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Dept. of Community Development Seattle Housing Development Program Records, 1975-1987

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Seattle (Wash.). Dept. of Community Development
Title
Dept. of Community Development Seattle Housing Development Program Records
Dates
1975-1987 (inclusive)
Quantity
6.0 cubic feet, (15 boxes)
Collection Number
1622-06
Summary
Records documenting the Housing Development Program which sought to expand the City's low income housing, provide technical assistance, and direct new development in city neighborhoods
Repository
Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle Municipal Archives
Office of the City Clerk
City of Seattle
PO Box 94728
98124-4728
Seattle, WA
Telephone: 2062337807
Fax: 2063869025
archives@seattle.gov
Access Restrictions

Records are open to the public.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for processing this record series was provided through a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
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Historical Note

The Department of Community Development administered the City's comprehensive plan and provided direction and support for the City's physical and economic development through community planning. DCD was established in 1969 and assumed the responsibilities of the City Planning Commission and the Urban Renewal Program. In 1972, the Office of Economic Development was created in the Department to provide information to businesses that were expanding or relocating in Seattle. DCD was the lead agency for implementing various types of grant funded projects, such as Neighborhood Improvement Program, Targeted Neighborhood Assistance Program, and Neighborhood Development Program. DCD was abolished in 1992 and its programs were relocated in the Department of Neighborhoods, Department of Housing and Human Services, Planning Department, and other agencies. DCD records include material from the City Planning Commission, Zoning Commission, Metropolitan Arts Commission, Board of Adjustment, and Urban Renewal Program.

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Content Description

The DCD’s Housing Development Program sought to expand the City’s low income and senior housing, provide technical assistance, and direct new development in city neighborhoods. Funding was provided through multiple sources, including the DCD Block Grants, NHRP, Innovative Grants, and HUD Section 8 and Section 312 grants. Projects consisted of housing complex rehabilitation and construction as well as neighborhood and park development. Noteworthy projects include the Atlas Hotel, Bush-Asia Center, the New Central Hotel, Alki Hotel Renovation and Pelican Bay Artist’s Co-op. Most projects involved multi-family housing and many were in the International District. Files consist of correspondence, project proposals, grant applications, project descriptions, contracts, agreements, appraisals, drawings and photo images. Also included are minutes, agendas and correspondence with the Seattle Chinatown-International District Public Development authority.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item and date], Seattle Housing Development Program Records, Record Series 1622-06. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged in two alphabetical sequences.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

