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  • A Message from the Executive Director, Kathleen Brooker

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  • Ballard News-Tribune: Fence picked for suicide prevention on bridge
  • South Lake Union request for comments on EIS for zoning change
  • Seattle's Central Area Neighborhood Plan Stewardship
  • From King County Councilmember Larry Phillips to local preservationists
  • Potential new historic districts in Tacoma
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Higher density will help the Sound
  • Crosscut Online Magazine: Washington Hall and Nuke Building updates
  • Seattle Commercial Code Clean-up Amendments
  • Seattle Times: Historic former hotel in Belltown sold; once housed movie stars
  • Central District News Blog: Neighbors Say No to Hospital Buildings on 18th
  • Seattle Times: Market officials hope to limit disruptions during renovation
  • Seattle Times: Tug needs permanent berth
  • National Trust for Historic Preservation's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places 2009
  • Preservation and the 2008 Congressional Elections
  • Life Magazine photos now online
  • Classics in Washington History
  • Seattle seeks artist for Fremont Bridge residency
  • City of Sammamish Public Notice for Relocation of Historic Reard/Freed House
  • North Seattle Herald-Outlook: Community helps save Roosevelt HS's pipe organ

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  • Upcoming Seattle landmark nomination and designation
  • SLOG The Stranger Blog: Washington Hall Up for Landmark Status
  • Riverview Neighborhood Cement Plant Tour
  • The Daily at the University of Washington: Protecting a historical landmark: University Heights
  • Center looks to retain focus under new ownership
  • Pierce County and City of Tacoma Local Planning Class
  • Mayor seeks members for International Special Review District Board
  • Seattle Children's Hospital FEIS and Final Master Plan
  • NARA Announces 2009 Summer Educational Institutes
  • Seattle Building Enclosure Council meeting
  • Daily Journal of Commerce: Landmarking the Viaduct?
  • Daily Journal of Commerce: Bothell to relocate historic schoolhouse
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Happy 30th to a unique park
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Historic Ballard buildings to house French restaurant - Buyers also plan retail shops next door
  • Seattle Weekly: Why Is the Aurora Bridge Open to Potential Jumpers?
  • Ballard News-Tribune: New book shows off 'Norwegian Seattle'
  • West Seattle Herald: Fauntleroy documentary shown
  • West Seattle Herald: Spots open on design review board
  • Preservation and Sustainability
  • MOHAI used book sale
  • Seattle Founding Day
  • International Special Review District Board special meeting
  • National Trust Webinar: "Thriving in a Slow Economy"
  • Hugeasscity blog: Design Review Review
  • South Lake Unioin Community Blog: Another South Lake Union Showdown
  • City of Tacoma 2009-2010 Biennial Budget - Preservation Funding Proposal
  • Weird Washington: Your Travel Guide to Washington's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets

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  • Georgetown Steam Plant Flume Project
  • "Double Exposures" Now and then-Photos from the Rainier Valley Historical Society
  • Change Starts Here - Preservation Priorities for the New Administration
  • Nov. 6 Viaduct Stakeholder Advisory Committee meeting postponed
  • Tacoma Landmarks Preservation Commission nomination
  • Queen Anne Historical Society meeting
  • West Seattle's Log House Museum fundraising gala
  • Aurora Ave Urban Design Community Meeting #1:
  • South Lake Union Urban Form Study Scoping Meeting
  • University District Museum Without Walls project
  • HistoryLink introduces HistoryBytes
  • Historic Schooner Wawona Ready for Its Last Voyage

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  • Historic Seattle's Fall Members' Meeting at Seattle Church of Christ
  • Preservation Magazine: My Seattle
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Judge rejects building at Satterlee - Owner hoped to add homes to landmark
  • SLOG, The Stranger Blog: Destroying History on Second Avenue
  • Seattle Times: Downtown slowdown: Seattle, Bellevue building projects take a hit
  • Seattle Times: All aboard the Orient Express: "Andy's" reopens
  • Ballard News-Tribune: Business life cycle here is changing
  • West Seattle Herald: Historic Seaview tower could be demolished
  • Save Seattle's Sand Point
  • Amendment to the Sand Point Overlay District Approved by City Council
  • Monthly meeting of Redmond Historical Society
  • Unreinforced Masonry Building Project
  • Single Family Amendments Effective November 12
  • MOHAI's Discovering the A-Y-P Exposition: A Community Research Project
  • Pike/Pine Conservation Overlay District
  • Neighborhood Design Guidelines for Upper Queen Anne and Uptown
  • Pete the Queen Anne old house ghost
  • Nordic Spirit restoration
  • MOHAI Holiday Tea: Home for the Holidays
  • New York Times: A Seattle That Won’t Blend In

