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 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.
Records of a project for public improvements to a corridor through the Pike Place Market connecting the waterfront with the Central Business District. Components of the project included stairs and terraces, walkways, a pedestrian bridge, elevators, parking and landscaping. Records are primarily those of the Project Architect, Karlis Rekavics, and Pike Project Director, Harriet Sherburne, and consist of correspondence, drawings, budgets, project schedules, proposals and related material.
Arranged chronologically.
Records are open to the public.
[Item and date], Pike Place Project Hillclimb Corridor Records , Record Series 1628-03. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
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