Advocacy Updates Archive
ADVOCACY UPDATES
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (June 26, 2008)
- Upcoming Seattle landmark nomination and designations
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Mediation team floats ideas for 520 Bridge
- Upcoming Tacoma landmark nominations
- Federal Avenue E Open House Tour: A special event to benefit the Seattle Architectural Foundation and Historic Seattle
- Fort Lawton Reuse Plan
- Modernism in the Northwest: Mid-century Architecture Identification and Evaluation
- Three books for preservationists
- Activists Unite! Changing Guard, Grassroots Opportunities
- WSDOT Viaduct open houses in May drew 200 visitors
- Livable Seattle Movement's Two Step Plan
- Seattle Streetcar network community input opportunity
- Viaduct interest group briefings
- Member Sought For International Special Review District Board
- City of Seattle Looking at New Rules for Unreinforced Masonry Buildings
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (June 18, 2008)
- Fremont Historical Society launches website
- History Coalition Endorses “Electronic Message Preservation Act”
- $17,000 Grant Awarded to City of Tacoma for Comprehensive Survey of Tacoma's Historic Sacred Places
- Help rescue an old Fremont neighborhood house
- Crosscut Online Magazine: Seattle's Wawona Sailing into oblivion
- AKCHO needs booth volunteers at Wooden Boat Festival
- Seattle Community Council Federation Annual Workshop
- WSDOT open house regarding SR 520 and tolling implementation
- Seattle Times: Vulcan wants to relocate historic pieces of Lake Union dealerships
- My Ballard Blog: Ballard housing growth off the charts
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (June 13, 2008)
- Rare Japanese Ground Purification Ceremony for Japanese Garden Gatehouse Construction
- Upcoming Seattle landmark nominations
- Crosscut Online Magazine: Unsustainable Seattle
- Open House at Seattle horticulturist's garden
- Seattle City Councilmember Sally Clark on heritage funding
- Children's Hospital Draft DEIS available for public comment
- New Grant and Technical Assistance to Encourage Community Center Schools
- The Stranger: Invasive Species - It's Time to Deal with Seattle's Town-House Invasion
- U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities funding opportunities for museums
- National Trust's "This Place Matters" Campaign
- NW Seattle Estate Garden Tour to benefit the Dunn Gardens
- Member Sought For Seattle's International Special Review District Board
- Washington Trust for Historic Preservation to host Media Relations Workshop for Historic Preservation and Heritage Groups
- Seattle Community Council Federation Annual Workshop
- Daily Journal of Commerce Blog: It's not a landmark, but developer won't demolish it anyway
- Seattle Parks and Green Spaces Levy public testimony
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (June 6, 2008)
- Preserving Memory: The Chinatown - International District
- Federal Avenue E. Open House Tour
- Boston Globe: Everyone's a historian now
- From Bob Ferguson, King County Council
- 4Culture: Lucky 13 - Landmarks win rehab grants
- Seattle's Department of Planning and Development unveils new website design
- A Vision for Seattle's Little Saigon
- Seattle DPD Proposed Single Family Code Amendments
- Daily Journal of Commerce: Developer takes a shine to Pioneer Square
- Seattle Park Board to receive staff briefing on draft Strategic Action Plan
- New York Times: From Brewers to Baristas in Seattle
- Seattle City Council Parks and Seattle Center Committee meeting regarding Fort Lawton and Seattle Center
- Seattle's Pacific Science Center courtyards nominated as a "Marvel of Modernism"
- Seattle Architecture Foundation Family Tour
- Daily Journal of Commerce: Historic Tacoma bridge may be retrofitted instead of replaced
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (May 30, 2008)
- Two Seattle Resources to List of Statewide Endangered Historic Properties
- Daily Journal of Commerce: Great acoustics save Seattle church from demolition
- Historic Seattle landmarks workshop student seeks help with nomination
- Washington State Historical Society Awards Distinguished Achievements in State and Local History
- Upcoming Seattle landmark nominations
- Seattle Times: Vulcan may move historic auto showroom to make way for development, Mercer widening
- The Stranger: "Oomph" – Seattle design guidelines
- Open House for Seattle's Livable South Downtown land use study
- Seattle Times: City plans taller buildings in Pioneer Square, International District
- Sound Transit's Salvage Activities at Capitol Hill Station site
- Magnolia News: Fort Lawton process criticized
- Magnolia News: Magnolia fire station makeover
- Seattle City Council Parks and Seattle Center Committee Special Meeting
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (May 2 , 2008)
- Historic Seattle Celebrates Preservation Month 2008
- Upcoming Seattle landmark nominations and designations
- Beaux Arts Village Centennial Celebration
- Victor Steinbrueck Park Community Meetings
- National Trust Testifies in Support of SAT and Preserve America Authorization in House
- Granting opportunities from the Pierce County Historic Preservation Program
- Heritage members on Seattle Mayor's Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs
- Seattle Architecture Foundation Tours in May
- Seattle Builds a Budget
- Seattle Public Schools Draft Strategic Plan Findings
- Steinbrueck to speak at Wedgwood Community Council meeting
- New Members Sought for Seattle Design Commission
- Seattle Architecture Foundation Tours in May
- Preservation Magazine: What is Modernism?