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  • Openings on Seattle's Design Review Boards
  • Holiday gifts: preservation books
  • City Neighborhood Council Annual Summit
  • Crosscut Online Magazine: A successful nuclear reaction!
  • Daily Journal of Commerce: A New Place on Melrose
  • Get involved in Tacoma’s architectural heritage—volunteer for commission
  • State Administrative Code update
  • National Trust for Historic Preservation recruiting new members
  • King County budget public input opportunities
  • Historic Tacoma's Watch List
  • Leavenworth House Disposal
  • Daily Journal of Commerce: Vulcan Plans Cascade Mixed-Use Project
  • Envision the future of Aurora from 72nd to 90th streets
  • Historic Preservation in Seattle Magazine
  • Everett Herald: Effort on to preserve old Everett neighborhood
  • Workshop: Conservation In Context: Frameworks For Heritage Stewardship
  • Vernacular Architecture Forum Award
  • Daily Journal of Commerce: 4culture Gives Landmark Grants
  • Capitol Hill Times: Light-rail construction means trees have to go
  • Ballard News-Tribune: New townhome rules proposed
  • The Kenney’s Design Review debut: “Complicated”
  • See New Fire Station 21 Plans Nov. 15
  • South lake Union Community Blog: Lake Union Opportunity Alliance's Campaign Against Up-Zone Continues

 

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  • King County Landmarks Commission celebrates Archaeology Month with "Marymoor 40 Years Later"
  • Archaeology Month Calendar of Events
  • Hugeascity Blog: Urban Infill
  • Seattlest Blog: About Time! King Street Station Clocks Repaired
  • Seattle Times: How a 1920s cottage cast a spell and found salvation
  • Design Salon: Does collaboration with your architect lead to more meaningful urban design or simply promote mediocrity?
  • Los Angeles Times opinion: The Ambassador Hotel lesson - Demolishing such iconic buildings not only destroys history, it wastes resources.
  • US Preservationist Elected President of ICOMOS
  • Shapers of the American Landscape Award
  • Ballard News-Tribune: Ballard Historical Society uses early fashions for calendar
  • Tacoma Landmarks Preservation Commission nomination
  • Daily Journal of Commerce Blog: Letting Townhouses be Homes
  • Shoreline nominates Ronald School as landmark

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  • Historic Seattle presents Preserving Your Old House: Tile
  • Upcoming Seattle landmark nominations
  • Seattle Times: WPA rustic-style fieldhouses leave a legacy of craftsmanship and service
  • Joseph Vance Building: Historic Building, Modern Green Design
  • National Trust for Historic Preservation: An Investment in the West
  • Appraisal Institute Education: Appraising High-Value and Historic Homes
  • Candlelight walking tour of historic Tacoma
  • National Trust Preservation Fund Upcoming Deadlines
  • Open House to discuss Pike/Pine study
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Phinney center recognized for success - Neighborhood adopted school
  • Project Vote Smart: Government 101
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer Blog: History being preserved, but what color was the King Street clock?
  • Washington State Archives: Special Presentations, Open House and Tours
  • Photo exhibit on the Evolution of Tacoma's Built Environment
  • View of Ballard apartment building
  • Seattle Architecture Foundation tours for November

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  • Historic Seattle Workshop for Community Residents to Become Their Own Neighborhood Preservation Experts
  • Public Comment Period for Sand Point
  • Wallingford Home Tour
  • Historic Graves and Cemeteries Preservation Initiative Seeks to Uncover State Roots
  • WSDOT's Viaduct Replacement and Central Waterfront update
  • Position opening: Special Collections Librarian - Washington State Library, Olympia
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: City Council to set stage for MOHAI's move to South Lake Union
  • Seattle Times: Vintage stoves from the Camlin Hotel
  • Historic Fremont Home for Sale
  • Seattle Times: More apartments for Columbia City
  • West Seattle Stadium's future
  • Wedge neighborhood historic district proposal in Tacoma
  • 30th Anniversary Ebey's Forever Conference: Celebrating an American Landscape
  • Slow Going for HB 1386 Task Force Proposal
  • How Arts and Heritage Groups Can Join Forces
  • Dedication of Kenmore History Walk
  • October is Archives Month in Washington
  • Workshop on Potential Amendments to the Pike/Pine Overlay District
  • SLU Alternatives Ready for Environmental Impact Statement Review
  • West Seattle's Log House Museum fundraiser
  • Central District News Blog: Another Big Development Planned for Jackson St
  • Fremount Universe Blog: Give your opinion on upcoming development

