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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Urban Renewal Program

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Law Department Correspondence (Series II)

 Series
Identifier: 4401-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence to and from the City Attorney. Includes requests from City agencies for legal opinions and advice.



Dates: 1939-1977

Phyllis Lamphere Subject Files II

 Series
Identifier: 4648-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and studies relating to Lamphere's activities and interests on City Council. Prominent subjects include parks, historic preservation, utilities, West Seattle Bridges, social services, and land use planning and zoning.

Dates: 1968-1978

Pike Place Market Records

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1628-01
Scope and Contents note Correspondence, reports, property appraisals, contracts, grant and loan materials, work programs, and newspaper clippings related primarily to the redevelopment and preservation of the Pike Place Market neighborhood. Documents urban renewal activities including appraisal and property acquisition, rehabilitation and redevelopment, tenant and business relocation, and project administration. The records document the proposed redevelopment of the Market and the subsequent citizen led effort to...
Dates: 1907-1990; 1963-1987

Clarence Massart Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 4653-01
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and photographs collected by Massart while serving on City Council (1950-1967). Includes materials relating to Metro, Seattle Center, Century 21 Exposition, Pacific Science Center Foundation, and the Port of Seattle. Other subjects include transportation, city finances, housing, alcoholism, sports stadium, human rights, and urban renewal.

Dates: 1957-1968

Phyllis Lamphere Subject Files I

 Series
Identifier: 4648-01
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and studies relating to Lamphere's activities and interests on City Council. Prominent subjects include parks, historic preservation, utilities, West Seattle Bridges, social services, and land use planning and zoning. Also includes agendas, correspondence, reports, and draft legislation related to Lamphere's work as chair of the City Council's Intergovernmental Relations Committee.

Dates: 1968-1978