- Crosscut Online Magazine: Mods versus snobs and Egan House
- Now is the time to get involved with the Viaduct
- Seattle Times: Town homes spark neighborhood debate
- Queen Anne News: Church of Christ Restoration Continues
- Ballard News-Tribune: Ballard Historical Society to hear history of local houses
- "New Pathways" Workshop presenters make PowerPoint presentations available
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (April 25 , 2008)
- Docomomo-Wewa seeks your help
- Help Update the State Preservation Plan
- Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs Civic Partners Program workshop
- Ballard Avenue Landmark District extension briefing
- Outstanding Achievements in Historic Preservation to be Honored
- West Seattle Blog: West Seattle 101: Log House Museum
- New Pioneer Square-International District Community Preservation and Development Authority
- Preserve America Grants Deadline for 2008 Round Two Applications in June
- ACHP Section 106 Training in Seattle
- $5000 Grant Awarded to Historic Tacoma
- Daily Journal of Commerce: Seward Park environmental center opening on Saturday
- Big Blog - Seattle Post Intelligencer: A true world-class city balances its past with its future. And Seattle is forgetting its past.
- Seattle Times: Live-work lofts bring a fresh face to a landmark space
- Revision to Tacoma's demolition permitting process
- North Seattle Herald-Outlook: Saving the heart of Phinney Ridge: Forum to address neighborhood, environmental concerns
- Ballard News-Tribune: Phinney residents support school purchase
- Ballard News-Tribune: Historical Society in 'big transition.'
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (April 18, 2008)
- A Second Look: Googie Architecture and the Modern Ideal
- "Museums and the Web" 2008 awards
- Crosscut Online Magazine: Save the Nukes!
- AIC Stresses Emergency Preparedness on May Day
- New "creative mitigation" suggestions from AASHTO
- MOHAI's Nearby History Reunion
- Crosscut Online Magazine: Seattle Process demystified: an introduction to neighborhood planning
- Seattle Times: Bus driver in Arboretum crash says he was using GPS, did not see bridge-height warning
- Rainier Valley Historical Society's 117th Annual Meeting
- Daily Journal of Commerce: INS Building fetches $4.4M in latest bidding
- Daily Journal of Commerce: For Sale: One rusty bridge, cheap!
- Magnolia News: Upzoning Interbay
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (April 12, 2008)
- Workshop: Protecting Historic Sites
- Upcoming Seattle Landmark Nominations
- A Citizen's Guide to the 2009-2010 City of Seattle Budget
- Seattle Times: Vulcan welds old with new in South Lake Union makeover
- Seattle Times: At the Chapel, a marriage of space and sound
- City of Seattle Design Commission seeks new members
- Seattle Times: Brambles cleared to reveal historic cemetery
- Lecture - Seattle Architecture and Urbanism: 1880-Present
- Historic Seattle Celebrates Preservation Month: May 2008
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (April 4 , 2008)
- King County Landmark Nomination
- Seattle Church of Christ Historic Building Rehab Auction
- MOHAI's Introduction to Videography
- City of Seattle Customer Service
- Historic Tacoma's Go Green Old House Lecture Series
- Seattle's landmark Georgetown Rainier Brewery plans
- Lodging Tax Legislative Update
- Seattle Times: Centennial celebration to mark 1909 world's fair
- Preservation Lobby Day 2008
- Preservationists Defend Seattle Landmarks Process
- 4culture: 2008 Heritage Special Projects
- Salvage from Northcliffe Apartments demolition
- SLOG—The Stranger: Another Earthwork Worth Testifying For
- Seattle Times: A new future for historic Washington Hall?
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Stadium Lofts may start residential move near Safeco, Qwest
- Capitol Hill Times: East Howell Street park plans coming into focus
- West Seattle Blog: Saving Fauntleroy Schoolhouse: 3 months to make a plan
- City and County Decision Makers to meet regarding Viaduct
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (Marchy 28, 2008)
- Historic Seattle's Learning From Historic Sites and Members Meeting
- Upcoming Seattle landmark nominations and designations
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Sorrento Hotel, domicile of rich and famous, up for landmark status
- Capitol Hill Times: Landmark status for 1200 East Pike Street?
- Support for Friends of Maritime Heritage
- Crosscut Online Magazine: Seattle's historic contradictions
- Daily Journal of Commerce: More help for owners of historic buildings?
- Newsweek Magazine: Is Googie Good?
