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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Transportation Planning

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Carht et al v. City, 1972-1972

 File — Box 13, Folder: 1

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

Records of the Office of the Mayor

 Series
Identifier: 5210-01
Scope and Contents note Records from the Seattle Mayor's Office mainly from the files of Dorm Braman and Gordon Clinton, but also including material from Floyd Miller's brief term, as well as a small amount from the beginning of Wes Uhlman's time in office. The records reflect a wide variety of issues of public interest in the 1960s. Concerns relating to discrimination, open housing, and civil rights are documented at length. Specifically, photos of the 1964 CORE-sponsored demonstration at realtor office Picture...
Dates: 1956-1970