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  • Upcoming Seattle landmark nomination and designation
  • Seattle Times: The spirit of Greene & Greene design is alive in Pacific Northwest craftsmanship
  • Dunn Gardens Annual Fall Foliage Festival
  • Daily Journal of Commerce: Fremont universe expands
  • Tacoma Demolition Review Ordinance Proposal
  • Historic Preservation film screenings
  • Heritage Emergency National Task Force resources available
  • From Seattle City Councilmember Sally Clark: Neighborhood Plan Updates Passes Council
  • Slot, The Stranger blog: Ain't Right
  • King County celebration of the 75th anniversary of the New Deal
  • Tenth Annual Harvest Celebration Farm Tour
  • St. Spiridon Cathedral Bazaar
  • Daily Journal of Commerce: King Street Station renovation begins
  • Seattle Weekly: Dear Uptight Seattleite
  • Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct is Number One on a National List of Top Teardown Prospects
  • Volunteers Needed for Fremont Historic Survey Project 2008-2009
  • It's King County Budget Time Again

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  • Seattle City Council public hearing regarding megahouses and comprehensive plan amendments
  • Apply Now for 2009 Preserve America Presidential Awards
  • "Wood in Historic Buildings" workshop
  • Read About Summit Progress
  • Columbia Plaza development
  • Launch of comprehensive "Preservation Bookstore"
  • Seattle City Council approves funds for International District's Bush Hotel
  • Historic property website suggestion
  • Queen Anne Historical Society meeting
  • Seattle Times: South Lake Union's skyline could rise to 40 stories
  • Federal Historic Preservation Program survey
  • Tacoma Daily Index: Tacoma Historic Landmark designation expected for 1914 Ansonia
  • October walking tours with Seattle Architecture Foundation
  • New Appraisal Institute Certificate Program: Appraising Historic Preservation Easements
  • Docomomo WEWA celebrates National Tour Day with Docomomo US, our mother ship
  • Twilight Tours of Historic Town of Cedar Falls
  • Seattle Times Editorial: We recycle cans and bottles, why not buildings?

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  • Upcoming Seattle landmark nomination and designation
  • Seattle PI Real Estate News blog: Become part of the process
  • Ballard Newes-Tribune: Landmark board position open
  • Learning from the Seattle Public Library presentation
  • City of Seattle plans and permits scanned
  • Crosscut Online Magazine: Creating 'people places'
  • Art Source Journal: Big Dreams, Big Plans can Make a Big Difference
  • Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Announces 2009 Preserve America Presidential Awards
  • Daily Journal of Commerce: City prepares to update 38 neighborhood plans
  • Seattle PI Neighborhood Buzz Blog: Public hearings set for Seattle's megahome/incentive zoning rules
  • Daily Journal of Commerce: Group plans 36-story hotel/condo on First
  • Crosscut Online magazine: The Nuke Building could get nuked
  • Seattle PI Neighborhood Buzz blog: More changes coming to Georgetown
  • Wallingford blog: Multifamily zoning in Wallingford
  • Smarter Neighbors blog: Opportunity to hear why a local group of architects supports the proposed updates to Seattle's Multi-Family Zoning.

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  • Heritage Advisor: King County Heritage Task Force Proposal Revised, Audit Continues
  • What's up at the Architectural Heritage Center?
  • Barn Again Program Gets National Award
  • City of Seattle offers Internet access to neighborhood groups
  • Carroll's Clock Relocation
  • New Bothell History Book
  • Olmsted Park Walking Tour
  • Redmond Walking Tour
  • Queen Anne Historical Society Meeting
  • Basics of Historical Research workshop
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: After 2 years, accord reached on Little Saigon project - Developer, neighborhood were at odds
  • Puget Sound SAGE: First CBA in Seattle finalized
  • Heritage Projects Funded Throughout King County
  • The Stranger: Poor Planning - South Lake Union Splinter Group Has Rival Plan for Neighborhood
  • South Lake Union Open House: Urban Form Alternatives
  • Seattle City Council Public Hearing: Special Meeting to Discuss Updating Neighborhoods Plans
  • Fremont House Rescue
  • Upcoming City of Tacoma landmark nomination
  • Maple Leaf Community Council Loses Waldo Appeal
  • Mayor Nickels' Recommended Annual Comprehensive Plan Amendments
  • Crosscut Online Magazine: A Seattle gold rush house is endangered
  • Historic Snohomish Homes Tour
  • Seattle911-A Police Blog: Historic International District building catches fire
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Garfield renovation blends high-tech with history
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Broken rules could benefit neighborhoods - Council to weigh incentive zoning
  • Ballard News-Tribune: Councilman frustrated over limited feedback
  • Daily Journal of Commerce Blog: Reviewing Design Review

