Supporters to "Save the Market" march in front of the Seattle Municipal Building. Organizations such as Friends of the Market led by University of Washington architecture professor Victor Steinbrueck, seen here in the front of the line, opposed the demolition of the Pike Place Market to make way for high-rise offices and apartments as part of a proposed urban renewal project.

Signs in image: City Hall + Investment Syndicate = Urban Removal. City Council - Change Pike Plaza. Write Congressmen, Mayor, Councilmen - Save Pike Place Market. Urban Renewal Unfair to Pike Place Market. Is Phyllis Lamphere a Friend of the Market?
Handwritten on sleeve: Friends of Market protest at City Hall.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): March 24, 1971.