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Dept. of Community Development Yesler-Atlantic Parcel Appraisals, 1961-1985
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Community Development
- Title
- Dept. of Community Development Yesler-Atlantic Parcel Appraisals
- Dates
- 1961-1985 (inclusive)19611985
- Quantity
- 6.0 cubic feet, (15 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 1627-03
- Summary
- Appraisals of property as part of the Yesler-Atlantic Neighborhood Improvement Project.
- Repository
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Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle Municipal Archives
Office of the City Clerk
City of Seattle
PO Box 94728
98124-4728
Seattle, WA
Telephone: 2062337807
Fax: 2063869025
archives@seattle.gov - Access Restrictions
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Records are open to the public.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
The Department of Community Development administered the City's comprehensive plan and provided direction and support for the City's physical and economic development through community planning. DCD was established in 1969 and assumed the responsibilities of the City Planning Commission and the Urban Renewal Program. In 1972, the Office of Economic Development was created in the Department to provide information to businesses that were expanding or relocating in Seattle. DCD was the lead agency for implementing various types of grant funded projects, such as the Neighborhood Improvement Program, Targeted Neighborhood Assistance Program, and Neighborhood Development Program. DCD was abolished in 1992 and its programs were relocated in the Department of Neighborhoods, Department of Housing and Human Services, Planning Department, and other agencies. DCD records include material from the City Planning Commission, Zoning Commission, Metropolitan Arts Commission, Board of Adjustment, and Urban Renewal Program.
The City Planning Commission was created in 1924 to prepare plans and gather data for the development of the City, to advise City Council on current problems and long range planning, and to participate in administration of the City's Zoning Ordinance. An independent nine-member commission was established with adoption of a new City Charter in 1946. It was provided with authority to hire as needed to carry out its planning and advisory functions. The Planning Commission also administered the Board of Adjustment following its creation in 1957.
The city planning process was reorganized in 1980 and the Commission's planning function was transferred to the Department of Community Development. The current Commission is an advisory agency that reviews development plans and reports to the Mayor and City Council. It is composed of 15 members, all of whom must be Seattle citizens.
In 1959, a City ordinance designated the area "bounded by Yesler Way, Empire Way South, Lake Way, Rainier Avenue South, and 14th Avenue South" a "blighted area" and proposed an urban renewal project -- the 340-acre Yesler-Atlantic Neighborhood Improvement Project -- which would fund "rehabilitation, redevelopment, or a combination thereof" with federal dollars. The City was authorized to apply for $89,200 to fund plans and surveys of the area; this figure was later amended to $137,854. A $2 million capital grant was requested to demolish decaying structures and construct and install "streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds...public buildings or facilities..."; displaced families would be relocated.
In 1959, when the federal government expressed concern about the costs of funding the entire project, the area to be improved was divided into two sections (the Yesler-Atlantic "U" and the "T," so named for the shape of the areas covered). The 137-acre "T" was selected as the first to undergo development because a large non-cash grant would accrue from the construction of the New Washington Junior High School in the "T" area. Survey and planning of the area began in 1960.
In 1966, a new plan for the Yesler-Atlantic neighborhood was approved; structural inspections and an economic feasibility study were carried out, and a new project plan was created. A public hearing was scheduled for discussion of the new plan, and some property owners petitioned to have the hearing delayed on the grounds that the City Council had not made known the special procedures that applied to urban renewal hearings. Although their request was denied, the resulting litigation would delay the start of the project until 1968. In 1968, the project received HUD approval. By 1973, 42 homes had been rehabilitated, new complexes had been constructed, and a new park had been completed.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Itemized appraisals, 1961-1970, of real property, including structures. Used for documenting conditions in the neighborhood and for property acquisitions for the Yesler-Atlantic Street Neighborhood Improvement Project, which was comprised of 137 acres in the central core of the city. Also includes appraisals, 1971-1985, of disposition parcels owned by the City in the Project area. Appraisals include photographs of the property and appraisals of comparable sales in the neighborhood.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[Item and date], Yesler-Atlantic Parcel Appraisals, Record Series 1627-03. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Acquisition appraisals arranged in chronological groupings. Disposition appraisals arranged by Project parcel number.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
1627-03: Yesler-Atlantic Parcel Appraisals, 1961-1985Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
1/1 | Parcel Data T Stage Vol.