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  • Historic Seattle's 11th Annual Bungalow Fair
  • Upcoming Seattle landmark nomination and designation
  • The Role of Historic Sites in Seattle's Disaster Recovery Plan: Which Buildings Would You Choose To Save?
  • What are Seattle neighborhoods' oldest houses?
  • The Huffington Post blog: World's first nuclear reactor now a landmark
  • AAAHRP History Conference
  • October is Archives Month
  • Friends of the Market Annual Meeting with Paul Dorpat
  • MOHAI's Discovering A-Y-P: A Community Research Project Program Series
  • Daily Journal of Commerce: Green goals guide UW's Architecture Hall renovation
  • The Stranger: Coming Down: New City Planning Director Needs to Transform the Waterfront
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Residents plan own proposal for South Lake Union: Group wants to lower height limits
  • Ballard New-Tribune: Megahouse ordinance to be debated
  • From WSDOT: Come hear about possible replacement scenarios for the viaduct's central waterfront
  • Historic Tacoma's Public Policy Update
  • PhinneyWood Blog: What does $259,950 buy these days?
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  • Historically significant Carmack House endangered
  • Daily Journal of Commerce: Board gives initial OK to preserving MGM Building
  • Queen Anne Historical Society Featured project: Wilke Farmhouse, constructed 1898
  • Seattle Weekly: Walgreens Plans to Save "Landmark" SeaFirst Building
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Under the Needle: Deal to save old Fremont house is moving along
  • National Trust for Historic Preservation's "Teardown Tools" on the Web.
  • Construct Seattle Conference
  • AIA Seattle Honor Awards Call for Entries
  • Delridge Grassroots Leadership Blog: Green Housing "Deconstruction" in West Seattle Increases Jobs, Open Space
  • Capitol Hill Seattle Blog: Pike/Pine was Seattle's "Auto Row" 100 years ago
  • Pike Place Market Foundation's Spaces for Urban Living: Downtown Home Tour
  • Spaces for Urban Living: Downtown Home Tour AIA Seattle's Seminar: How to Select and Work with an Architect
  • Now Available from the Book Club of Washington: Craftsman Bungalows by Jud Yoho
  • New Seattle AIA "50 to 50" Sustainability Program
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer Blog: Something old, something new
  • Market Watch.com Hampton Hotels and Suquamish Tribe Pay Tribute to Legendary Tribal Leader Chief Seattle
  • Capitol Hill Times: In the beginning, there is a design review board
  • Blogging Georgetown: Boeing Field and Georgetown Steam Plant Cleanup

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  • Historically significant Carmack House endangered
  • Daily Journal of Commerce: Board gives initial OK to preserving MGM Building
  • Queen Anne Historical Society Featured project: Wilke Farmhouse, constructed 1898
  • Seattle Weekly: Walgreens Plans to Save "Landmark" SeaFirst Building
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Under the Needle: Deal to save old Fremont house is moving along
  • National Trust for Historic Preservation's "Teardown Tools" on the Web.
  • Construct Seattle Conference
  • AIA Seattle Honor Awards Call for Entries
  • Delridge Grassroots Leadership Blog: Green Housing “Deconstruction” in West Seattle Increases Jobs, Open Space
  • Capitol Hill Seattle Blog: Pike/Pine was Seattle's "Auto Row" 100 years ago
  • Pike Place Market Foundation's Spaces for Urban Living: Downtown Home Tour
  • Spaces for Urban Living: Downtown Home Tour AIA Seattle's Seminar: How to Select and Work with an Architect
  • Now Available from the Book Club of Washington: Craftsman Bungalows by Jud Yoho
  • New Seattle AIA "50 to 50" Sustainability Program
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer Blog: Something old, something new
  • Market Watch.com Hampton Hotels and Suquamish Tribe Pay Tribute to Legendary Tribal Leader Chief Seattle
  • Capitol Hill Times: In the beginning, there is a design review board
  • Blogging Georgetown: Boeing Field and Georgetown Steam Plant Cleanup

