Scope and Contents note The Office of Urban Conservation was created in 1975 as part of the Department of Community Development (DCD). It was founded in an era of citizen protests against a proposed urban renewal program that would have demolished Pioneer Square and Pike Place Market. The office’s mandate was to coordinate Seattle’s historic preservation programs and administer the city’s landmark boards and historic districts. When DCD was abolished in 1992, the office became the Historic Preservation Program in...

Scope and Contents note Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, and press clippings relating especially to land use issues and parks and recreation. Subjects include historic preservation, open spaces, shoreline park improvements, helicopters and helistop regulations, accessory housing, multi-family zoning, quasi-judicial issues, encroachment on Parks Department property, and environmentally critical areas. Also included are utility issues such as telecommunications, water quality, the Tolt River Filtration...

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Records relating to the renovation of landmarked buildingsenovation files and records for several landmarked buildings.

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Materials documenting projects and concerns of the Office of Urban Conservation, a City of Seattle historic preservation agency.

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Monthly reports of progress on a large renovation project for Pike Place Market.

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The National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966 created the current National Register of Historic Places Program and included provisions known as Section 106 Review to ensure that listed historic properties are considered during federal project planning and execution.