Archives West Finding Aid

Minutes and agendas documenting regular and special meetings of the Pike Place Market Historical Commission. The minutes report on issues discussed, tasks assigned, and actions taken, and include lists of board members and Office of Urban Conservation staff present. Board business primarily concerned consideration of applications for approval of architectural modifications and changes of use in the Market. Other subjects include District design guidelines, private development projects, parking, and building heights.

Correspondence, memos, reports, clippings, and other materials relating to issues affecting the District.

Index cards created in the planning process for the large-scale rehabilitation of the Market in the 1970s. Cards were created for each business in the Market to document how they were planning to operate during the construction (i.e., move to a temporary location, close temporarily and reopen after rehabilitation, etc.). Cards list business name, address, owner/manager, type of business, rent and utility payments, and other business information. The series serves as a snapshot of all the businesses operating in the Market at this point in time.

Photographic material documenting Pike Place Market during the 1970s and 1980s. Images include dynamic street scenes of the market area, market interiors including vendors and stalls, and market exteriors including construction and rehabilitation. Also includes portraits of key people such as the Director of the Pike Project office, the Director of the Merchant Association, the Market Historical Commission architect, Save the Market activists, Market vendors, Urban Renewal representatives, and the former director of the PDA.