Seattle Municipal Archives
Urban Renewal Program Demonstration
Projects Records
Seattle (Wash.). Urban
Renewal Program
1642-06
1 cubic feet
1971-1976 English .
The Urban Renewal Program was authorized by ordinance in 1957, and the
first federal funds allocated for neighborhood studies were received in 1959.
The program was designed to eradicate urban "blighted areas" in the City. It
was initially administered by the Executive Department, and then transferred to
the Department of Community Development in 1969. The Urban Renewal Division was
responsible for coordinating federal funds for local projects. Conventional
urban renewal funding was designated for four neighborhoods: Yesler-Atlantic,
University-Northlake, South Seattle, and Pike Place Market. In addition,
Neighborhood Development Program funds targeted Leschi, South Park, and North
Greenwood. Despite the early identification of neighborhoods and the adoption
of urban renewal plans, most projects did not get underway until the mid- to
late 1960s.
Generally small scale projects designed to demonstrate the improvements
possible through neighborhood improvement projects. Includes correspondence,
studies, maps, and project monitoring records.
Records are open to the public.
Photographs are arranged in batches according to their original
order.
[Item and date], Demonstration Projects, Record Series 1642-06 Box
[number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Seattle (Wash.). Urban
Renewal Program
Seattle (Wash.)
Market Street (Seattle,
Wash.)
Othello Playground
(Seattle, Wash.)
Pedestrian
areas--Washington (State)--Seattle
Streets--Washington
(State)--Seattle
Leschi 6, Madrona
Theater
1972
1
1
Yesler / Atlantic Residential
Development, Blocks 36 and 44
1974
1
2
Non-Cash Grants-in-Aid, All
Projects
1972
1
3
Yesler / Atlantic Pathway
Project
1971-1974
1
4
Thirtieth NW - 32nd Northwest,
46-7
1972
1
5
Tallman and 17th Northwest,
46-9
1972
1
6
Seventeenth Northwest and Russell
Avenue Northwest, 46-11
1972
1
7
Fifty-Eighth Avenue Northwest,
46-10
1972
1
8
Twentieth Avenue Northwest,
46-4
1972
1
9
Ballard Avenue, 46-8
1972
1
10
Twenty-Fourth Avenue Northwest,
Traffic Signal, 46-15
1973
1
11
Twenty-Second Avenue Northwest,
46-5
1972
1
12
Street End, Cul-de-Sacs
(15th-65th Northwest), 46-6
1972
1
13
Twenty-Fourth Avenue Northwest
(Street Trees), 46-14
1972
1
14
Northwest 56th Street,
46-3
1972
1
15
Northwest 60th-62nd Streets,
46-1
1971-1972
1
16
Southwest Tenton Street,
107-1
1972
1
17
East Yesler Way Landscaping and
Street Trees
1973
1
18
Center Park Apartments,
Improvements
1974
1
19
Northwest 75th Street
1973
1
20
Brighton Neighborhood
1975
1
21
Othello Playground
1976
1
22
South Austin Street,
80-3
1971-1972
1
23
South Eddy Street,
80-1
1972
1
24
Fortieth Avenue S, S Eddy
Landscaping, 80-1203
1974
1
26
North Beacon-Plum Street Land
Improvement District
1973-1974
1
27
North Columbia Neighborhood,
General
1971
1
28
North Greenwood, Traffic
Diverters
1975
1
29
News Clippings
1973
1
30
North Greenwood,
Streets
1975
1
31
North Greenwood, Storm
Drains
1972
1
32
Ballard Avenue, 46-12
1972
1
33
Twenty-Sixth Avenue Northwest,
46-13
1973
1
34
Market Street Plan,
46-16
1973
1
35
Northwest Market,
46-17
1973
1
36
Northwest Market,
46-18
1973-1974
1
37
Demonstration Processes
Agreement
1972
1
38
Leschi, General
1974-1976
1
39
Leschi, General
1974-1976
1
40
Yesler / Atlantic, Block 13
Evaluation
1975
1
41
Buxton File
1975
1
42
Northlake, Maintenance
Work
1975
1
43
Design Commission
Forms
1971-1976
1
44
Housing and Urban Development
(HUD): Transmittals
1973
1
45
Community Meeting Report
Forms
1973
1
46
Proclaimer
Information
1974
1
47