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  • Upcoming Seattle landmark nominations
  • Seattle Area Museums, Libraries, and Archives Selected to Receive IMLS "Connecting to Collections" Bookshelf
  • Historic Riverside Neighborhood tour
  • Hugeasscity Blog: Lost in the Denny Triangle
  • Support Our Market Kick-Off Party
  • Updating Seattle's Neighborhood Plans
  • Letter from Seattle City Councilmember Nick Licata regarding heritage funding
  • My Ballard Blog: Musician trying to save Fremont house
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Rosario Resort will be put up for auction
  • Seattle Times: Heritage Tree is pruned, mourned
  • DoCoMoMo-WeWa tour of Bellevue Hilltop Community
  • Seattle Architecture Foundation tours for September
  • Everett Daily Herald: It's a landmark effort to recycle an old home
  • AIA Seattle Workshop: Design for Livability-Doing Density Right
  • Ballard News-Tribune: Landmark Board has impact
  • Vintage home for sale in Madison Park

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  • New AIA Seattle Web Site Launched August 4
  • Federal Government Passes Trust Fund
  • Visit the 1927 ArtHaus in Capitol Hill
  • 1938 Streamline Moderne House open in Tacoma
  • University District Arts and Heritage Committee to Launch "Museum Without Walls"
  • Two temporary position openings for "Museum Without Walls"
  • AIA Seattle Tour: Footprint at the Bridge--Fremont Townhome (Formerly Bridge Motel)
  • Daily Journal of Commerce: Lorig wants to add 150 apartments on former school site
  • Mid-Career Grant Program 2008
  • Bank of America/IMLS American Heritage Preservation Program
  • HistoryLink Open House
  • Townhouses coming next door?
  • The Stranger: Trading Spaces
  • Ballard News-Tribune: Masonry buildings worry city
  • Daily Journal of Commerce Blog: Does incentive zoning help only the big developments?

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  • Upcoming Seattle landmark nomination and designations
  • Daily Journal of Commerce: Seats open on Seattle landmarks board
  • AIA Seattle reception
  • WSDOT's possible scenarios for Seattle's central waterfront
  • Architectural salvage at Capitol Hill for Sound Transit's U-Link
  • National Trust Historic Sites Weblog: Historic Sites and YouTube
  • Seattle Unreinforced Masonry Building Committee
  • Getty Revamps Grants Program
  • Columbia City walking tour
  • Working Waterfront Historic Tour in Fremont
  • MOHAI Summer History Tours—the ones that have not already been Sold Out Primary Candidates Forum
  • Seattle Times: Seattle Times Co. explores sale of two parcels
  • Ballard News Tribune: Design standards worry builders
  • West Seattle Herald: Viaduct: State nixes retrofit
  • Daily Journal of Commerce Blog: Time ticking on move for historic downtown clock
  • Seattle Lane Use Blog: Signs that you’re a neighborhood activist.

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  • Larry Kreisman on KUOW regarding Seattle Architecture
  • Associated Press: Manhattan Project reactor nears landmark status
  • October is Archives Month in Washington
  • Nominations Now Being Accepted For 2009 Dozen Distinctive Destinations
  • HistoryLink 3D map of AYPE
  • AIA Seattle Tour: Footprint at the Bridge
  • Daily Journal of Commerce: Qwest Field north lot: Will the right vision win?
  • Magnolia News: Final meeting held on Lawton
  • Central District News Blog: Seattle U Wants Zoning Changes: Meeting Wednesday
  • South lake Union Community Blog: SLUFAN Election Flub Spawns Lake Union Opportunity Alliance
  • WA Congressional delegation on historic preservation
  • Comment on Draft State Historic Preservation Plan

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  • Historic Seattle celebrates Mid-Century Modern
  • Bank of America/IMLS American Heritage Preservation Program
  • Modernism in the Northwest: Mid-century Architecture Identification and Evaluation
  • Washington senator urges landmark status for nuclear reactor
  • Upcoming nominations to the Tacoma Historic Register
  • Daily Journal of Commerce: After 100 years, Joshua Green gets redo
  • Fauntleroy Neighborhood Historic Walking Tour
  • Resources Section of Historic Seattle's Website
  • Update on Goodwill Redevelopment
  • KCTS 9 looks at the future of land use in the Seattle area..
  • August Walking Tours with Seattle Architecture Foundation
  • Fort Lawton Historic District in Discovery Park
  • Aurora Bridge Suicide Deterrent Advisory Group