  • Project Files, 1975-1987

    • Description: 103 13th Ave. East Halmer Apartments Rehabilitation
      Dates: 1978-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 1/1
    • Description: 116 14th Ave. East Bernstein Apartments
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2
    • Description: 213 South Main - Local 37 202 Housing Project
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 1/3
    • Description: 420 1/2 8th Ave South Hip Sing Building Proposal and Drawings
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 1/4
    • Description: 420 1/2 8th Ave South Hip Sing Building
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5
    • Description: 420 1/2 8th Ave South Hip Sing Building - Photographic Slides
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6
    • Description: 515 Maynard Ave South Freedman Building
      Dates: 1980-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 1/7
    • Description: 705 7th Ave South - T and C Building
      Dates: 1979-1980
      Container: Box/Folder 1/8
    • Description: 705 7th Ave S Apartments
      Dates: 1981-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 9/1
    • Description: 705 24th Ave
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 9/2
    • Description: 908 Jefferson
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
    • Description: 914 East Harrison Silvian Apartments
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
    • Description: 1124 27th Ave Apartments
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 9/3
    • Description: 1202 East Pine Gordon Apartments
      Dates: 1981-1983
      Container: Box/Folder 1/11
    • Description: 1803 18th Ave (Mark Farris)
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 9/4
    • Description: 2021 4th Ave, David E. Edwards Jr
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 9/5
    • Description: 2021 4th Ave, David E. Edwards Jr
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 9/6
    • Description: Alaska Hotel Section 8 Proposal
      Dates: 1977-1978
      Container: Box/Folder 9/7
    • Description: Alki Apartments (Wes Uhlman)
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 9/8
    • Description: Alki Hotel Firm Commitment and Final Proposal
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 1/12
    • Description: Alki Hotel Drawings
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 1/13
    • Description: Alki Hotel Outline Specification
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 1/14
    • Description: Alki Hotel Correspondence
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 1/15
    • Description: Alki Hotel Application for Conditional Commitment
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 1/16
    • Description: Alki Hotel
      Dates: 1979-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 1/17
    • Description: Alki Hotel
      Dates: 1980-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 2/1
    • Description: Alki Hotel Preliminary Proposal / Section 8 Feasibility
      Dates: 1979-1980
      Container: Box/Folder 2/2
    • Description: Alki Hotel, 200 - 204 5th Ave S
      Dates: 1976-1977
      Container: Box/Folder 9/9
    • Description: Alki Hotel, Rowan Snyder
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 9/10
    • Description: American Hotel / Union Gospel Mission
      Dates: 1980-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 2/3
    • Description: Atlas Hotel
      Dates: 1983-1985
      Container: Box/Folder 2/4
    • Description: Atlas Hotel
      Dates: 1982-1986
      Container: Box/Folder 2/5
    • Description: Atlas Hotel
      Dates: 1980-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 2/6
    • Description: Atlas Hotel
      Dates: 1981-1986
      Container: Box/Folder 2/7
    • Description: Atlas Hotel
      Dates: 1979-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 2/8
    • Description: Atlas Hotel
      Dates: 1979-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 2/9
    • Description: Atlas Hotel - Legal Documents
      Dates: 1980-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 2/10
    • Description: Atlas Hotel
      Dates: 1979-1980
      Container: Box/Folder 2/11
    • Description: Atlas Hotel
      Dates: 1979-1980
      Container: Box/Folder 2/12
    • Description: Atlas Hotel
      Dates: 1979-1983
      Container: Box/Folder 3/1
    • Description: Atlas Hotel - Drawings
      Dates: 1980-1983
      Container: Box/Folder 3/2
    • Description: Atlas Hotel - Drawings
      Dates: 1979-1980
      Container: Box/Folder 3/3
    • Description: Beacon Apartments
      Dates: 1980-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 10/1
    • Description: Block 31 - Maynard's Plat
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 4/2
    • Description: Bush - Asia Center Rehabilitation Proposal
      Dates: 1982-1980
      Container: Box/Folder 3/4
    • Description: Bush - Asia Center
      Dates: 1979-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 3/5
    • Description: Bush - Asia Center Urban Development Grant Application
      Dates: 1982-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 3/6
    • Description: Bush - Asia Center Referendum 37 Project
      Dates: 1981-1983
      Container: Box/Folder 3/7
    • Description: Bush - Asia Center Referendum 37 Project
      Dates: 1983-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 3/8
    • Description: Bush - Asia Center Referendum 37 Project - Bush Hotel Drawings
      Dates: 1980-1983
      Container: Box/Folder 3/9
    • Description: Bush - Asia Center Elevator
      Dates: 1979-1983
      Container: Box/Folder 3/10
    • Description: Bush - Asia Center Rooftop Greenhouse and Drawings
      Dates: 1979-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 3/11
    • Description: Bush - Asia Center Insurance
      Dates: 1977-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 3/12
    • Description: Bush - Asia Center Hing Hay Park
      Dates: 1978-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 3/13
    • Description: Bush - Asia Center Proposals
      Dates: 1978-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 3/14
    • Description: Bush - Asia Center Refinancing
      Dates: 1979-1986
      Container: Box/Folder 3/15
    • Description: Bush - Asia Center Relocation
      Dates: 1981-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 4/1
    • Description: Cedar St Plaza Apartments, Section 8 Rehab Proposal
      Dates: 1976-1980
      Container: Box/Folder 10/2
    • Description: The Cedars, Elderly Housing, Section 8 Proposal
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 10/3
    • Description: Cowen Square Apartments, Section 8 Proposal
      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box/Folder 10/4
    • Description: Evergreen Hotel
      Dates: 1979-1980
      Container: Box/Folder 4/3
    • Description: Grand Union Hotel and Drawings
      Dates: 1980-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 4/4
    • Description: Greenwood Apartments, Section 8 Proposal
      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box/Folder 10/5
    • Description: Hip Sing Association Building, 420 8th Ave S
