Dept. of Community Development Cherry
Hill Urban Renewal Project Records
1642-11
Seattle Municipal Archives
PO Box 94728
600 Fourth Avenue, Floor 3
Seattle, WA, 98124-4728
206-233-7807
archives@seattle.gov
Collection materials are in
English.
0.4 cubic foot
1959-1976
Records relating to Seattle's first urban
renewal project.
Seattle (Wash.). Urban
Renewal Program.
Historical Note
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.
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and other documentation relating to
the Cherry Hill Urban Renewal Project (Project Wash R-4 NA). Also known as
Conservation Project No. 1, this was Seattle's first urban renewal project. It
covered nearly 63 acres and was bounded by E. Cherry and Yesler Streets and
17th and 23rd Avenues.
Photographs are arranged in batches according to their original
order.
Records are open to the public.
[Item and date], Cherry Hill Urban Renewal Project Records, Record
Series 1642-11 Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of
Community Development.
Seattle (Wash.)
Urban renewal--Washington
(State)--Seattle
Cherry Hill Urban Renewal Project
Records
1642-11
1959-1976
Cherry Hill Urban Renewal
Project: Correspondence
1/1
1959-1959
Cherry Hill Urban Renewal
Project: Correspondence
1/2
1960-1960
Cherry Hill Urban Renewal
Project: Correspondence
1/3
1962-1962
Cherry Hill Urban Renewal
Project: Correspondence
1/4
1962-1964
Cherry Hill Urban Renewal
Project: Correspondence
1/5
1965-1976
Cherry Hill Urban Renewal
Project: Plan and Documentation
1/6
1960-1960
Cherry Hill Urban Renewal
Project: Plan and Documentation
1/7
1960-1960
Cherry Hill Urban Renewal
Project: Plan and Documentation
1/8
1960-1960
Cherry Hill Urban Renewal
Project: Honor Award
1/9
1960-1963
Cherry Hill Urban Renewal
Project: Reports
1/10
1961-1962
Cherry Hill Urban Renewal
Project: Report
1/11
1965-1966
Cherry Hill Urban Renewal
Project: Third Party Contracts
1/12
1960-1960
Cherry Hill Urban Renewal
Project: Third Party Contracts
1/13
1961-1961
Photographs : Cherry Hill
Cleanup Campaign (Items 77423-77426)
1/14
1959-1959
Downtown
First
Hill
Solid
Waste
Yesler
Terrace