1514 results for: City of Seattle
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Seattle Gay Culture Center and Senior Housing Project mailer, 2000
The Seattle Gay Culture Center and Senior Housing Project was an initiative of the Queen City Development Corporation (QCDC), founded in 1996 by local activist David Schraer. The QCDC was the result of discussions between Washington State LGBT leaders and experts in community and economic development about building institutional capacity and addressing gaps in services available to Washington's LGBT community.…
ID Number:2019.69.39.1
Date:2000
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City of Seattle Democracy Vouchers for Seattle City Council District 2, 2019
In 2015, voters in Seattle passed a campaign finance reform initiative which limited contributions from lobbyists and contractors, and began a first-of-its-kind public financing system called "Democracy Vouchers." Four vouchers worth 25 dollars each are distributed annually to eligible Seattle residents, to be used to support participating candidates of their choice. In 2021, the vouchers may be used to support…
ID Number:2019.86.1
Date:2019
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Mortensen Livery Barn in South Park, Seattle, circa 1907
South Park is located south of Seattle on the west bank of the Duwamish River. Once a separate city, it became part of Seattle in 1907, around the time this photo was taken. During this period, many of South Park’s residents were farmers who supplied produce to Seattle’s Pike Place Market. Mortensen’s Livery Stable, shown here, would have been a…
ID Number:2019.92.8
Date:1907
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Charlie James in front of Colman School building, Seattle, December 5, 1985
In 1985, a group of Black activists led by Charlie James, Earl Debnam, Omari Tahir-Garrett, and Michael Greenwood began occupying the abandoned Colman School in the Central Area in order to pressure the city to renovate it into a museum of African-American history. Despite the building's lack of heat and running water, the occupiers stayed for eight years, making this…
ID Number:2020.42.1.16.01.30
Date:1985
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"African American Museum" sign on door of Colman School, Seattle, November 25, 1985
In 1985, a group of Black activists led by Charlie James, Earl Debnam, Omari Tahir-Garrett, and Michael Greenwood began occupying the abandoned Colman School in the Central Area in order to pressure the city to renovate it into a museum of African-American history. Despite the building's lack of heat and running water, the occupiers stayed for eight years, making this…
ID Number:2020.42.1.16.02.44
Date:1985
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Amelia Garza, Grandview City Councillor, February 13, 1992
Amelia Garza (1937-2003) was an advocate for migrant workers in the Yakima Valley. She sat on the Grandview City Council for 13 years and was the first Latina to serve on the council. Garza also founded many community organizations in the Valley to assist residents with health services, education, and literacy. She focused her activism on the needs of people…
ID Number:2020.42.3.19.01.10
Date:1992
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Seattle Commons Draft Plan poster, 1992
In 1991 Seattle architect Fred Bassetti and Seattle Times columnist John Hinterberger first proposed the idea for a 61-acre park stretching from downtown Seattle to Lake Union, envisioning a vast civic lawn framed by high-tech laboratories, condos, restaurants, and urban amenities. Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen donated $20 million to buy property for the Seattle Commons, but the plan eventually failed…
ID Number:2020.51.2.1
Date:1992
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Ticket to Nirvana concert at Seattle Center Arena, January 7, 1994
Sue Donaldson served on the Seattle City Council from 1990 through 1999, and served as President of the Council during her 1998-1999 term. In 1994, when she served as the Parks, Public Grounds and Recreation committee chairwoman, Donaldson attended the January 7 Nirvana concert at the Seattle Center Arena in her official capacity. Her constituents were concerned about rock concert…
ID Number:2021.17.1
Date:1994
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Crew pass for Nirvana concert at the Seattle Center Arena, January 7, 1994
Sue Donaldson served on the Seattle City Council from 1990 through 1999, and served as President of the Council during her 1998-1999 term. In 1994, when she served as the Parks, Public Grounds and Recreation committee chairwoman, Donaldson attended the January 7 Nirvana concert at the Seattle Center Arena in her official capacity. Her constituents were concerned about rock concert…
ID Number:2021.17.2
Date:1994
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Seattle Gay News, Vol. 4, No. 6, June 1977
The Seattle Gay News (SGN) was founded in 1976 to provide news coverage focusing on Seattle’s gay community; it is the third oldest LGBTQ+ newspaper in the US. Seattle Gay News started as a newsletter produced by the Gay Community Center. It provided news to a community that was largely ignored by mainstream newspapers and advocated for gay rights in…
ID Number:2021.67.4
Date:1977