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 10/6
    • Description: Historic Seattle Preservation and Development Authority, 816, 818 and 822 23rd Ave
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 10/7
    • Description: Honeysuckle Apartments, 202 19th Ave E, Section 8 Proposal
      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box/Folder 10/8
    • Description: Housing Reference Book
      Dates: 1979-1980
      Container: Box/Folder 11/1
    • Description: Idaho Hotel Apartments
      Dates: 1981-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 4/5
    • Description: Idaho Hotel Apartments - Neighborhood Strategy Area Feasibility
      Dates: 1981-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 4/6
    • Description: Idaho Hotel Apartments - Drawings
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 4/7
    • Description: Idaho Hotel Apartments Section 8 Rehabilitation
      Dates: 1980-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 4/8
    • Description: Inter*Im Community Development Association
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 5/7
    • Description: International Children's Park
      Dates: 1979-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 5/8
    • Description: International Children's Park
      Dates: 1977-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 5/9
    • Description: International District Housing Alliance
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 4/9
    • Description: International District Neighborhood Strategy Area Funds
      Dates: 1981-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 4/10
    • Description: International District Streetscaping Project
      Dates: 1978-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 4/11
    • Description: International District Workplan
      Dates: 1985-1987
      Container: Box/Folder 4/12
    • Description: International District Workplan
      Dates: 1985-1987
      Container: Box/Folder 4/13
    • Description: International District Briefing Packet
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 4/14
    • Description: International District Neighborhood Strategy Area Correspondence
      Dates: 1981-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 4/15
    • Description: International District Neighborhood Strategy Area Correspondence
      Dates: 1979-1980
      Container: Box/Folder 5/1
    • Description: International District Neighborhood Strategy Area Correspondence
      Dates: 1978-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 5/2
    • Description: International District Directional Signs
      Dates: 1987
      Container: Box/Folder 5/3
    • Description: International District Community Garden Proposal
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 5/4
    • Description: International District Community Garden
      Dates: 1979-1980
      Container: Box/Folder 5/5
    • Description: International District Community Garden
      Dates: 1980-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 5/6
    • Description: International House, 6th and Main, Section 8
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 11/2
    • Description: Jackson Hotel
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 5/10
    • Description: Kraemer / Tjerandsen / McNeil, Capitol Hill Section 312 Rehab
      Dates: 1976-1977
      Container: 11/3
    • Description: Lillian Apartment Complex, 1258 John St., Appraisal
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 11/4
    • Description: Lowman Hanford Building
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 11/5
    • Description: Lowman Hanford Building
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 11/6
    • Description: Lowman Hanford Building Appraisal
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 11/7
    • Description: MacNeil / Tjerandsen, 925 - 927 17th Ave NE
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 11/8
    • Description: Milwaukee Hotel (Includes Photographic Negatives)
      Dates: 1976-1978
      Container: Box/Folder 11/9
    • Description: Mohawk Apartments, 505 13th Ave, Appraisal
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 12/1
    • Description: Mohawk Apartments, 505 13th Ave, Appraisal
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 12/2
    • Description: Moribund (Morrison) Hotel Study
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 12/3
    • Description: Multi-Family Section 312 Rehab Summary
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 12/4
    • Description: New American Hotel Building
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 5/11
    • Description: New Central Hotel - 11(b) Bond
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 5/12
    • Description: New Central Hotel - 11(b) Bond
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 5/13
    • Description: New Central Hotel Lease Agreements
      Dates: 1984
      Container: Box/Folder 6/1
    • Description: New Central Hotel Block Grant
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 6/2
    • Description: New Central Hotel Legal
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 6/3
    • Description: New Central Hotel Development Loans
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 6/4
    • Description: New Central Hotel Renovation and Architectural Agreement
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 6/5
    • Description: New Central Hotel
      Dates: 1982-1983
      Container: Box/Folder 6/6
    • Description: New Central Hotel - 11(b) Bond Closing
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 6/7
    • Description: New Central Hotel
      Dates: 1979-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 6/8
    • Description: Pelican Bay Artist's Co-op, Apartments (Incl. Photograph)
      Dates: 1978-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 12/5
    • Description: Pelican Bay Artist's Co-op, Apartments
      Dates: 1978-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 12/6
    • Description: Pioneer Square and International District
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 6/9
    • Description: Pioneer Square Apartments, Section 8 Proposal
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 12/7
    • Description: Post Hotel, 90 Yesler (Incl. Photographs)
      Dates: 1977-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 12/8
    • Description: Preservation and Development Authorities
      Dates: 1976-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 6/10
    • Description: Preservation and Development Authorities Audits
      Dates: 1976-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 6/11
    • Description: Puget Sound Building
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 6/12
    • Description: Ravenna Woods, 9000 Ravenna Ave NE, Section 8 Proposal
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 12/9
    • Description: Rex Hotel Appraisal
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 12/11
    • Description: Rex Hotel Building (Ray Chinn, Wa Sang Associates)
      Dates: 1976-1979
      Container: Box/Folder 12/10
    • Description: Roberts Hotel / Grand Union Building
