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2002 |2003 | 2004 | Old News Stories

Note: We will be adding dates and organizing these stories by year headers in the near future.



It's that time of the year again...Smog! 

It's that time of the year again when hot summer days can turn into an air quality problem.  Although air quality in south Seattle slipped from the "good" category to "moderate" in June, a smog watch is not in effect.  Smog is ground level ozone that occurs when, on hot days, sunlight "cooks" emissions from motor vehicles, paints, solvents, etc.  How can you make a difference?  Reduce driving, refuel your vehicle in the evening hours, reduce idling, avoid using gas powered yard equipment until heat wave is over, and make sure your gas cap is tightly sealed.  For more information, check out the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency's website on smog and air quality.

Sharing the Knowledge of Sustainable Solutions. 

Check out the International Sustainable Solutions website for innovative sustainable solutions.  Their mission is to encourage the implementation of sustainable practices and products by facilitating the sharing of knowledge and the creation of market opportunities.

Environmental Equity: Initial Findings In!

  Findings from the initial phase of the City's Environmental Equity Project are now available.  These findings (based on interviews with about 300 residents of South Park, Rainier Valley and the Central district) gauge perceptions of the status and importance of selected environmental and livability characteristics.  The interviews were carried out by UW Community and Environment Program students.  These findings will help set priorities for evaluating disproportionality in City-driven environmental conditions and service patterns, which will inform development in the Mayor's 2005 Environmental Action Agenda.  Click here for highlights of the report.  For the full report click here.

Funding Opportunity for Neighborhood Business Districts with Seattle.

The City of Seattle's Office of Economic Development (OED) is pleased to announce a request for proposals (RFP) funding opportunity for neighborhood business districts within Seattle.  OED's Neighborhood Business District Support Program allows business organizations the opportunity to promote prosperous and successful neighborhood business and business districts.  Responses are due by 5pm on June 11, 2004.  For more information, check out the letter from the director, the RFP and the application.

Mayor's Forum on Sustainable Strategies for Business Success.

  The Mayor, along with the Economic Development Council of Seattle and King County and the Resource Venture of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, is hosting a forum on Sustainable Strategies for Business Success on May 13, 2004.  The purpose of the event is to share ideas on how companies have realized business opportunities while addressing environmental challenges.  The forum will feature the BEST Awards of the Resource Venture which recognize significant, unique and creative approaches to reducing resource use and preventing pollution.  For more information, check out the Mayor's Forum invitationClick here to registration information.

We Need your Comments! Alaska Way Viaduct  Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) now available.  The City of Seattle, Washington State Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration want your comments on the five Alaska Way Viaduct and Seawall replacement options.  For more information, check out the Draft EIS newsletter or fact sheet outlining the options and where to go to comment.

A New Website for Building Designers!  The City of Seattle launches a new website, Implement, designed for architects, designers, developers, project managers, and building owners and operators to help them make sustainable design decision based on energy consumption and costs.  For more information check out the Mayor's press release or the Implement website.

Puget Sound Sustainable Development Center.

  Working with a consortium of public, private and non-profit partners throughout the region, the City developed a business plan for the Puget Sound Sustainable Development Center.  The Center will provide "one-stop-shopping" to the regional development industry on the latest and greatest sustainable development information, ideas, products, and practice.  View executive summary.  View full report (81 pages).

Ecological Footprint of an Urban Household.

The Office of Sustainability and Environment commissioned a report to research the relationship between urban development characteristics and households resource consumption using the concept of an "ecological footprint".   View full report.

Northwest Environment Watch (NEW) releases their Cascadia Scorecard.  The Cascadia Scorecard is NEW's regional index of human and environmental well-being.  The scorecard monitors progress in seven areas critical to the region's future: health, economy, population, energy, sprawl, forests and pollution.

"Green" Home Remodeling Brochures now available!  Seattle Public Utilities Sustainable Building program has created a series of "green" home remodel guides organized around a project or a task.  The first four guides released are: "Green Home Remodel", "Bath and Laundry", "Roofing", and "Kitchen".  Potential subjects for 2004 are: landscape materials, painting and finishing, choosing an architect, designer or contractor, and Built Green® remodel.  For more information, or to request free copies of their guides, check out their sustainable building website.

