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The Seattle Municipal Archive accepted US$100,000 from the National Archives and Records Administration to process records. [ 3 ] By 2002 many of the archives photographs from before the 1930s had begun to deteriorate and the archival budget did not allow for all of them to be digitized to contemporary quality standards for archives. [ 4 ]
The Seattle Asian Art Museum (SAAM) in Volunteer Park is a designated city landmark. From 1933 to 1981, the building housed the main Seattle Art Museum (SAM). The "Art Ladder": the main staircase of the 1991 Robert Venturi-designed wing of SAM. The Naval Reserve Armory, now home to MOHAI.
Seattle, Washington, has more than 400 permanent pieces of public artwork throughout the city, supported by private collections and the municipal Percent for Art program, which directs one percent of funding for capital improvement projects into artwork. [1] In 2013, the collection's permanent and portable works were valued at a total of $39 ...
In September, the neighboring City of Tacoma announced it was temporarily suspending glass collection due to changes in the international recycling market. Starting on Oct. 1.
(The Center Square) – Seattle voters have passed the largest tax proposal in city history, and homeowners will end up paying an average of more than $2,300 toward city services. Proposition 1 ...
The City of Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board is responsible for designating and preserving structures of historical importance in Seattle, Washington. The board recommends actions to the Seattle City Council, which fashions these into city ordinances with the force of law. The board is part of the city's Department of Neighborhoods. [1]
In the event the city council fails to fill the vacant position by the end of the 20-day period on Jan. 27, the council must meet and vote every business day until the vacancy is filled. Show comments
From 1933 to 1991, the building served as the home of the Seattle Art Museum and its main collection. After the main collection moved to a new museum in Downtown Seattle, the building underwent an early renovation in the 1990s at a cost of $5.2 million.