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Peter Steinbrueck Records, 1989-2007

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Steinbrueck, Peter
Title
Peter Steinbrueck Records
Dates
1989-2007 (inclusive)
1998-2007 (bulk)
Quantity
31,402 digital files, (1.04 GB)
51.6 cubic feet
Collection Number
4684
Summary
Records from Peter Steinbrueck's tenure as a member of the Seattle City Council.
Repository
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

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.
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Biographical Note

Peter Steinbrueck served just over ten years on the Seattle City Council (1997-2007), including one term as Council President (2002-2003). He was elected at the 1997 general election to fill the remainder of the term of a vacated position and took office nearly two months early. During his tenure on City Council, Steinbrueck chaired the Housing, Human Services, Education and Civil Rights Committee (1998-2001); the Parks, Education, and Library Committee (2002-2003), and the Urban Development and Planning Committee (2004-2007).

In his ten years on the council, Steinbrueck led numerous legislative efforts advancing sustainable practices in areas of public policy, planning, and regulation, including land use and development. He was particularly active in crafting and supporting legislation regarding housing and human services; eradication of homelessness; transportation and urban mobility; parks and open space; historic preservation; water resource management; municipal waste reduction and recycling; and education.

An architect by training, Steinbrueck brought these skills to bear on issues of community design and in the development of public buildings such as Seattle City Hall, the Justice Center, Seattle Central Library and branch libraries. He was instrumental in pushing Seattle’s leadership in green building promotion which helped stimulate Washington's 2005 passage of the nation's first law requiring LEED Silver rating for public buildings.

Steinbrueck was born in 1957 and raised in Seattle. His father was noted architect Victor Steinbrueck (1911-1985) who was a prime mover in the early 1970s initiative to preserve Pike Place Market. Peter Steinbrueck received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from Bowdoin College, and a Master of Architecture from the University of Washington College of Built Environments. Prior to his election to City Council, Steinbrueck had a successful architectural practice specializing in residential design.

Steinbrueck is a long-time civic activist. He was one of the leaders of the successful Citizens Alternative Plan initiative campaign to manage growth in downtown Seattle, and he is a co-founder of 1000 Friends of Washington, a group dedicated to reducing urban sprawl and preserving the region's natural resources.

Following his tenure on City Council, Steinbrueck established the firm Steinbrueck Urban Strategies, LLC, providing strategic planning advice to public, institutional, and private sector clients interested in advancing system-wide approaches to sustainability and master planning. He is visiting lecturer at the University of Washington’s College of the Built Environment.

In 2009 Steinbrueck was named a Loeb Fellow in the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, where from 2009 to 2010 he completed an academic year of independent research focused on the environment, climate change and urban sustainability in the United States.

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Content Description

Record Group 4684 documents Peter Steinbrueck’s ten-year tenure on the Seattle City Council. The records are comprised of five series:

  • 4684-01: Electronic Correspondence
  • 4684-02: Subject Files
  • 4684-03: Housing, Human Services, Education and Civil Rights Committee Records
  • 4684-04: Parks, Education and Libraries Committee Records
  • 4684-05: Urban Development and Planning Committee Records
  • 4684-06: Moving Image Collection
  • 4684-07: Special Committee on Charter Amendments Records
Descriptions of each series can be found below.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item and date], [Title of collection], Record Series 4684-XX. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

Restrictions on Use

This material is available for use onsite in the SMA reading room.

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Administrative Information

Separated Materials

Publications were removed from the records and added to the Published Documents Collection.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

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Subject Terms

  • Adult Entertainment
  • Aged
  • Alaskan Way Viaduct (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Cedar River Habitat Conservation Plan
  • City planning--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Civic Centers
  • Civil Rights
  • Convention Center
  • Emergency housing--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Environmental issues--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Exotic Animals
  • Homelessness--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Housing--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Human services--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Land use, Urban--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Medical wastes--Incineration--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Monorails--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Multilateral Agreement on Investment
  • Municipal services--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Parks--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Rainier Vista (Housing complex)
  • World Trade Organization. Ministerial Conference
  • Zoning--Washington (State)--Seattle

Personal Names

  • Steinbrueck, Peter
  • Steinbrueck, Peter

Corporate Names

  • Seattle (Wash.). City Council
  • Seattle Monorail Project
  • Washington State Convention and Trade Center Corporation

Geographical Names

  • Seattle (Wash.)

Finding aid prepared by Scott Cline. Revised by Sarah Shipley.
2011

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