Grant Awarded to Train People to "Build Green."

The inland chapter of the Northwest EcoBuilding Guild has received a ten-thousand dollar grant to create a "green building" training program in the Spokane area.  The program would teach sub-contractors how to build in an environmentally friendly way.  For more information, visit the Washington State's Department of Ecology's website.

International Call for a Nobel Prize on Sustainability.  More than one million citizens and organizations from over one hundred countries support the call for a Nobel Prize on Sustainability.  The initiators of the campaign believe that a Nobel Prize for sustainable development could become a tremendous encouragement for all those who devote themselves to creating a sustainable society.  For more information, check out the website dedicated to a Nobel Prize for Sustainability.

Hotel Water Conservation: A Seattle Demonstration.  Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) sponsored a Hotel Water Conservation project.  SPU which, in collaboration with its wholesale water partners, provides water to over 1.3 million people and businesses within in its service boundary. The purpose of the Hotel Water Conservation Pilot was to evaluate the effectiveness of combining an engineering approach with a behavioral approach and to identify water use patterns and opportunities for water conservation in a selection of hotels.  Complete report.

Letter to President Bush.  More than 100 economists from across the county sent a letter to President Bush and the governors of eleven western states, telling them that protecting and enhancing the quality of the region's natural environment would strengthen the ability of western communities to generate more jobs and higher incomes.  The list of signers includes two Nobel laureates: Kenneth Arrow of Stanford University and Robert Solow of Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Complete letter to President Bush.

Visionaries Wanted!

Do you have an innovative idea to improve your community?  At Echoing Green, they are looking for visionary leaders with bold new strategies for social change.  You can apply for an Echoing Green Fellowship and receive $60,000 in seed funding to launch a new organization that turns your idea into action.  For more information, or to apply online, visit the Echoing Green website.

Feet First Selected to Receive a $200,000 Grant to Support "Active Seattle".

Feet First announced on November 13, 2003, that it was selected to receive a $200,000 grant to support "Active Seattle," a local partnership developed to increase active living and encourage healthier lifestyles.  The new initiative is part of Active Living by Design, a national program established to create, enhance and promote environments that make it safe and convenient for people to be more physically active.  For more information, visit the Puget Sound Pedestrian Advocacy website on Feet First.

Seward Park Environmental Learning Center.  The City of Seattle and Audubon Washington kicked off a three-year effort to renovate a historical Tudor-style building surrounded by old-growth forest into the Seward Park Environmental Learning Center.  This project is part of an Audubon effort to dot the country with environmental education centers.  November 5, 2003 news release.

The Efficient Sprayhead Installation Program.

The "Efficient Sprayhead Installation Program" is set to launch during the month of October.  The Saving Water Partnership and Puget Sound Energy have teamed up to offer this energy and water savings opportunity to a large number of customers.  This program will install, at no cost to participants, water and energy pre-rinse sprayheads to any Saving Water Partnership food service customer.  Link to more information on this program and Seattle Public Utilities' newsletter. 

Clean Buses to begin carrying school children this winter.  This summer the Clean Air Agency moved forward with a clean air program for school buses.  The first buses are expected to roll out in December of this year.  They will be equipped with emission-control devices and switched to cleaner fuel.  Their goal is that by 2008, every school child who rides a bus in King, Kitsap, Pierce and Snohomish Counties (about 230,000 kids) will be boarding a "green" bus.  Link to the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency.

Seattle Parks and Recreation's Environmental Stewardship Program.

Seattle Parks is able to serve all our citizens with quality recreation and stewardship opportunities today and tomorrow by: 1) acquiring new Parks properties to serve more people, 2) sustainable building and design programs, and 3) development of public policies that help us protect parks.  Link to more information on the Seattle Parks and Recreation's website.

Pageler Elected to International Environmental Leadership Committee.

  Seattle City Councilmember Margaret Pageler has been elected to the Executive Committee of the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI), a world wide group of municipal leaders who discuss and promote environmental measures.  Pageler is the only representative on the 21-member panel executive committee from the United States, and one of three members from North America.  August 22, 2003 news release.  

Take the One Less Car Challenge! 