I |
1961 |
1/2 | Parcel Data T Stage Vol.
I |
1961 |
1/3 | Parcel Data T Stage Vol.
II |
1961 |
1/4 | Parcel Data T Stage Vol.
II |
1961 |
1/5 | Parcel Data T Stage Vol.
III |
1961 |
1/6 | Parcel Data T Stage Vol.
III |
1961 |
1/7 | Parcel Data T Stage Vol.
III |
1961 |
1/8 | Parcel Data T Stage Vol.
IV |
1961 |
1/9 | Parcel Data T Stage Vol.
IV |
1961 |
1/10 | Parcel Data T Stage Vol.
V |
1961 |
2/1 | Parcel Data T Stage Vol.
V |
1961 |
2/2 | Parcel Data T Stage Vol.
VI |
1961 |
2/3 | Parcel Data T Stage Vol.
VI |
1961 |
2/4 | Appraisals Vol 1 Comparable
Sales |
1968 |
2/5 | Appraisals Vol 2 |
1968 |
2/6 | Appraisals Vol 2 |
1968 |
2/7 | Appraisals Vol 3 |
1968 |
2/8 | Appraisals Vol 3 |
1968 |
3/1 | Appraisals Vol 4 |
1968 |
3/2 | Appraisals Vol 4 |
1968 |
3/3 | Appraisals Vol 4 |
1968 |
3/4 | Appraisals Vol 1 Comparable
Sales |
1969 |
3/5 | Appraisals Vol 2 |
1969 |
3/6 | Appraisals Vol 2 |
1969 |
3/7 | Appraisals Vol 2 |
1969 |
3/8 | Appraisals Vol 3 |
1969 |
4/1 | Appraisals Vol 3 |
1969 |
4/2 | Appraisals Vol 3 |
1969 |
4/3 | Appraisals Vol 4 |
1969 |
4/4 | Appraisals Vol 4 |
1969 |
4/5 | Appraisals Yesler- Atlantic
T, Vol I Comparable Sales |
1969 |
4/6 | Appraisals Yesler- Atlantic
T, Vol II |
1969 |
4/7 | Appraisals Yesler- Atlantic
T, Vol II |
1969 |
4/8 | Appraisals Yesler- Atlantic
T, Vol III |
1969 |
5/1 | Appraisals Yesler- Atlantic
T, Vol III |
1969 |
5/2 | Appraisals Yesler- Atlantic
T, Vol IV |
1969 |
5/3 | Appraisals Yesler- Atlantic
T, Vol IV |
1969 |
5/4 | Appraisals Yesler- Atlantic
T, Vol V |
1969 |
5/5 | Appraisals Yesler- Atlantic
T, Vol V |
1969 |
5/6 | Appraisals Vol 2 |
1970 |
5/7 | Appraisals Vol 2 |
1970 |
5/8 | Appraisals Vol 2 |
1970 |
6/1 | Appraisals Vol 3 |
1970 |
6/2 | Appraisals Vol 3 |
1970 |
6/3 | Appraisals Vol 3 |
1970 |
6/4 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 1 |
1975-1977 |
6/5 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 1A |
1975-1980 |
6/6 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 2 |
1976-1980 |
6/7 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 3 |
1975-1976 |
6/8 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 3 |
1977-1982 |
6/9 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 4 |
1975-1977 |
7/1 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 4 |
1980-1982 |
7/2 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 6 |
1975-1980 |
7/3 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 7 |
1976-1980 |
7/4 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 7A(5) |
1973 |
7/5 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 8 |
1975 |
7/6 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 8-7 |
1975 |
7/7 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 8A |
1975-1977 |
7/8 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 8A(7) |
1973 |
7/9 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 8A and 9 |
1984 |
7/10 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 9 |
1976 |
8/1 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 10 |
1975-1980 |
8/2 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 11 |
1975-1980 |
8/3 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 10, 11 and 12 |
1984-1985 |
8/4 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 12 |
1975 |
8/5 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 12 and 13 |
1977-1980 |
8/6 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 13 |
1971 |
8/7 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 14 |
1976-1985 |
8/8 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 14B(2) |
1973 |
8/9 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 14A(1b) |
1973 |
8/10 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 17 |
1976 |
9/1 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 22A(18) |
1973 |
9/2 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 19 |
1975-1976 |
9/3 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 20 |
1975-1976 |
9/4 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 23 |
1975-1979 |
9/5 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 23A |
1976-1979 |
9/6 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 24 |
1975-1977 |
9/7 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 24A |
1975-1977 |
9/8 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 25 |
1976 |
9/9 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 25A |
1975-1977 |
9/10 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 25A |
1980-1985 |
10/1 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 27 |
1975 |
10/2 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 28 |
1975-1977 |
10/3 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 28 |