      Dates: 1979-1983
      Container: Box/Folder 7/1
    • Description: Reynolds Hotel
      Dates: 1980-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 7/2
    • Description: Reynolds Hotel
      Dates: 1980-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 7/3
    • Description: Salvation Army Building
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 8/12
    • Description: Seattle Chinatown - International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDPDA) - Bush - Asia Center
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 7/4
    • Description: Seattle Chinatown - International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDPDA) - Bush - Asia Center Annex
      Dates: 1983-1984
      Container: Box/Folder 7/5
    • Description: Seattle Chinatown - International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDPDA) - Reports
      Dates: 1984-1986
      Container: Box/Folder 7/6
    • Description: Seattle Chinatown - International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDPDA) - Reports
      Dates: 1982-1986
      Container: Box/Folder 7/7
    • Description: Seattle Chinatown - International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDPDA) - Loans and Cost Accounting
      Dates: 1984-1985
      Container: Box/Folder 7/8
    • Description: Seattle Chinatown - International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDPDA) - Bush Hotel Transient Room Occupancy Study
      Dates: 1985
      Container: Box/Folder 7/9
    • Description: Seattle Chinatown - International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDPDA) - Council Minutes and Agendas
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 7/10
    • Description: Seattle Chinatown - International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDPDA) - Council Minutes and Agendas
      Dates: 1983-1984
      Container: Box/Folder 7/11
    • Description: Seattle Chinatown - International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDPDA) - Council Minutes and Agendas
      Dates: 1984-1985
      Container: Box/Folder 7/12
    • Description: Seattle Chinatown - International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDPDA) - Council Minutes and Agendas
      Dates: 1985-1986
      Container: Box/Folder 7/13
    • Description: Seattle Chinatown - International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDPDA) - Council Minutes and Agendas
      Dates: 1985-1978
      Container: Box/Folder 8/1
    • Description: Seattle Chinatown - International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDPDA)
      Dates: 1982-1983
      Container: Box/Folder 8/2
    • Description: Seattle Chinatown - International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDPDA) - Bush - Asia Hotel Rehabilitation
      Dates: 1984-1985
      Container: Box/Folder 8/3
    • Description: Seattle Chinatown - International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDPDA) - Grant Budget Report
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 8/4
    • Description: Seattle Chinatown - International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDPDA) - Consolidated Services
      Dates: 1985
      Container: Box/Folder 8/5
    • Description: Seattle Chinatown - International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDPDA) - Correspondence
      Dates: 1983-1984
      Container: Box/Folder 8/6
    • Description: Seattle Chinatown - International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDPDA) - Grant Allocation
      Dates: 1986-1987
      Container: Box/Folder 8/7
    • Description: Seattle Chinatown - International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDPDA) - ID NSA Implementation
      Dates: 1980-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 8/8
    • Description: Seattle Chinatown - International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDPDA) - ID NSA Implementation
      Dates: 1980-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 8/9
    • Description: Seattle Chinatown - International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDPDA) - ID NSA Implementation
      Dates: 1980-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 8/10
    • Description: Seattle District Council of Carpenters Lawsuit
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 13/1
    • Description: Seattle Peniel Mission
      Dates: 1983-1984
      Container: Box/Folder 13/2
    • Description: Somerset House, 13th and Republican, Section 8 Proposal
      Dates: 1975-1976
      Container: Box/Folder 13/3
    • Description: Somerset House, 13th and Republican, Section 8 Proposal, EIS
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 13/4
    • Description: South East Effective Development, 3811 and 3815 S Ferdinand St (John W. Barnes)
      Dates: 1982-1983
      Container: Box/Folder 13/5
    • Description: Stevens Housing Improvement Program
      Dates: 1980-1984
      Container: Box/Folder 8/13
    • Description: Stevens Neighborhood Homesharing Program
      Dates: 1979-1980
      Container: Box/Folder 8/11
    • Description: Stockbridge Apartments Rehab (Elderly Housing), Section 8 Proposal
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 13/6
    • Description: Stockbridge Apartments Rehab (Elderly Housing), Section 8 Proposal, Drawings
      Dates: 1975-1977
      Container: Box/Folder 13/7
    • Description: Terrace View Apartments
      Dates: 1979-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 8/14
    • Description: Terrace View Apartments, Appraisal
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 13/8
    • Description: West Coast Arms, 712 - 716 3rd Ave W, Rehab, Section 8 Proposal
      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box/Folder 14/1
    • Description: Westwood Elderly Village, Section 8 Proposal
      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box/Folder 14/2
    • Description: Westwood Elderly Village, Section 8 Proposal, Drawings
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 14/3
    • Description: Wintonia, Sea Haven Hostels
      Dates: 1976-1985
      Container: Box/Folder 14/4
    • Description: Wintonia, Sea Haven Hostels, Commitment Letters
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 14/5
    • Description: Wintonia, Property Documents
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 14/6
    • Description: Wintonia, Sea Haven Hostels, Operating Statements, Proforma
      Dates: 1980-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 14/7
    • Description: Wintonia, Sea Haven Hostels
      Dates: 1979-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 14/8
    • Description: Wintonia, Sea Haven Hostels
      Dates: 1979-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 14/9
  • Director's Subject Files, 1975-1980

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Subject Terms

  • Community development, Urban--Seattle (Wash.)
  • Housing rehabilitation--Seattle (Wash.)
  • International District (Seattle, Wash.)
  • Low-income housing--Seattle (Wash.)

Corporate Names

  • Department of Community Development
  • Seattle Housing Authority
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