Save money, be part of the transportation solution and reduce stress.  Help our city reduce one million miles of car trips.  Seattle has led the nation in recycling, water conservation, and energy efficiency - now you can help Seattle blaze the trail in leading the nation in reducing car trips.  Link to more information on the Way to Go Seattle website.

Mayor breaks ground on natural drainage improvement.

Known as the Broadview Green Grid, it is the City's most ambitious natural drainage project to date.  When completed, the neighborhood will see reduced flooding, improved water quality, new sidewalks, calmer traffic and enhanced landscaping.  Link to more information on the Broadview Green Grid project.

Seattle Public Library rolls out CNG Bookmobile.

The Seattle Public Library has rolled out the newest edition in its fleet - a natural gas bookmobile.  This exciting and innovative application for the use of natural gas, the first bookmobile in the nation to be powered entirely by compressed natural gas (CNG), was made possible in part by support and funding provided through the Puget Sound Clean Cities Coalition and the Department of Energy's State Energy Program funds.  Click here for more information and photos.

Water-efficient product labeling proposed by Mayor Nickels.

WATER STAR label would compliment Energy Star Mayor Greg Nickels joined with Friends of the Earth to urge the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement voluntary water-efficient labeling for consumer products.  "Sensible steps to conserve water resources are today more important than ever – for protecting our environment, for maintaining reliable water supplies, and for managing the growing costs of water and wastewater treatment service," said Nickels in his July 25, 2003 news release.  

Mayor Nickels moves to boost City's recycling rate.

Acting on a pledge to boost citywide recycling, Mayor Greg Nickels has submitted legislation that would ban yard waste and paper from commercial garbage, a process that will be phased over three years.   "Recycling is the right thing to do, both from an environmental and cost basis," said Nickels in his July 23, 2003 news release.  

Pesticide application necessary to control hornets at Webster Playground, a Pesticide-free Park. 

On Thursday, July 10th, grounds maintenance crews made an application of an insecticide spray (Kibosh) to a hornet's nest at a Pesticide-free Park: Webster Playground, 3014 NW 67th St., Seattle.  Link to the OSE Pesticide page for more information.  

Seattle Parks rule establishes marine reserves within certain city parks

The Rule was developed out of the need to provide enhanced protection for certain sensitive inter-tidal and marine areas within Seattle park boundaries.  While general parks policies provide some protection for such areas, certain portions of Golden Gardens, Carkeek Park, South Alki/Richey Viewpoint, Lincoln Park, Schmitz Viewpoint, and Discovery Park, will benefit from enhanced protection as designed marine reserves. Link to Seattle Parks for more information.

Free Trees for Your Street. 

Looking for a way to add a little green to your neighborhood?  The Department of Neighborhoods Tree Fund can help by delivering free trees to qualified neighborhood groups for their planting strips. 

Yes! No Idling.

Two University of Washington students recently completed a survey of how many people turn off their cars off when the Fremont Bridge is open.  In a total of 19 bridge openings (averaging 4 1/2 minutes) only 3% (33 out of 116 waiting cars and trucks) turned off their engines. Click here for more idling facts.

Northwest Environment Watch releases a report on economic security in the Northwest states

Check out the report, "Falling Behind: The Economic Security of Northwest Families Since 1990," and state by state fact sheets.  Click here for more information  

Segway study documents productivity and environ

City meater reader using Segwaymental benefits.  A recently completed study commissioned by the Office of Sustainability and Environment evaluated the life cycle benefits and costs of Seattle Public Utilities' water meter readers using Segways on their routes. A six month pilot program included both meter-readers who primarily walked their routes and those that both walked and drove their routes. In both cases, the savings far outweigh the costs. The benefit cost ratio for walk only routes is 1.44 and for walk/drive routes it is 2.19.  Among the environmental benefits/findings: re-charging Segway batteries uses about 50 kWh per year - $3! And one out of six vehicles used for meter reading was able to be retired, adding to emissions reductions and cost savings of about $5000/year.  Click here to view the report.

Skagit dams certified as low impact.

Seattle City Light's Skagit project which is made up of three dams and powerhouses on the Skagit River, has been certified as low impact hydropower by the Low Impact Hydropower Institute.  Follow this link for more information.

