Notices regarding parcels in North Greenwood NDP, Leschi NDP, Pike Place Project, South Park Project, and Yesler-Atlantic NIP. Acquisition notices include legal description, address, name of owner, acquisition date, occupancy status and price paid. Disposition notices include parcel numbers, address, purchaser, bid opening date, contract and closing dates, price and net income to City, and intended development use. Arranged chronologically and by project.

Records relating to Seattle's first urban renewal project.

Records documenting DCD's administration of Community Development Block Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Performance reports submitted to HUD regarding activities funded by Community Development Block Grants.

Records documenting work on Community Development Block Grant projects in Seattle.

Land use and census data maps illustrating Seattle's housing and population characteristics during the early 1960s.

Records of Frank McChesney from his work with Seattle's Community Renewal Program (CRP). McChesney was the first project director of CRP and later served as Senior Urban Renewal Planner for the City.

Applications for conditional use permits and variances, CPC committee recommendations, and Commission action. Includes correspondence and notices of hearings.

Urban Renewal Program correspondence, arranged chronologically.

Annual reports of the Department of Community Development.

Newsletters and brochures produced by DCD relating to topics such as urban renewal, block grants, and business development.

Working papers, correspondence, and subject files of Department of Community Development directors. Includes memoranda, notes, and reports relating to project and program development and City planning. Major issues covered include housing, economic development, neighborhood revitalization, urban renewal, and downtown planning.

Grant applications, financial plans, guidelines, correspondence, and reports relating to renewal projects and neighborhood improvements. Non-cash grants in aid represent non-project funds and are considered the City's share of project costs.

Correspondence, reports, minutes, and maps relating to the Unity 71 Project, an urban development project in Seattle's Central Area, 1970-1972.

Correspondence, reports, organization charts, mission statements, and proposed models regarding the dissolution of the Department of Community Development and the reorganization of its functions into the Department of Neighborhoods and the Department of Housing and Human Services.

Correspondence, publications, and promotional materials relating to the City's attempt to lure Chiyoda Chemical and Engineering Construction Company of Japan to build a plant in Seattle.

Records relating to economic development planning.

Records related to Fremont neighborhood improvement projects.

Records relating to improvements in an area of West Seattle.

Records relating to Seattle's Model Cities program.

Correspondence and memoranda of James Braman, director of Department of Community Development from 1969-1974.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, and reference materials relating to DCD's activities, project, and mission. These are the Director's personal office files and include some materials of an administrative nature. Arranged alphabetically.

Records related to Leschi neighborhood improvement projects.

Records from McIver's work as a program coordinator in the Department of Community Development.

Applications to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Records related to North Greenwood neighborhood improvement projects.

Itemized appraisals of real property including structures in the University Addition-Northlake area. Used for documenting neighborhood conditions and for property acquisitions related to the urban renewal program. Four images have been digitized and are included on the digital collections site, linked below.

Monthly Economic Report newsletter. Also includes brochures produced by the office.

Photographic prints and slides relating to the Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington.

Records of a project to make public improvements to Seattle's Pike Place Market.

Correspondence, reports, notes, and memoranda relating to the development and management of the Pioneer Square Historic District. Two-thirds of the series consists of newspaper clippings, including copies of the Pioneer Square Gazette. Of particular interest are reports and correspondence from 1952-1954 that include the initial proposals for the preservation of Pioneer Square.

Applications, correspondence, plan reviews, staff analysis, recommendations, and other materials relating to the development of housing units for the Planning Commission's Planned Unit Development Program.

Real estate appraisals of buildings and property for a variety of locations in Seattle, primarily downtown and Pioneer Square, from several appraisers. Appraisals include photographs and are helpful for learning about the historical context of buildings and property.

Records relating to relocations from urban renewal areas.

Rezone agendas, minutes, correspondence, rezoning petition reports, maps, and notes from City Planning Commission public hearings relating to rezone requests. Researchers should also refer to Record Series 1650-18. Arranged chronologically.

Working files maintained by the City Planning Commission for proposed rezones.

Records documenting the Department of Human Services' administration of Community Development Block Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Records documenting the Department of Human Services' administration of Community Development Block Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Records regarding renovation of existing buildings to create low and middle income housing in Seattle.

Records of meetings concerning Seattle's zoning code.

Planning records concerning surplus federal property in Seattle.

Records documenting community development projects in Seattle's downtown area.

Records documenting urban renewal and neighborhood development projects.

Records documenting neighborhood plans and neighborhood planning issues.

Records of a program to assist low-income Seattle residents.

Records of a neighborhood-involvement project.

Records of a program that assisted social service agencies in siting their facilities.

Project files for Seattle harborfront and neighborhood projects.

Records from the Seattle Engineering Department's central filing system.

Records of an urban renewal project in the University-Northlake area of Seattle.

Studies and reports related to zoning and planning issues.

Correspondence, reports, hearing transcripts, Commission minutes, new clippings, drawing, and other material related to the Seattle City Planning Commission.

Records of an interagency committee concerning the Kingdome.

Records related to South Park neighborhood improvement projects.

Itemized appraisals of real property including structures in the South Seattle area. Used for documenting neighborhood conditions and for acquisitions related to the urban renewal program. Includes photographs.

Records relating to redevelopment in South Seattle.

Files of Seattle's Director of Planning, John Spaeth, mainly covering the Central Business District study and Comprehensive Plan.

Proposals for the construction and renovation of townhouse units.

Records relating to U.S. Postal Service office site selection.

Records relating to the Department's concerns over University of Washington expansion.

Records related to transportation and parking issues in Seattle's University District.

Files of the director of the Department of Community Development's Housing Division.

Correspondence, memoranda, plans, reports, meeting minutes, agendas, and other material relating to the development of the Washington State Convention and Trade Center (WSCTC).

Correspondence, reports, agreements and contracts, charters, and fiscal and legal records related to the Westlake Development Authority, a public corporation created to plan and develop the Westlake Project in downtown Seattle. The WDA was chartered in December 1977 to develop a mixed-use urban center on a site that had long been considered for redevelopment as a park or public center. Mayor Charles Royer dissolved the WDA in July 1986.

Records relating to plans for an open space park in the Westlake Triangle.

Records of John P. (Jack) Willison, Director of Seattle's Urban Renewal Program, include project and administrative files for urban renewal projects.

Appraisals of property as part of the Yesler-Atlantic Neighborhood Improvement Project.