Walk down any Seattle street, turn the corner, and you're likely to discover art enhancing the city's parks, plazas, and waterfront piers. From cedar totem poles to high-tech video installations, the downtown area alone has more than 350 works of art for all to enjoy.
In 1997, Walt Crowley had the idea to create the nation's first online encyclopedia of regional history. At the time few understood his vision, but since its launch in 1999 HistoryLink has pioneered innovative approaches to historical research and education in Washington. This unique story will be told by the people who built HistoryLink and those who are bringing it into the future.
Seattle would be a very different city today were it not for the citizen activists who opposed plans calling for a dense network of freeways traversing and girdling the city. A coalition of activists, representing communities from Mt. Baker to Lake City and groups as diverse as the Citizens Planning Council and the Black Panthers, joined in opposition. Their collective actions succeeded in halting two major freeways and downsizing a third, saving parks, shoreline and thousands of homes and businesses.