Eleven local businesses honored for environmental practices

The Business and Industry Resource Venture honored 11 local companies at the Annual BEST (Businesses for an Environmentally Sustainable Tomorrow) Awards.   A City project (the Fisher Flag Pavilion remodel) won in the green building category. It was one of a number of inspiring examples of businesses and other institutions that are working to simultaneously improve their financial and environmental bottom lines; other winners included Starbucks, the Mariners, and Seattle University.

Smart mobility.

Driving alone is one of our biggest impacts on the environment. The Seattle Department of Transportation is empowering citizens to drive less and to live with fewer cars. You can still get where you going, save money and stress, and reduce impacts on the Earth. Check out Seattle's One Less Car Challenge to find out more.

What is sustainability?

Check out theWashington State Department of Ecology's field guide to sustainability, a great resource of information on how to incorporate sustainability into decision making processes. 

City shares innovative purchasing practices.

The new ‘Network for Business Innovation and Sustainability /NW’ held its inaugural workshop and attracted almost 100 people to learn about sustainable purchasing practices. City staff presented a case study on the City of Seattle innovative approach, which includes the use of scorecards for commodity teams to use in assessing, categorizing, weighing, measuring and reporting on the fiscal, environmental, social equity and functional features of commodity purchases.

Environmental Action Agenda Annual Progress Report 2002Moving toward sustainability 2002.  In honor of Earth Day the City has released the 2001/2002 annual progress report on the City of Seattle's Environmental Action Agenda.

The environmental report card summarizes the City’s progress toward about a dozen environmental targets in three areas: making City government a model of environmentally sustainable practices; protecting and restoring urban ecosystems and reducing harmful transportation impacts to the environment.  

Greening the City's fleet

.  Mayor Greg Nickels and Councilmember Heidi Wills have announced a new initiative to reduce harmful emissions from City-operated cars and trucks. The proposed Clean Green Fleets Action Plan, a component of the City's Environmental AcMayor & Councilmember Wills at Press conferencetion Agenda is broken out into three categories:  Clean and green cars, diesel fuel alternatives and personal mobility vehicles.  Ultimately, the goal is a 100 percent clean and green fleet and by the end of the year, the City will complete a benefit-cost analysis to determine the best mix of fuels and vehicles, and the appropriate timeline for meeting the goal.  This action plan and Earth Day Resolution 30593 reaffirm the City's commitment to the environment.

Also announced, a pilot program to help reduce unnecessary vehicle idling. The Seattle Department of Transportation is partnering with the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency to install new signs at the Ballard Bridge.  The signs encourage people to shut off their engines if they are waiting for the bridge to close.  

Thornton Creek benefits from golf course drainage ponds.

A celebration is planned for the completion of a $10 million drainage project that will reduce erosion and improve wildlife habitat in the north branch of Thornton Creek while decreasing flooding downstream.  The City  will join creek advocates to celebrate improvements on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 at noon, at the Jackson Park Golf Course Clubhouse.

Smog Watch in effect!

The temperature and pollution levels are both on the rise.  As a result, the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency (PSCAA) is issuing the first Smog Watch of the season, effective Monday, July 28 until Thursday, the 31st.  For more details and to learn what you can do over the next few hot days to help decrease contributions to ozone pollution, check out PSCAA's web site.

Seattle's annual neighborhood clean up kicks off!

Community, school, and business volunteers are asked to sign up for Spring Clean - part of Mayor Nickels Clean Seattle Initiative.  Events at Ballard and at Garfield High school celebrated the initiative kick off.  Volunteers are needed to pick up litter, paint over graffiti, stencil storm drains, and generally improve public spaces.  For more information call 206-233-7187 or visit www.seattle.gov/util/ept/springclean.

Local Governments prepare for West Nile Virus

. Mosquito season is rapidly approaching here in the Pacific Northwest which means the likely return of  West Nile Virus(WNV).  This mosquito-borne disease poses  health and environmental risks.  While Public Health Seattle & King County is the lead agency for responding to West Nile Virus, the City has developed a tiered response strategy/Integrated Pest Management Plan for City owned and operated property.    See our  West Nile Virus web page for more information.

Students go on spring clean.

Forty students from the UW participated in a neighborhood clean-up as part of the Spring Clean program. Students picked up litter and stenciled storm drains in the greater Roosevelt area as an extension of the Cowen Park Earth Day Celebration and Clean Up. Because of the success this event, students are interested in doing similar quarterly projects in the area.

