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In-fill housing construction in Holly Park, Seattle, December 1996
In the 1990s, many property developers around Seattle were focused on in-fill housing - building new homes on empty lots within existing neighborhoods rather than constructing entire new neighborhoods. In-fill housing lots were often smaller than others and posed challenges with parking trucks and construction equipment in an existing neighborhood, as well as high permitting costs. However, they were also…
ID Number:2000.107.19961219.13.29
Date:1996
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Ssi Yun being sworn in at naturalization ceremony, Seattle, February 12, 1997
In the 1990s, federal welfare reform eliminated food stamps and disability payments for legal immigrants who had previously been covered. An estimated 11,000 Washingtonians lost disability payments, and about 38,000 lost access to food stamps. In response, many immigrants hurried to gain US citizenship in order to keep their benefits. In 1997, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) office in…
ID Number:2000.107.19970212.01.05
Date:1997
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John Fox at Holly Park redevelopment site, Seattle, February 12, 1997
The Holly Park development, in southeast Seattle, was built in 1941 to house defense workers at Boeing. Its simple, wood-frame houses later became home to low-income residents. By the late 1990s, however, the structures had fallen into such severe disrepair that they were slated to be razed and replaced using local, state and federal funds. In the proposed mixed-income development…
ID Number:2000.107.19970212.3.03
Date:1997
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Exterior of Cinerama theater, Seattle, March 14, 1997
The Cinerama theater is a single-screen cinema and has had the largest movie theater screen in Seattle since its opening in 1963. It was originally designed (and named) for the Cinerama format involving three simultaneous projectors, but quickly changed most of its showings to more common film formats while maintaining its capability to show Cinerama films The Cinerama's attendance declined…
ID Number:2000.107.19970314.3.14
Date:1997
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Players in an over-50 women's soccer game in the heavy rain at Woodland Park, Seattle, March 18, 1997
Women's soccer in Washington State grew and flourished from the 1970s through the 1990s, with the development of multiple high school and college programs, and women's leagues and clubs. The proliferation of women's soccer clubs gave women of all ages and abilities the opportunity to develop and compete.Here, two over-50 women's soccer teams plays a game at night in heavy…
ID Number:2000.107.19970318.2.14
Date:1997
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Ron Sims after election to King County Executive, November 4, 1997
In 1985, Ronald Cordell "Ron" Sims (1948-) became the first African American elected to county government in Washington state, winning a seat on the King County Council. He served on the council for three terms and in 1996 was appointed to fill King County Executive Gary Locke's position when he became Washington State Governor; he was re-elected in 1997, 2001…
ID Number:2000.107.19971104.1.17
Date:1997
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Ron Sims after election to King County Executive, November 4, 1997
In 1985, Ronald Cordell "Ron" Sims (1948-) became the first African American elected to county government in Washington state, winning a seat on the King County Council. He served on the council for three terms and in 1996 was appointed to fill King County Executive Gary Locke's position when he became Washington State Governor; he was re-elected in 1997, 2001…
ID Number:2000.107.19971104.1.31
Date:1997
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Ron Sims after election to King County Executive, November 4, 1997
In 1985, Ronald Cordell "Ron" Sims (1948-) became the first African American elected to county government in Washington state, winning a seat on the King County Council. He served on the council for three terms and in 1996 was appointed to fill King County Executive Gary Locke's position when he became Washington State Governor; he was re-elected in 1997, 2001…
ID Number:2000.107.19971104.3.05
Date:1997
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Eddie Vedder performing at Memorial Stadium, Seattle, July 22, 1998
In July 1998, hometown band Pearl Jam held two concerts in Seattle’s Memorial Stadium to raise $500,000 for 10 local charities. The concert opened with sets by the Wallflowers and Seattle punk band Zeke, before Pearl Jam took the stage, with Eddie Vedder’s shout of “We’re home!” Among the causes benefitting from the concert proceeds were the John Stanford Book…
ID Number:2000.107.19980722.1.01
Date:1998
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Eddie Vedder performing at Memorial Stadium, Seattle, July 22, 1998
In July 1998, hometown band Pearl Jam held two concerts in Seattle’s Memorial Stadium to raise $500,000 for 10 local charities. The concert opened with sets by the Wallflowers and Seattle punk band Zeke, before Pearl Jam took the stage, with Eddie Vedder’s shout of “We’re home!” Among the causes benefitting from the concert proceeds were the John Stanford Book…
ID Number:2000.107.19980722.1.09
Date:1998