- AYPE Centennial: A Golden Opportunity
- Herschensohn to head Seattle's Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) Centennial
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Historic home to become offices
- Names of each floor of new Chinook Building honor the legacy of King County
- Washington Trust Announces a Call for Nominations to the 2008 Most Endangered Historic Properties List
- 4culture Heritage Funding Applications Available
- Skykomish Collection Available On-Line
- UW Pamphlet and Textual Ephemera Collection
- Pacific Northwest Quarterly online
- Notice of City Council Public Hearing on Potential 2008 Amendments to the City Of Seattle’s Comprehensive Plan
- New Pathways - Historic Preservation and Sustainability Conference
- Results of Study on the Internet's Impact on Museums and Libraries
- Call for Papers: Annual Regional Conference, Society of Architectural Historians
- Manning's/Denny's lawsuit filed
- Crosscut Online Magazine: Benaroya files suit over the landmark Denny's
- Heritage Funding in State Legislature
- The Stranger: The House on Queen Anne Avenue
- Crosscut Online Magazine: UW will be spreading into the U District in a new way
- Sorrento Hotel centennial celebration
- Seattle Parks and Recreation Strategic Action Plan
- Grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access
- Seattle's Get Engaged Program
- Funding available for Seattle heritage, arts, and cultural organizations
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (February 22 , 2008)
- Crosscut Online Magazine: Googie or Not, It's A Landmark
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer Reader Blog: The Ballard "Upset"- Manning's/Denny's
- Seattle Times: Former Denny's owner to appeal landmark status
- Author Lecture and Book Signing: Seattle Architecture: A Walking Guide to Downtown
- Panel Discussion: Changing Face of Seattle's Neighborhoods
- Neighborhood Planning Forum
- Award Nominations Sought for Preservation Strategies to Enhance Economic Development
- Where's the oldest house in the Greenwood-Phinney neighborhood?
- City Council review of Seattle Center Master Plan
- Tacoma Landmark Nomination
- WSDOT 2008 budget includes Aurora Bridge suicide barrier
- Daily Journal of Commerce: Friday Harbor named 'distinctive destination'
- Daily Journal of Commerce: AIA offers a tour of Colman School
- Seattle Times: Historic Joshua Green building to become modern real-estate player
- The Stranger: Southern Strategy: Columbia City Grows Up
- Capitol Hill Times: Change is under way at Odd Fellows
- North Seattle Herald-Outlook: Building a safer bridge -- Aurora Bridge's suicide prevention barrier taking shape
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (February 15 , 2008)
- Historic Seattle Welcomes New Executive Director
- Seattle Channel City Inside/Out program on local historic preservation
- Upcoming nominations and designations at Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board
- 4culture Launches Cultural Conservation Program
- HB 1386 Money Should Not Supplant Other Dollars
- Seattle Times: New Angle on Seattle's Skyline
- Maritime Historic Vessel bill introduced
- Seattle Weekly: How the Tallest, Most Expensive New Downtown Condo Is Keeping Everyone Else at Ankle-Height
- Meet Us at the Pay Streak: Capitalizing on Community Anniversaries
- City of Tacoma Urban Design Review Program
- Crosscut Online Magazine: Genuflecting to the high rises
- Capitol Furnishings/Founders Day Celebration reception and silent auction
- Funding for SR 520 bridge replacement in Olympia
- Daily Journal of Commerce: Vulcan keeps contractors busy with major projects
- Seattle Times: Another downtown Seattle church explores redevelopment
- Seattle Times: 1905 building may house Snohomish county's history museum
- Ballard News-Tribune: People are fed up over condo conversions
- Ballard News-Tribune: Nordic Museum architects selected
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (February 8 , 2008)
- Historic Seattle "Open to View" Home Tour
- Lake Union Trail Naming Contest
- International Special Review District Board Briefing on Community Vision
- Seattle Times: Changes planned next door to Olympic Sculpture Park
- King County Councilmember Larry Phillips regarding Courthouse restoration
- Presidential Executive Order regarding earmarks adversely impact preservation
- Housing Permit Activity Slows
- Crosscut online magazine: Googie Versus Goliath
- Join WSDOT to learn about new planning solutions for the viaduct’s central waterfront
- SR 99 Aurora Bridge Suicide Prevention Fence
- Swedish Cultural Center Tour and Happy Hour
- Murray Morgan Bridge Lecture in Tacoma
- Lodging Tax percentage for preservation in State Legislature
- Tacoma Landmarks Preservation Commission to consider ordinance updates
- Central District Neighborhood meeting
- Joint WA Trust and PAW conference in Chelan
- Daily Journal of Commerce: Enviro Review May Hit Fewer Projects In City
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Pike Place Market improvements debated
- Magnolia News: Chapel in Discovery Park damaged by rabbits
- Ballard News-Tribune: Lock Vista purchase fails
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (February 1, 2008)
- Upcoming nominations and designations at Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board
- Professional Arborist Michael Oxman on Seattle Tree Preservation
- Seattle Times: Veto by Sims closes window pilot project
- South Lake Union Community Council Urban Form Alternatives Open House
- The 2008 Action Plan for Seattle
- Madrona News: Land Use and Construction: Read the Signs and Be Part of the Process
- Preservation Online: A Historic Denny's in Seattle?
- Daily Journal of Commerce: A landmark Denny's? Owner doesn't see it
- 2008 National Preservation Awards
- Landscape legends
- The Changing Face of Downtown
- Pioneer Square Preservation Board openings
- The Stranger: War and Piece - Neighbors Up in Arms over "Piecemealing"
- Daily Journal of Commerce: $80M upgrades for Pike Place Market
- The Olympian: Huge, historic Tumwater tree gets checkup, trim
- Capitol Hill Times: Reform the Capitol Hill Community Council?