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  • Historic Seattle PDA Position Announcement: Director of Fund Development
  • Seattle Times: Stylish Street: On Federal Avenue we see all manner of manors, and cottages, too
  • Upcoming Seattle landmark nomination and designations
  • MOHAI Summer History Tours
  • Columbus Dispatch: Satire: Seneca survives, vexing officials
  • Re-Notice of Availability of FEIS: Seattle Center Master Plan
  • Announcing MuseumsWiki
  • Daily Journal of Commerce: $140M parks levy proposed for playgrounds, bike trails, SAAM
  • Top Web Resources for Arts and Cultural Organization Leaders
  • Green-Duwamish River Map Available
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer Blog: Centralia's old houses
  • Preservation Part of King County’s Green Building Strategy
  • Two local historians help to re-launch Vernacular Architecture Forum website
  • Historic Tacoma's MLK/Historic K Street Guided Walking Tour
  • KCIA 80th anniversary events
  • Heritage Tree designated in Wedgwood neighborhood
  • Fremont Historical Society Streetcar History Tour
  • Daily Journal of Commerce: $50M Skykomish cleanup moves into the next phase
  • The Stranger: Pie in the Sky - The Building Bust Could Kill Some of Seattle's Most Ambitious Towers
  • Ballard News-Tribune: Rubble is all that's left
  • Time to Slim Down Mega Houses and Mega Garages?
  • Project status of City of Seattle designated landmark conversion: First Church of Christ Scientist, 1519 E. Denny Way
  • Crosscut Online Magazine: The Rose City blooms while the Emerald City fades
  • Central District Development Update
  • Commission Excellence Award for Barn Preservation Initiative
  • Crosscut Online Magazine: Go, Nuke Building!
  • From Friends of the Market regarding the Pike Place Market Capital and Renovation Levy
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Historic Arctic Club restored for new life as hotel
  • Washington's Fishing Sheds Get Boost
  • Seattle Times: Seattle mayor wants design review for all town homes
  • Significant historic site endangered in South Park
  • Aurora Bridge Suicide Deterrent Update
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: We can cope with change in Seattle
  • Crosscut Online Magazine: Little boxes, crammed together
  • House Passes Bill Authorizing Historic Preservation Programs
  • Daily Journal of Commerce: Magnolia library is reopening, the last Libraries for All project
  • West Seattle Blog: Saving Fauntleroy Schoolhouse: New possibility for “back lot”

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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Crosscut online magazine: Walt Crowley, 1947-2007
  • The Associate Press: Walt Crowley, citizen historian, dies at 60
  • HistoryLink-What You Can Do
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Historic Denny mansion open to public again
  • Daily Journal of Commerce: Justen Co. plans two towers on Virginia
  • New York Times: Puget Sound Business journal: Hotel deluxe -- new face joins fray for guests
  • Risky Loans Help Build Ghost Town of New Homes
  • One-Day Free Workshop: The Basics of Archives
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Keep viaduct options open, groups say - Council hears critics of retrofit
  • Daily Journal of Commerce: North lot redevelopment poses design challenges
  • Seattle acquires Capehart
  • UW Daily: Safeco Tower transitions to UW
  • Leschi 1929 Tudor Revival home for sale
  • Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board nominations
  • Multifamily housing changes to Seattle's Land Use Code
  • AIA Seattle Idea Gathering
  • Ballard News-Tribune: Nine cottages to go on two lots in Ballard
  • FEMA Housing Initiative
  • A workshop for Seattle landlords, property managers and resident managers
  • Suggestions from the National Trust for saving historic schools:
  • Ballard News-Tribune: 6-story condo proposed east of Ballard Library
  • Beacon Hill News: Peeling back the history of the South End's Garlic Gulch
  • Capitol Hill Times: Clark to make neighborhood planning a city priority
  • League of Women Voters Ballot Issues Forum

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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 unsettled - Dorothy English can build, but wants $1.15 million
  • Seattle Weekly: Land Rush
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Preserving and growing a great city
  • North Seattle Herald Outlook: SRO crowd for City Council candidates forum
  • Share your "Insider Information" on Seattle's History and Architecture

