Point Naval Air Station
- Seattle Center
- Seattle Center 2000 Master Plan
- Seattle Commons
- Sister cities
- Solid Waste
- Sports Field Study
- Taxicabs
- Traffic
- Transportation
- University District
- University District Transportation Program (Seattle, Wash.)
- University of Washington
- Vacating
- Volunteer Park
- Waterfront Streetcar (Seattle, Wash.)
- Waterfronts
- West Point Sewage Treatment Plant
- West Seattle Bridge (Seattle, Wash.)
- Westlake Mall
- Title
- Guide to the Subject Files 1972-1993
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Seattle Municipal Archives Repository