- North Seattle Herald-Outlook: New project on former Fremont QFC site to be reviewed
- Queen Anne News: Developer reveals possible plans for Met in Queen Anne
- Ballard News-Tribune: Petitions circulated to halt loss of Sunset Bowl
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (January 25 , 2008)
- Historic Seattle Members and Guests Meeting
- Crosscut Online Magazine: Lift a glass: A Seattle landmark bites the dust
- King County Landmarks Commission and Shoreline Landmarks Commission meetings
- Ballard News-Tribune: Denny's wants to reopen in Ballard
- City Of Seattle's 2008 Citizens Budget Conference
- Heritage Capital Projects Fund 2009-2011 Application Workshops
- 2008 Valerie Sivinski Washington Preserves Fund Grant Program
- Join WSDOT to Discuss Central Waterfront Planning
- Crosscut Online magazine: An unjustified delay in restoring the King County Courthouse
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: The end of the line for Andy's Diner in Seattle - Landmark rail-car restaurant finds going too tough
- Ballard News-Tribune: Work to start on Silver Cloud in Ballard
- West Seattle Herald: West Seattle Park Designs Shown: West Seattle Park Designs Shown
- Highline Times: Highline Japanese garden featured in film
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (January 18, 2008)
- Historic Seattle announces its 2008 events
- Change of date for Manning's at LPB
- State Legislature action on preservation issues
- FEIS available for former First United Methodist Church proposed development
- Community Meeting - Help Save the Ballard Manning's/Denny's
- Get involved in Tacoma's heritage - Volunteers needed for commission
- Mega-Moves requests for filming opportunities
- Highly Significant Historic Engineering Landmark Proposed For Demolition
- Author Lecture & Book Signing - Seattle Architecture: A Walking Guide to Downtown
- Daily Journal of Commerce: Cornish buys site for new facilities
- Ballard News-Tribune: First task: build new Nordic Heritage Museum
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Readers rate the best and ugliest Seattle buildings
- Demolition of Georgetown landmark update
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (January 14, 2008)
- Seattle Times Editorial: Not gaga over googie
- Crosscut Online Magazine: Googie fight on the airwaves
- DoCoMoMo-WeWa website: Manning's/Denny's in Ballard
- Seattle Times letters to the editor: "The landmarks process is very selective, and rightfully so."
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Sunset Bowl sold, to close in mid-April
- Rainier Brewery Stock House Demolition Update
- News Release: Emergency Demo Approved for Hazardous Structure in Georgetown
- Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board January 16 agenda
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
- Crosscut Online Magazine: Tukwila: cradle of Puget Sound civilization
- Seattle Times: Lionel Pries: Rebuilding a legacy
- Preservation Magazine: Ten tips to green your historic home
- Former First United Methodist Church building update
- Seattle City Councilmembers' Inauguration
- Get Involved in Taxing and Spending Decisions at Seattle Citizens Budget Conference
- Nominations sought for 2008 "Leadership in History" awards
- Pacific Northwest National Maritime Heritage Area Bill in State Senate
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Martin Luther King Elementary nears its end
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Environmentalists push $1 million program to save urban trees
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Historic gate provides another link to Chinatown's roots
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Old INS building goes on sale Feb. 7 - Minimum online bids will start at $2 million
- Seattle Times: Smith Tower condos: Only the top 12 floors
- Public Outreach on Aurora Bridge Barrier Begins
- Seattle Times: Pacific Northwest Magazine: Pacific Northwest Magazine: Restore vs. Raze by Lawrence Kreisman
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Colman School activists to get their museum - $22.6 million village also offers affordable housing
- Post Pro-Parks: What is Seattle's Next Round of Green Infrastructure Investments?