Clean Seattle spruces up International District.

More than 260 neighborhood volunteers participated in Mayor Nickels' "Clean Seattle" clean-up. Seattle Parks and Recreation; Arts and Cultural Affairs; Department of Transportation; City Light; Department of Neighborhoods; and Seattle Public Utilities partnered with the Community Action Partnership to organize the clean-up event .

Daylighted creek provides more natural and inviting habitat.

On May 21, Mayor Greg Nickels joined community members to dedicate a newly restored portion of the creek in Schmitz Preserve Park in West Seattle. The creek had been buried underneath a parking lot for more than half a century but was recently daylighted by Seattle Parks and Recreation. Work included creating a new creek bed with stones and tree stumps found throughout the park.  All non-native plant species in the project area were removed, improving the habitat for native plants.  The City devotes more than $4 million per year to restore creeks throughout the city. Creek restoration improves habitat and drainage and creates more natural and inviting open spaces for people.

Seattle area schools release salmon at UW.

Over the past six months, hundreds of Seattle area students have been participating in Seattle Public Utilities' Salmon in the Schools Program. This program uses salmon to teach 4th and 5th graders the importance of protecting water from point and non-point pollution for the continued survival of salmon in our community. In total, some 29 participants have released salmon fry back into the UW fishpond.

Carkeek Environmental Learning Center to open doors.

Mayor Greg Nickels will be hosting an opening ceremony for the new Carkeek Park Environmental Learning Center on May 31, 1-2:30 pm.  The new Center is expected to achieve a sustainable building LEEDTM Gold Rating, the first one for a City project!  The building will serve as a sustainable building demonstration, classroom, library, lab, and community meeting space.

Mayor Nickels announces Plan to boost recycling rates

.  In late January, Mayor Nickels sent the Seattle City Council a package of new and innovative programs designed to boost citywide recycling rates. Although Seattle is recognized as a national leader in recycling, in recent years recycling levels have dropped, particularly in the commercial sector. To reverse that trend and reach Seattle's 60 percent recycling goal by 2008 Mayor Nickels has proposed adding a food waste collection program, phasing in a ban on paper and cardboard in the garbage and expanding existing programs.  Check out the following for more information:  Mayor's press release; Recycling fact sheet; Information for City employees on recycling at work or contact Kim Drury, OSE 206-684-3214.

Conservation program cuts water use by one-third

.  A City program to replace water-wasting toilets in apartment buildings shows water use in the first year was cut by more than 25 percent, and some buildings saving 35 to 48 percent. The program is anticipated ultimately to save 292 million gallons of water each year, enough to supply more than 3,000 homes with water for a year.  Flushing toilets is the largest use of water inside most homes, using, on average, 18 gallons of water per person per day.  The City co-sponsored a study comparing the performance of 49  water-efficient toilet models.  Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) is retrofitting more than 5,000 housing units.  The dollar savings will enable SHA to provide five additional low-income housing units each year. Five other low-income housing providers have also retrofitted more than 1,050 living units with water-saving fixtures.  More information about the toilet retrofit program is available at www.savingwater.org.

The new Justice Center gets a living roof.

Mayor Greg Mayor Greg Nickels & Councilmember Heidi Wills planting Nickels  and Councilmember Heidi Wills rolled up their sleeves, dug up the dirt and planted the first plants on the new Justice Center’s living roof system. The living roof is attractive, low maintenance and sustainable in its capacity to collect rainwater and provide insulation. The collected water is used to irrigate the plants in the plaza.  The roof system grows plants in 3 to 6 inches of soil, requiring minimal or no maintenance. The plants are frost, wind and drought resistant and do not require additional watering, fertilizing, mowing or pruning.  The buildings other sustainable features include a "second skin" on the west facade that allows for maximum natural light and views while regulating solar heat gain, the use of recycled concrete and carpet made from recycled materials.  The Justice Center is one of the first City Sustainable Building Silver LEED projects to open its doors for business.  

City Light programs help Seattle garner international climate protection award.

