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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (May 9 , 2008)
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: City planners approve proposal for Goodwill site
- Seattle Mayor seeks candidates for Ballard Avenue Landmark District Board
- Washington State Historical Society's "The Basics of Archives"
- Georgetown Rainier Brewery update
- Historic home for sale in Seattle's Leschi neighborhood
- King County's John D. Spellman Awards for Exemplary Achievement in Historic Preservation
- WSDOT and the SR520 expansion project
- Seattle public meeting for consideration of a new International District post office
- National Endowment for the Arts magazine features Quincy Jones in Seattle
- "This Place Matters" online photo and video campaign
- The Daily of the University of Washington: UW's Drumheller Fountain: dust, dirt and bird poo
- Upcoming Seattle Architecture Foundation Tours
- New online tracking for National Register sites
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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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Memeria and Historic Seattle Make City’s History More Accessible
Memeria digitizes 3500 historical photographs for Historic Seattle -
SEATTLE, Apr. 30, 2008 – Memeria, Incorporated, a pioneer of house-call, photo-scanning, brought their equipment and personnel to Historic Seattle, the region’s foremost architectural preservation organization, and scanned a significant portion of their collection of historic photographs and post cards. The photos include a rich architectural history of Seattle, its various neighborhoods and valuable architecture. The onsite scanning was donated by Memeria to lay the groundwork for a digital collection at Historic Seattle’s newly developed Northwest Resource Center for Preservation on the ground level of its First Hill headquarters, the historic H.H. Dearborn residence.
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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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At the Chapel, a marriage of space and sound (pdf)
By Paul de Barros, Seattle Times Jazz Critic
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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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HISTORIC SEATTLE CELEBRATES PRESERVATION MONTH 2008
Historic Seattle invites you to help us celebrate Preservation Month 2008 in May with a series of local events. National Preservation Month serves as a showcase for our country’s diverse heritage and has been celebrated for over thirty years. Our commemoration of Seattle's unique heritage is part of a larger celebration. To learn more about the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the month-long schedule of activities going on nationwide, visit www.nationaltrust.org.
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[Advocacy Update] From Christine Palmer, Historic Seattle Preservation Advocate |
In this Issue (April 12, 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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Seattle's historic contradictions
A budding property rights rebellion fizzled at a City Hall showdown over
the city's historic landmark system. But a lawsuit looms, and even
defenders agree that improvements can be made, especially in a city
that sends mixed messages to preservationists and developers.
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Mid-Century Modern
Cosponsored by Rejuvenation, DocomomoWEWA Atomic Ranch, and
National Trust for Historic Preservation
There are a staggering number of buildings that are part of the "recent past." While there is consensus
that century old buildings have historic and architectural significance worth preserving, it's more
challenging for those of us who grew up in the second half of the twentieth century to value the
buildings that served us well but don't have the romantic "old world charm" of older architecture.
Nevertheless, post-World War II commercial, institutional, and residential architecture is being explored
and written about and is developing an international following concerned for its preservation. Join
Historic Seattle and its co-sponsors to learn more about these buildings and the preservation challenges
they present.
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LEARNING FROM HISTORIC SITES AND MEMBERS MEETINGS
Presentations and Tour
Northwest African American Museum (former Colman School)
Quarterly, Historic Seattle invites its members and the public to learn about built heritage programs and
projects of interest taking place in our community. These programs are held at sites of historic or
architectural interest. The evening's program follows a short quarterly business meeting.
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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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Anti-historical histrionics
When it comes to the debate over historic preservation, the members
of the Seattle Times editorial board ought to read their own paper.
They might learn something.
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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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Quarterly, Historic Seattle invites its members and the public to learn about built heritage programs and projects of interest taking place in our community. These programs are held at sites of historic or architectural interest. The evening’s program follows a short quarterly business meeting.
Where: Moore Theater
Location: Second Avenue and Virginia Street, Seattle
Date: Monday, January 28, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Tickets: None needed. Free/donation
Join Historic Seattle in acknowledging John Chaney, its Executive Director, on the eve of his retirement after 15 years with the organization. Also celebrate the Centennial of the Moore Theater, one of the city’s fine remaining landmark theaters. A presentation by Laura Drake on theaters and vaudeville will be followed by tours of the theater.
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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)
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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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[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 Faade 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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Historic Preservation and the Imagined West
Historic Seattle is pleased to present Judy Mattivi Morley, the author of Historic Preservation and the Imagined West (University Press of Kansas, 2006), a fascinating study that compares the historic districts of Seattle, Albuquerque, and Denver. A free lecture and book signing held on Wednesday, November 14th at 6:30pm at the Klondike Gold Rush Historic Park auditorium in the Cadillac Hotel Building on 2nd Ave S. and S. Jackson St.
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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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Learning from Historic Sites & Fall Members Meeting: Celebrating Historic Resources (October 4, 2007)
While the new downtown library has garnered the attention of the press and huge numbers of tourists since its opening, it is the treasures housed under its roof that Historic Seattle members and the general public will explore on this evening. Jodee Fenton, Manager, Hugh and Jane Ferguson Seattle Room, will provide some background about the development history of the collections in the library over a century and share some of its most important books, maps, and ephemera.
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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 Sou