The Municipal Plans Commission of Seattle, established in 1910, hired civil engineer Virgil Gay Bogue (1846-1916) to prepare a strategic development plan for the city. Bogue's 1911 proposal was very ambitious, including a Civic Center in the Denny Regrade area, a park and boulevard system, separation of railroad tracks from streets, and a variety of other municipal improvements. Bogue's "Plan for Seattle" was approved by the commission on August 24, 1911, but rejected, as Proposition 2, in a public vote on March 5, 1912.
The plan contained many detailed plates and these maps are believed to have been in the pocket of the report. Map No. 2, shown here, illustrates the proposed plans for arterial highways, tunnels, waterfront development, ferry routes, and park boulevards.
Text on map: Map of the City of Seattle and Adjacent Territory, accompanying report of Municipal Plans Commission showing Existing and Proposed Arterial Highways, Proposed Tunnels for Street Traffic, Proposed Waterfront Development, Proposed Ferry Routes, Proposed Park Boulevards. September 11, Virgil G. Bogue, Engineer. Map No. 2
Caption information source: "Municipal Plans Commission of the City of Seattle" by Virgil G. Bogue, Washington State Library, https://stlow.iii.com/search/o?881692880
Physical Description: 1 map : color ; 24.75 x 43 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