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  • Historic Seattle Releases Primary Election Candidate Survey
  • Queen Anne's Ankeney-Gowey House Site of Fundraiser
  • High Point Grand Opening
  • Aurora Bridge Pedestrian Fence Proposal
  • Women's History Consortium Grants
  • Queen Anne News: House on the Move: Saving a Queen Anne Home from Demolition
  • National Legislative Update from Preservation Action
  • Wawona Suffers Another Setback
  • Crosscut Online Magazine: Is urban development 'terrorism'? A nasty sign of the times in West Seattle.
  • Daily Journal of Commerce: Harvard and Highland condo prices start at $1.3 million.
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: MOHAI's Montlake home will be history - Museum intends to move to site on South Lake Union
  • Seattle Times: Old mill town a vestige of the past
  • Seattle Times: Aberdeen burned again, historic downtown in danger
  • Beacon Hill News: Some residents are concerned with Historic Madison Park's neighborhood efforts
  • Regional Architectural History the Latest Feature in UW Special Collections

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  • View Current City of Seattle Landmark Nominations
  • The Stranger: Townhome Invasion
  • Seattle Times: Party to celebrate as Good Shepherd building turns 100
  • Renovation or Replacement? The Dilemma of Mid-Century Campus Buildings
  • History in Motion: Seattle's Past on Film
  • Territorial Express Stagecoach Run, September 21-23, 2007
  • Daily Journal: Courthouse lobby scrapped due to high costs
  • Daily Journal: Spokane's Fox Theater gets a $31M makeover
  • Fremont historic streetcar line tour
  • Pike Place Market Sunset Supper at the Market
  • New magazine on heritage homes
  • Heard Net (Everett, WA) Are old, rusting ferries still fit?
  • Historic Tacoma 2007 Old House Tour: Classic Craftsman
  • Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain Welcome Cruise
  • Tall Ships Reception
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Council weighs future of Seattle Center
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: A Seattle jewel shines again
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Letters to the Editor
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: St. James Cathedral celebrates 100 years
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: After rehab, fixer is now half-million-dollar baby
  • Seattle Times: The landmark you save belongs to someone else
  • Seattle Times: Letter to the Editor
  • Puget Sound Regional Council Draft Vision 2040 and Supplemental DEIS Released
  • Marion Dean Ross/Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians
  • An Inconvenient History
  • Cultural and Heritage Tourism Association Conference
  • MOHAI Tours in August
  • City of Bellingham awarded $150,000 Preserve America grant
  • Daily Journal of Commerce: Design Perspectives: A look at Seattle's great places, current and future
  • Seattle Post Intelligencer: The Seattle Center: Where to skate?
  • Seattle Post Intelligencer: P-I writer in residence Timothy Egan on Seattle

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There is a gratifyingly large number  of issues, concerns, and opportunities currently underway in Seattle's historic preservation world right now.  As a result, this is an unusually long Advocacy Update to keep you informed, and you might want to grab a cup of coffee before you begin to read.  Also, please remember to attend Historic Seattle's Good Shepherd Center centennial celebration on Sunday, July 22, 1:30-3:30 p.m.  This will be the best free event you attend all summer!  And don't forget to bring your camera.

  • North Seattle Herald-Outlook: Aurora to get "critical" face lift
  • Aurora Revitalization Project
  • Wall Street Journal: An Inconvenient Turbine: Conservation vs. Preservation
  • Crosscut Online Magazine: Seattle is a city flush with forgetting
  • Seattle Times: Landmarks help reveal city's soul
  • Preservation quiz
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Historic Seattle: Protect living past
  • Seattle Times: Congressional Historic Preservation Funding Subject to Appropriations Cycle Uncertainties, Selling City Street Signs
  • Seattle Times: Size limit no assurance Alaska Building project will include housing
  • Furthering the Mission of the Federal Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit
  • E-mail correspondence between Jean Godden and Joe Follansbee
  • The Stranger: Tension at the Center
  • Seattle Times: Let's not get hysterical about historic preservation
  • Architectural Position Opening in Seattle, Position: Project Architect (BOLA Architecture+Planning)
  • Future of Seattle's Industrial Lands
  • Interactive Washington Historic Site Travel Guide Available
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Time is running out for vision of arts center at old church - Light demolition has already begun
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Discovery Park: Imperfect preserve
  • Seattle Times: Project would add new life while preserving history
  • Seattle Times: Pioneer Square: history vs. renewal
  • Seattle times: Barn-preservation programs a helping hand to owners, heritage
  • Ballard News-Tribune: Notes From Old Ballard – The Early Settlers of Salmon Bay