- History Channel's Save Our History Grant Initiative
- North Seattle Herald-Outlook: University Baptist Church up for sale
- West Seattle Herald: Viaduct Advisory Committee make-up is questioned
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (December 28, 2007)
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: On Architecture: AIA slams Seattle, but we pretty much deserve it
- Seattle Times: Best of Times: Michael Herschensohn
- Historic Tacoma Priorities for 2008
- Upcoming Seattle landmark nominations and designation
- Ballard News-Tribune: Ballard condo design criticized
- Daily Journal of Commerce: Amazon moving to South Lake Union
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: New, old look for courthouse
- Seattle Times: Snohomish Museum collection may find a home
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (December 21, 2007)
- 4Culture + Heritage Advisor Seeks Candidates for Editor Position
- Lecture: The Universe of Immigration Records, 1882-1954 Updated Jones Photo Historical Collection Website now available
- Crosscut Online Magazine: The passion of Peter Steinbrueck
- New York Times: Seeking $30 Million to Renovate, Church Finds Help in Neighbors
- National Trust President Speech
- South Lake Union Urban Form Study Meeting
- 2007 National Preservation Endowment Report
- Online AASLH course on Historical Organization Board Development
- Daily Journal of Commerce: County OKs more funds for rehab of courthouse
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Suicide-prevention fence planned for Aurora Bridge
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Old INS building to be sold eBay-style
- Seattle Times: Editorial: Never say goodbye, University Baptist
- Seattle Times: New archway to distinguish Chinese International District
- The Stranger: Industrial Strength - Divided Council Votes to Protect Manufacturing Jobs
- Capitol Hill Times: Time is running out for former church
- Queen Anne News: New study on Fire Station 20 replacement
- North Seattle Herald-Outlook: Neglected Fremont property gets new ownership
- Ballard News-Tribune: Crown Hill residents seek to buy building
- West Seattle Herald: Developers will get a break if they provide "affordable housing"
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (December 14, 2007)
- MOHAI's Nearby History class presentations
- King County Courthouse Window Project Phase II: Aluminum Siding Removal
- Seattle Times: South Lake Union growth goes full throttle
- State Parks meeting regarding Saint Edward Seminary
- Upcoming Seattle landmark nominations
- Crosscut online magazine: Landmark hearing scheduled for Ballard diner
- Agreement Paves Way for Viaduct Solution
- National Archives Announces Successful Test of Electronic Archives System
- Call for Nominations for 2008 National Preservation Awards
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Pike Place Market seeks $80 million for 'basic needs'
- University Baptist Church building to be sold
- Seattle Times: Columbia City--Revitalized, on the fast track
- North Seattle Herald-Outlook: Neighbors call for action in Wedgwood
- Ballard News-Tribune: Ballard Apartments, grocery may open in 2009
- West Seattle Herald: Ercolini family garden becomes new city park
- Highline Times: Tukwila turning 100
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (December 7, 2007)
- Historic Seattle Restores 1907 House
- King County Adopts Budget; HB1386 Revenue Future Unclear
- Saint Edward State Park public meeting
- Pike Place Market renovation funding
- Seattle times: Home Forum Extra
- Associated Press: China: Tourists Riot Over Shopping Trip
- Legal settlement regarding challenge to Stadium Lofts
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Dearborn House: A piece of 'old Seattle' brought back in style
- New York Times Book Review - Hotel: An American History.
- 4Culture's Heritage Special Projects Funding Awarded to 22 Recipients
- Shop Museum Stores For Gifts
- AKCHO Seeking Awards Nominations
- Bowling Pin Neon Sign Heading North
- Walking Tour of Interlaken Park
- Historic Tacoma and WA Trust Partnership
- AIA discontinues electronic classroom
- DAHP Survey
- Ownership transfer of Victorian Row.
- April 2008 Conference Planned on Sustainability, Building Codes and Preservation
- Washington State Historical Society Award Nominations
- Upcoming Tacoma landmark nominations
- Daily Journal of Commerce: An urban village emerges on Seattle's First Hill
- Northcliffe Apartment Building demolition progress on First Hill
- Daily Journal of Commerce: Alaska Building sold
- Queen Anne News: Queen Anne design guidelines ready for community council
- Queen Anne News: Fun Forest on the way out
- West Seattle Herald: Developer asks rezone on California
- Acquisition and Restoration of WA Hall
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (November 30, 2007)
- Seattle City Councilmember Peter Steinbrueck Farewell Party
- South Downtown DEIS Public Comment Meeting
- Upcoming Seattle Landmark Nominations
- MOHAI Holiday Tea and Vintage Fashion Show
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Leilani Lanes' giant bowling pin needs a new home
- For Sale: Pieces of the Entry Façade of the Historic Olympic Block Building
- Friends of Discovery Park message
- Development at MLK and Union under study
- Washington State Historical Society Award Nominations
- Adaptive Reuse of Coleman School: Northwest African American Museum
- Woodinville Weekly: Platt Farm of Duvall named a King County historical landmark
- Holiday gifts: Preservation Books
- Preserve America Grants
- Nominations for Most Endangered Historic Place
- Members Sought for Seattle's Design Review Boards
- Daily Journal of Commerce: Taller buildings may be allowed on some sites in downtown
- Puget Sound Business Journal: Steinbrueck goes out fighting
- Beacon Hill News: Legendary home of Rainier Beer faces big changes
- North Seattle Herald-Outlook: Broadview library branch to start next chapter
- 1910 Craftsman home for sale in West Seattle
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (November 21, 2007)
- Preservation Party at Dearborn House
- Mount Baker Home Tour & Home Renovation Fair
- Seattle Weekly: Another Protected Downtown Landmark, Another Development Squabble
- Seattle Times: No city plans for INS building
- Aurora Avenue online survey
- Vernacular Architecture Forum Launches New Award for Advocacy
- Ballard Historical Society Fall Lecture
- Ceremony Marks 100th Anniversary of Dedication of Pike Place Market
- Queen Anne Historical Society meeting
- Seattle Times: Market plan maps out 21st-century upgrades to Seattle landmark
- North Seattle Herald-Outlook: Magnuson Park buildings face funding controversy
- North Seattle Herald-Outlook: Neighbors not happy with Children's Hospital's revised plan
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (November 13 , 2007)
- Proposed funding for Seattle's Landmark TDR Bank
- Blueprint for Neighborhood Preservation Success
- Everett Herald: Barn lost in WWII internment proposed for historic registry
- 2007 General election returns
- PBS History Detectives story ideas
- Help save the Morris Marks House in Portland
- Heritage Barn Register and Workshop
- Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board Agenda November 14
- Aurora Avenue Task Force
- Parks Schedule for 30-Plus Public Meetings and Community Survey to Gather Input for a Strategic Business Plan
- Proposed landmark designations in Tacoma
- Spokane Spokesman Review: Spokane's Fox Theater: A legend is saved
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Steve Garrett is restoring the Admiral Theatre
- Seattle Times: Lake Wilderness Lodge falls prey to vandals - twice
- Seattle Times: Land swap gets Snoqualmie history center on track
- Capitol Hill Times: What's next for the Odd Fellows Hall?