  The City of Seattle was the recent recipient of the 2003 EPA Climate Protection Award which recognizes exceptional leadership, personal dedication and technical achievements in protecting the climate.  The award recognizes Seattle for three distinct initiatives.  First, City Light is committed to meeting all of its growth in energy demand through renewable resources, Second, City Light will mitigate all greenhouse gas emissions from any fossil-fuel-based power it uses and finally the City's recently completed an inventory of all its corporate greenhouse gas emissions shows that through City Light's actions, changes in solid waste management and a logging ban in its 96,000-acre watershed, the City's emissions in 2000 were 60 percent below 1990 emission levels.  Winners this year are from China, India, Korea and the United States.

Earth Day youth project receives funding

: The Green Lake Advisory Council received $1,000 from Starbucks for the Teen program for Earth Day. The teens, in consultation with the Northwest gardener, identified improvements to the habitat area near the Bathhouse as their project  

City Council endorses Mayor's PBT Reduction Strategy. 

The strategy calls for a reduction of products containing or resulting in the production of persistent, bioaccumulative, toxic chemicals or Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxics (PBTs) and follows the State of Washington ’s list of priority PBTs.  OSE agreed to work with appropriate departments to further evaluate two City practices: replacing the mercury-containing switches in the trunks of City cars; and sending used oil from City Light transformers to the LaFarge cement kiln (where it is burned as a fuel).  See our Chemical Use page for more information

City of Seattle wins prestigious sustainability award.

The Gov. Locke presents award to Councilmember Heidi Wills & Steve Nicholas Seattle has been awarded one of the Governor’s Awards for Pollution Prevention and Sustainable Practices. This competitive ward honors achievement in promoting choices which do not compromise the ability of future generations to meet their needs, and focuses attention on the interdependence of environmental, economic and community goals.  The City was the only government agency to win the award for such programs as pesticide reduction, sustainable purchasing, clean diesel and sustainable building.  

Sustainable Seattle to develop livability indicators pilot project.

  Sustainable Seattle will work with OSE and the Department of Neighborhoods to initiate the project in one Seattle neighborhood, with the intent of including more neighborhoods when a complete grant is awarded in mid-2003.   The process will involve determining what livability goals should be tracked with indicators; establishing roles and responsibilities for data collection; developing reporting mechanisms that inform City departments and neighborhood residents, businesses and community groups about changes in neighborhood conditions.  The pilot project is funded by a grant from the Sloan Foundation.  For more information on this project, contact Richard Gelb at 684-0631 or Ray Victurine at 206-343-9759 x103.

Moving away from treated wood. The City's Hazardous Materials Coordinating Committee have developed a draft guide on the use of chemically-treated wood. The draft recommends alternatives to treated wood for most applications, and provides the latest information on available alternatives. In the coming months this draft will be refined and finalized, and incorporated into the City’s Environmental Management Program.

In the newsLink to Green Map Project

We'll all recycle or else, City Council decides  Seattle PI - December 16, 2003

City plans to develop 12 new parks throughout Seattle  Seattle PI - December 16, 2003

Tougher line urged on Puget Sound cleanup  Seattle PI - December 11, 2003

Critics say pesticide makers illegally influence EPA policy  Seattle PI - December 8, 2003

Foot soldiers in push for walkable Seattle Seattle PI - November 14, 2003

Northwest is poised for leadership in energy research Seattle Times - November 13, 2003

Our Warming World: Effects of climate change bode ill for Northwest Seattle PI - November 13, 2003

They separate so you don't have to Seattle Times - November 12, 2003

In the Northwest: Canadian smelter pollution meets US resolution Seattle PI - November 11, 2003

Nickels' downtown vision: livability Seattle PI - November 11, 2003

Seattle places in international environmental management contest Seattle PI - October 16, 2003 

"How Green is Our City" Seattle Weekly October 15-21, 2003

Three western governors unite to fight global warming Seattle PI - September 23, 2003

Nickels wants ban on trashing recyclables Seattle PI  July 24, 2003

The Public Sector Spurs 'Green' Building - WSJ Real Estate Journal - 
July 16, 2003 

Little scooters are a big hit with the City - Seattle PI - April 22, 2003

Seattle City Hall - DJC April 17, 2003

City celebrates park pioneer Olmsted...  Seattle PI - April 2, 2003

 


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