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  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer:  37 downtown buildings eyed for historic status
  • Seattle Times: 38 buildings eyed as historic
  • Vulcan's 2200 Wins Design Awards
  • Seattle Times: 6-part plan in works to fix sinking viaduct
  • NARA Public Research Workshops Offered
  • Bellingham Historic Homes Tour
  • Book Release:  The Arts and Crafts Movement in the Pacific Northwest
  • Crosscut Online Magazine:  More controversy over replacing the 'historic' Denny's
  • Ninth Annual Cultural and Heritage Tourism Alliance Conference
  • Seattle City Council Quasi-Judicial Proceedings Amendments
  • Seattle Affordable Housing Forum and Brown Bag Lunch
  • Seattle Planning Commission to Release Industrial Lands Report
  • Upcoming City Council Candidates' Forum
  • Ballard News-Tribune:  Condo could 'entangle' traffic at busy junction

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  • Historic Seattle Rehabilitates Seattle Plumbing Company Building
  • Support Marissa Natkin's Ride for Historic Seattle
  • Celebrating the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Centennial
  • Ballard Holds Anti-Celebration of its 100 Years Since Annexation
  • Daily Journal of Commerce: County will help to save old barns
  • University Heights Center Trying to Move Forward
  • Seattle Times: Imagine paying just $1 for a home -- plus moving expenses
  • Goodhue School Property Update
  • Lake City Community Council Considers 33rd Ave NE Design Charette
  • Small Sparks Community Development Fund
  • Upcoming MOHAI Walking Tours
  • Upcoming MOHAI Bus Tour
  • Preservation Online, National Trust Historic Preservation: Deal Saves Seattle Church
    Bremerton Public Library Nets $150,000 in Federal Funds
  • Nominations to the Tacoma Register
  • New Chinese Gate in International District
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Madison Park divided over neighborhood plan
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Neighborhood density plans ready for update
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Plan would add floors to building in Pioneer Square
  • Seattle Times: Old rail overpass tugs at Everett's heart
  • Seattle Times: Construction project near Port Townsend unearths human remains
  • North Seattle Herald Outlook: Neighborhood preservation needed
  • Capitol Hill Times: City Council approves east Capitol Hill park space acquisition

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  • Fremont Historic Survey Project 2007-2008
  • Tacoma Auto Row Walking Tour
  • Historic Byrd House for sale in Olympia
  • Crosscut online magazine June 26, 2007, Another roadside attraction is about to be demolished
  • Seattle Times June 23, 2007 Neighborhood demolition - "McMansions" move into Magnolia
  • Spokane 's Historic Merrill-Edmunds House is Looking for a New Home
  • Restoration of Tacoma’s Knights of Pythias Hall set to begin this summer
  • Madison Park Times Planning For Development? June 6, 2007
  • Notice of Opportunity For Public Comment on Seattle City Council Proposed Land Use Code Amendments Relating to Additions to Certain Buildings in the Pioneer Square Mixed Zone

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  • Puget Sound Business Journal: Fate of Camp Fire HQ heads to landmarks board
  • Seattle Times: Odd preservation fight unearths slice of history
  • Recent National Register Listings in Seattle
  • Building Codes and Historic Building Rehabilitation Conference
  • Daily Journal of Commerce: Alaska Building plan now is for a 253-room Marriott

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  • Seattle Times: Letter to Editor: Religious buildings Partners helps preserve
  • Pike Place Market Historical Commission will change guidelines
  • DPD's Record-Breaking Year Means Long Lines
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer : Long-awaited deal reached on Methodist Church building
  • Seattle Times: Deal preserves downtown church; congregation will move
  • Fremont Historical Society photo display raises the value of preservation in Fremont
  • South Lake Union Neighborhood Plan Prioritization – Opportunity for Public Input
  • 2007 Book about Green Lake neighborhood
  • Online Neighborhood Map
  • New Seattle Parks Superintendent
  • Seattle Times: Co uncil OKs selling lot near Qwest Field
  • A Seattle Town Hall Forum: Is Puget Sound losing its Middle Class?
  • Daily Journal of Commerce: Conference here on preservation July 12
  • Daily Journal of Commerce: Seattle area property sales are setting a blistering pace ; Expert says 'equity markets love Seattle'
  • Seattle Times: Pioneer Square , transformed
  • Seattle Times: Carnation Farm is set to become camp for seriously ill children

 

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