- West Seattle Herald: Log House Museum is 10
- Immigration Building, 815 Airport Way South
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (November 5, 2007)
- Upcoming Seattle landmark designation and nominations
- Daily Journal of Commerce: Foxall named to preservation board
- West Seattle Herald: Letter to Editor: Supporting historic preservation
- Seattle Times: Treasured dance hall sold; some anxious about next step
- Draft EIS published for Livable South Downtown Planning Study
- Daily Journal of Commerce: Exhibits powered up at Hanford reactor
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Zoo garage plan shot down
- Northcliffe demolition
- Seattle Times: Collins Building awaits preservation - or demolition
- Beacon Hill Meeting- The Future of our Urban Village
- Meeting of Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State
- Architecture Models Exhibit
- Author event at Third Place Books
- Magnolia News: Convictions overturned for black Fort Lawton soldiers
- BeNeighbor Website
- Free Historic Preservation Lectures in Tacoma and Seattle
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (October 29, 2007)
- Landmark Nomination of Fitch-Nutt House in Fremont
- Association of King County Heritage Organization Idea Explosion
- Ballard News-Tribune: More Seattle zoning changes proposed
- Growth Management Services' Washington Administrative Code Update Listening Sessions
- Publication Debut: Seattle Architecture: A Walking Guide To Downtown
- Want to Serve on the Seattle Design Review Board?
- Daily Journal of Commerce: City is still trying to fix Freeway Park
- Upcoming Nominations at Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board
- AIA Seattle 2007 Honor Awards
- Daily Journal of Commerce: Intracorp pays $53M for 4 Pioneer Square buildings
- Nearby History at MOHAI
- Holiday gift book suggestion
- New North King County Heritage Map
- King County Budget Proposes Multiple Uses for Revenue Generated by HB 1386
- Continued Funding for Barn Preservation Program Sought
- Two Funding Opportunity Deadlines at 4Culture
- Washington historic properties for sale
- Daily Journal of Commerce: Historic homes get rehab in Newhalem
- Associated Press: Historic Tacoma bridge closed
- Magnolia News: Discovery Park's 35th Birthday
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (October 19, 2007)
- Historic Seattle presents Historic Preservation and the Imagined West
- Absentee ballots
- Virginia Mason Medical Center demolition of Northcliffe Apartment Building
- Preservation Alert from Historic Tacoma
- Tacoma News Tribune: Hammer begins to fall on leaning tower of Tacoma
- Historic Barns in nationwide census
- Northwest Digital Archives available free to researchers
- Seattle Times: 1.5 million square feet, one big mystery tenant
- Seattle Condo Blog: Midtown Seattle Developments
- King County Archives Open House
- Moore Theater Centennial Open House
- Tacoma history lecture
- Seattle Times: Recital introduces historic organ to Seattle church
- Capitol Hill Times: Friends group maintains GAR park's dignity
- West Seattle Herald: Me-Kwa-Mooks Park history revealed
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (October 12, 2007)
- Mount Baker Neighborhood 2007 Home Tour
- Daily Journal of Commerce: Washington State Main Street Program
- Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture
- Seattle Times: Former Edmonds auto-dealer building readied for its next rebirth
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Vulcan reveals plan for six more buildings
- Holiday Gift Book Suggestions
- Ballard News-Tribune: Denny's is history here
- Washington History Websites
- Pacific Northwest Architecture Blog
- Seattle Sacred Sites Forum
- Ballard News Tribune: Lock Vista is 'crisis'
- Viaduct closure and construction kickoff
- Ballard News-Tribune: Phinney Ridge bucks condo trend
- Effort underway to restore James Washington Artwork in Central Area
- How to Select and Work with an Architect
- Freeways, Parks and Neighborhoods
- Log House Museum Tenth Anniversary Gala and Benefit Dinner
- Information we neglected to share at Good Shepherd Center
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (October 5 , 2007)
- Historic Seattle's Learning from Historic Sites and Fall Members Meeting
- Crosscut Online: Amazon plans a headquarters move to South Lake Union
- Candidate Forum
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Old Ballard's new hero digs in as retail project envelops her home
- Daily Journal of Commerce: Bellingham hotel gets rehab for lower-income housing
- South Lake Union Neighborhood Plan Priorities Completed
- Mayor Seeks Candidates for Seattle Center Advisory Commission
- American Planning Association Selects Pike Place Market as One of 10 Great Neighborhoods in America
- Madison Park Times: House moving saves home from demolition
- Washington State Archeology Month Program
- Honor the Trees You Love with Seattle's Heritage Tree Program
