Sir Leslie Patrick Abercrombie was an English architect,urban designer and town planner,best known as the man who created London. Abercrombie was an academic during most of his career,and prepared one city plan and several regional studies prior to the Second World War. He came to prominence in the 1940s for his urban plans of the cities of Plymouth,Hull,Bath,Bournemouth,Hong Kong,Addis Ababa,Cyprus,Edinburgh,Clyde Valley and Greater London.
Victor Steinbrueck Park is a 0.8 acre park in Downtown Seattle,Washington,United States,located just northwest of Pike Place Market overlooking Elliott Bay. Named for the Seattle-based architect Victor Steinbrueck,it is positioned between Western Avenue and Alaskan Way at the foot of Virginia Street.
Arthur Christ Agnos is an American politician. He served as the 39th mayor of San Francisco,California from 1988 to 1992 and as the Regional Head of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development from 1993 to 2001.
Victor Eugene Steinbrueck was an American architect,best known for his efforts to preserve Seattle's Pioneer Square and Pike Place Market. He authored several books and was also a University of Washington faculty member.
Alfred "Al" Runte is an environmental historian and former college educator from Seattle who ran for mayor of Seattle in 2005.
Robert Alan Hasegawa is an American labor leader and politician serving as a member of the Washington State Senate,representing the 11th Legislative District since January 2013. Hasegawa is a lifelong resident of Seattle's Beacon Hill. He previously served in the Washington State House of Representatives,and is retired from the Teamsters Union where he was a member and union leader for over 32 years.
The Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC) is a non-profit organization in Seattle,Washington,providing services for that city's homeless population. The organization was founded in 1979 to aid men and women living in a state of chronic homelessness who,due to their severe and persistent mental and addictive illnesses,were not being served by the existing shelters at the time. At its opening,the non-profit sheltered nearly 200 adults from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. in the ballroom of the Morrison Hotel. Today,DESC is a recognized national leader in homelessness services that specializes in shelters and supportive housing projects. It operates under a Housing First model with a low-barrier for entry into services. DESC clients engage with mental health services,case management and employment services at DESC projects. DESC currently operates 5 shelters and 15 supportive housing projects and is largely funded by the City of Seattle and King County.
Paul Hayden Kirk was a Pacific Northwest architect. Paul Kirk's designs contributed to development of a regionally appropriate version of Modern architecture. Many of his buildings are as much appreciated today as they were at the time they were built.
Allied Arts of Seattle is a non-profit organization in Seattle,Washington,USA. The organization advocates for public funding of the arts,better urban planning and architecture,and other civic improvements. The organization claims to be the "oldest non-profit organization in Seattle dedicated to urban livability",but,in any case,at 50+ years old is certainly a venerable organization by the standards of a city barely older than 150 years It was a major force in establishing the Seattle Arts Commission,creating Seattle Center on the grounds of the Century 21 Exposition and preserving historical landmarks and neighborhoods,particularly Pioneer Square and Pike Place Market,as well as defeating the 2012 Seattle Olympic bid.
The College of Built Environments is the architecture and urban planning school of the University of Washington,a public research university in Seattle,Washington.
Robert Siegel Architects is a New York City-based architecture firm that designs new buildings,renovations and interiors for a wide range of clients and programs. Their public,academic,cultural,commercial and residential projects are located throughout the United States,Korea,China,and Japan. The firms has a won 30 design awards and has appeared in over 50 publications.
Bruce Allen Harrell is an American politician and attorney serving as the 57th and current mayor of Seattle,Washington. He was a member of the Seattle City Council from 2008 to 2020. From 2016 to 2020,he was president of the city council. He was acting mayor of Seattle from September 13 to 18,2017. He was elected mayor in his own right in the 2021 Seattle mayoral election,becoming the city's second Black mayor,and its first African-Asian American mayor.
Norman J. Johnston was a Professor in the Departments of Architecture,Landscape Architecture,and Urban Planning in the University of Washington College of Built Environments.
University Unitarian Church was designed by Seattle architect Paul Hayden Kirk in 1959. The church is located in the Wedgwood,Seattle neighborhood at the corner of 35th Avenue NE and 68th Street. The building is approximately a mile and half Northeast of the University of Washington Campus and sits across from the Northeast Branch of the Seattle Public Library. It was designed during the time when architect Kirk was working as a sole practitioner.
The 2013 Seattle mayoral election took place on November 5,2013,to elect the mayor of Seattle. Incumbent Mayor Michael McGinn ran for re-election to a second term in office.
Roger Kutnow Lewis,FAIA,was an American architect and urban planner,and a professor of architecture at the University of Maryland,College Park,where he taught architectural design and other courses for 37 years,retiring in 2006. Also an author,journalist and cartoonist,Lewis wrote about architecture and urban design,and about how public policy shapes the built environment.
Pike Place Market is a public market in Seattle,Washington founded in 1907. Throughout its history,in spite of various challenges brought about by changing ordinances and planning initiatives,it has operated without major interruptions,making it one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the United States. It was created when city councilman Thomas P. Revelle took advantage of the precedent of an 1896 Seattle city ordinance that allowed the city to designate tracts of land as public markets,and designated a portion of the area of Western Avenue above the Elliott Bay tideflats off Pike Street and First Avenue. The first building at the Market opened November 30,1907. During the early 1920s,the north side of the Corner Market became known as the Sanitary Market,and the area developed into a social scene. A new ordinance forbidding farmers' stalls to be placed in the street resulted in proposals to move the market,but in 1921 council voted to retain the existing location and work on expanding in place.
Ibsen Andreas Nelsen was an American architect and urban planner active in the Pacific Northwest. He was born to a Danish immigrant family in Ruskin,Nebraska,which fled west during the Dust Bowl and settled in Medford,Oregon. After serving in the Pacific during World War II,he received his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Oregon in 1951. He moved to Seattle,where after working for several smaller firms he began his own practice in 1953. He partnered with Russell Sabin shortly afterwards,with Gordon Bennett Varey joining the firm in 1961 to form Nelsen,Sabin, &Varey. With the firm,Nelsen designed projects such as the home of painter Morris Graves in Loleta,California.
Rob Saka is an American lawyer and politician elected to represent District 1 of the Seattle City Council.
Cathy Moore is an American lawyer and politician elected to represent District 5 of the Seattle City Council. She was a King County Superior Court judge from 2017 to 2022.