1979-1985 |
10/4 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 29 |
1974 |
10/5 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 29A |
1975 |
10/6 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 29A |
1975-1976 |
10/7 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 29C |
1976-1979 |
10/8 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 29D |
1976 |
10/9 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 33A |
1974 |
10/10 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 33B |
1974 |
10/11 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 33A and 33B |
1974 |
11/1 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 35 |
1975-1976 |
11/2 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 35A |
1975-1976 |
11/3 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 42 |
1973 |
11/4 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 45 |
1976 |
11/5 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 46 |
1976-1985 |
11/6 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 47 |
1976-1980 |
11/7 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 48 |
1974-1976 |
11/8 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 49A |
1972-1977 |
11/9 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 49B(4-5) |
1973 |
12/1 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 49C |
1973 |
12/2 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 49A(11) |
1973 |
12/3 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 50 |
1972-1975 |
12/4 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 50A(1-a) |
1973 |
12/5 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 52 |
1975-1977 |
12/6 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 52 |
1979-1983 |
12/7 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 53 |
1975 |
12/8 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 53B |
1974 |
12/9 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 54 |
1975 |
12/10 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 55 |
1975-1977 |
12/11 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 55 |
1980-1985 |
12/12 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 56 |
1975-1977 |
13/1 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 56 |
1980-1985 |
13/2 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 59 |
1974 |
13/3 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 59 |
1977-1985 |
13/4 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 60 |
1975-1980 |
13/5 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 61 |
1975-1977 |
13/6 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 61A |
1975-1977 |
13/7 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 63A |
1976 |
13/8 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 63B |
1976 |
13/9 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 63C |
1976 |
13/10 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 64 |
1976 |
13/11 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 64A |
1976 |
14/1 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 65 |
1973-1976 |
14/2 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 66 |
1973 |
14/3 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 66 |
1975-1977 |
14/4 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 67 |
1975-1977 |
14/5 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 67A |
1975-1977 |
14/6 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 68 |
1975-1977 |
14/7 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 69 and 69A |
1976 |
14/8 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 70 |
1975-1977 |
14/9 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 71 |
1976-1985 |
15/1 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 73 |
1974-1976 |
15/2 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 74 |
1975-1980 |
15/3 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 75 |
1975-1980 |
15/4 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 76 |
1976-1980 |
15/5 | Appraisals, Disposition
Parcel No 76A |
1980 |
15/6 | Appraisals Rejected As
Insufficient In Detail, Parcels Nos 7, 14, 25A, 28 |
1985 |
15/7 | Appraisals Rejected As
Insufficient In Detail, Parcels Nos 46, 56, 59 and 71 |
1985 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Civic improvement--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Community development--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Urban renewal--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Yesler-Atlantic Neighborhood Improvement Project (Seattle, Wash.)
Corporate Names
- Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Community Development
Geographical Names
- Seattle (Wash.)