- Ballard News-Tribune: Mayor wants city hall to do most planning work
- Seattle Heritage Custom Bike Tours
- Gates Foundation profiles former Cooper High School adaptive reuse
- The Daily UW: Brooklyn Building to be demolished
- November ballot initiative, referendum and constitutional amendments
- Seattle Fire Station photo gallery online
- 2007 Wallingford Home Tour
- Puget Sound Business Journal: Muckleshoot Tribe buys Salish Lodge
- For sale: 1895 Queen Anne style residence
- Pike Place Market online exhibit
- City Council Public Hearing on Proposed 2007 Amendments to Seattle's Comprehensive Plan
- Preservation Action Grassroots Poll 2007
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (September 28, 2007)
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (September 21, 2007)
- Seattle Times: The Bungalow Fair: A celebration of architecture-and an anniversary
- Seattle Times: Arts And Crafts
- SCIDPDA Seeks Acquisition of Historic INS Building
- Public Comments on proposed landmark demolition in Georgetown
- Frank Lloyd Wright house in Sammamish for sale for $1,700,000
- Mayor Seeks Candidates for Pike Place Market Historical Commission
- Crosscut: Does Seattle have too many historic landmarks?
- Journal Newspapers: Historic University library gets a fresh look
- Seattle Construction and Renovation Conference and Exposition
- Capitol Hill Times: First Church of Christ Scientist Vision Becoming Reality
- Fremont's Fitch-Nutt House at Seattle's Landmarks Preservation Board
- Ballard News-Tribune: Public votes on large projects in Ballard
- Mayor Nickels proposes funding for heritage in 2008 budget
- Experts to Speak on Great Boulevard Design
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Land ahoy for Seattle's Wawona schooner
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Sister ship C.A. Thayer is making history in S.F.
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Lake Union Park close to its fundraising goal
- Mercer Corridor Project Open House
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: 1907-2007: A century of change in Seattle
- City Of Port Townsend Historic City Hall Restoration
- Tacoma landmark nomination
- Alaskan Way Viaduct review at City Council
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Seattle bulked up by gobbling tiny cities
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Moore Theatre was once anchor of vibrant arts scene
- North Seattle Herald-Outlook: Talks break down over Aurora plan
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Church of the Epiphany is a constant in changing area
- Associated Press: Group tries to save Salem, Oregon mental hospital
- North Seattle Herald-Outlook: New U-District fire station featured in open house
- Ballard News-Tribune: City unveils plan to preserve industrial land
- Dunn Garden Annual Fall Foliage Festival
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
- Seattle's Urban Development and Planning Committee supports landmarks
- South Downtown Advisory Group Special Meeting
- Crosscut: The decline of gathering places
- Everett Daily Herald: There goes the neighborhood: 23 homes for sale
- Queen Anne history program: Cruising Uptown-Then and Now
- Magnolia neighborhood history book available
- Seattle Budget Process Public Hearings
- Visit King County's historic barns
- Magnolia Bridge replacement
- First Hill mid-century modern building endangered
- Public Scoping meeting for Viaduct
- Preserving Squire Park in Central District
- Cultural and Heritage Tourism Alliance 2007 Annual Conference in Seattle
- Forum: Future of Seattle's Industrial Lands
- Motel One Pre-Demolition Art Happening
- Housing Seattle's Workforce
- Virginia Mason Medical Center, First Hill campus addition
- National Archives Requests Comments on Digitization Plan
- Children's Hospital Proposed Expansion in Laurelhurst
- Downtown Transit Tunnel to Reopen
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Tar bubbling up at Gas Works - Investigation aims to find source of blobs
- Protecting Library & Archive Collections: Disaster Preparedness, Response & Recovery
- Persistence of Memory: Stewardship of Digital Assets
- Planning Way Ahead: Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve Turns 30
- New Historic Preservation Funding Source Contested
- Daily Journal of Commerce: Engineering a sea change at the aquarium
- Seattle Times: Fate of historic Mukilteo building set for Oct. 1
- Capitol Hill Times: Large E. Pine Street Project Moves Forward
- Queen Anne News: Draft Design Guidelines Out for Upper Queen Anne
- Ballard News-Tribune: Housing authority could buy Lock Vista
- West Seattle Herald: Senator Quitting to Become Lobbyist
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (September 7, 2007)
- B.F. Day Elementary School History Presentation
- League of Women Voters Seattle provides statistics on King County
- City Neighborhood Council and the District Councils Want You!
- International District Community Interested in Community Development Preservation Authority
- Elliott Avenue Development concerns neighbors
- Historic Seattle's proposed Stadium Lofts project appealed at Hearing Examiner
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Discovery Park deal nears approval - Plan restores natural area that now houses military
- Main Street Basic Training: An Introduction to Preservation-Based Commercial District Revitalization
- Demonstrate Your Commercial District Revitalization Management Skills
- The Stranger: Ingenious Alternatives: A Jeopardized Work of Earth Art Herbert Bayer Earthworks
- Rolland H. Denny Mansion Centennial Celebration Property Open to the Public for the First Time
- Former Packard Motor Company Building fails to achieve City of Seattle landmark designation
- The Foley Sign Company building's next chapter
- Maritime Heritage Network Launches Interactive Maps, Plans Transition For 2008
- Behind Fremont's front doors
- North Seattle Herald-Outlook: View From The Kirb
- Seattle Times: Relive some of Everett's history in home tour
- Queen Anne News: Christian Scientist Church Saved
- Seattle Times: Queen Anne church rescued
- Capitol Hill Times: A question of balance for First Hill-- A dense, urban neighborhood faces a delicate juggling act
- North Seattle Herald-Outlook: Lenin on the move? Statue's fate unknown
- Ballard News-Tribune: Is Denny's building a landmark?
- Sound Transit's University Link/Capitol Hill Station 30% Design Open House
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (August 31, 2007)
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Historic Queen Anne church spared the wrecking ball
- Previous Advocacy Updates Now Available
- Bungalow Fair
- Seattle Times Pacific Northwest Magazine: Stickley's Legacy
- National Trust for Historic Preservation, Western Regional Office Newsletter: Old is the New Green
- New online tool for "house genealogy"
- Historic Tacoma 2007 Old House Tour: Classic Craftsman
- Your Role in the Mayor's Budget Process and the Comprehensive Plan
- National Trust Forum Online: Tacoma's Stadium High School Rehabilitation
- New Heritage CD Available from the Washington Trust
- Getty Grants
- Rainer Club/FUMC new building
- Seattle Weekly: Letter to Editor
- Historic Tacoma's Public Policy Initiatives
- North Seattle Herald-Outlook: Clarification on Waldo Story
- City staff directory online
- Seattle's Public Development Authorities
- From the AIA Issue Brief on Historic Preservation Tax Credits
- Guidelines for Historic Bridge Rehabilitation and Replacement, 2007
- SEPA Environmental Review Thresholds Proposed for Increase
- Livable South Downtown Update
- Morgan Junction Neighborhood Design Guidelines
- Crosscut online magazine: Barn Again!
- Proposed Landmark Demolition in Georgetown
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: On Architecture: A journey through city spaces that create a sense of joy
- Ballard News-Tribune: Lock Vista folks vow to fight condo development
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (August 24, 2007)
- Primary Election Returns
- 2007 World Habitat Day to be Celebrated October 1
- Political Heritage Tourism
- From the DNDA Executive Director Derek Birnie
- Second Update on Proposed Landmark Demolition in Georgetown
- New Member Sought for Landmarks Preservation Board Nettleton's Addition Historic District in Spokane
- Daily Journal of Commerce: Viaduct work may mean headaches for Pioneer Square business owners
- Capitol Hill Times: Community forming around garden idea
- Magnolia News: Retro is 'modern' in resurging architectural style
- North Seattle Herald-Outlook: Maple Leaf on a mission to preserve former hospital site
- North Seattle Herald-Outlook: With a little more money, University Heights Center moves one step closer to new ownership
- Queen Anne News: Queen Anne Library reopens Saturday with a big celebration
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (August 17, 2007)
- Preserving King County's Legacy
- Georgetown's Rainier Cold Storage Update
- Crosscut Online Magazine: The "Taj Mahal" and the pink elephant
- Seattle Weekly: Why Is Peter Steinbrueck Obsessing Over Downtown Preservation?
- SOLG (The Stranger Blog): Credulous Weekly Story Gets It (Nearly) All Wrong
- Seattle City Council's Quasi-Judicial Proceedings Update Continues
- National Trust 2008 Dozen Distinctive Destinations Nomination
- Daily Journal of Commerce: Harbor History Museum for Gig Harbor
- Daily Journal of Commerce: Fire stations made historic landmarks
- Daily Journal of Commerce: Board OKs condos for Smith Tower
- Ballard News-Tribune: What to do with old city power station?
- Port of Everett to Sell Historic Weyerhaeuser Building; Building to be Moved in 2009
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (August 13, 2007)
- Sacred Sites meetings in Tacoma sponsored by Historic Tacoma
- American Institute of Architects, Seattle Chapter, Community Survey
- Art Deco Bus Station in Olympia Endangered
- Crosscut Online Magazine: Growth and density: Let's do the numbers
- Seattle Times: History's blueprint
- WA State Legislature and Historic Preservation
- Fremont neighborhood tour
- Livable South Downtown Progress Report
- Persistence of Memory: Stewardship of Digital Assets
- Crosscut Online Magazine: The Clise Challenge: a great chance for public enhancements
- Portland Tribune: Key land-use case