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2.01.26.00.Seattle Parks and Recreation (general)

Location: Archives file drawers, PNW gardens & organizations
Dates1979-2019
Summary
2 folders
Description
10/25/2025, "Green Seattle Day," poster.
9/15/2019, "Our Better Nature," Seattle Times.
3/6/2011,"Parks in a pickle" by Bob Young, Seattle Times.
1/31/2008, "Winter face of nature in our own backyard," Seattle Times, .
4/19/2007, "Wild wonders of four city parks . . . ," Seattle Times, .
12/6/2006"Controversial parks chief is stepping down," Seattle Times, .
Spring 2006, "Pathways" Seattle Parks Foundation newsletter.
2006."Pro Parks Report To Citizens" 
2005?"Pro Parks Levy Mid-Term Report,  (2 copies).
12/23/2004, "Parks department hoping for place on holiday gift list," Seattle Times.
11/12/2002, "Donor honors Seattle legend/with $1.3 million park," P-I, 2 pp.
11/12/2002, "Anonymous donor gives $1.3 million/for Central Area park in honor of doctor," Seattle Times, 2 pp.
2000? "Seattle Public Parks and Green Spaces," map and habitat map list.  
5/2/1999, "The Olmsted Touch," Seattle Times, 10 pp..
6/1998, Seattle Park Guide, map and facilities list.
12/1996, "Fresh Fields," Landscape Architecture, 3 pp.
Sept. 1985,"Inner-City Islands of Serenity," Pacific Northwest magazine, 2 pp. . 
1984?, "Seattle's park system began 100 years ago," news clip.   
7/13/1979 "Interpretive Essay on the History of Seattle's Parks & Playgrounds," typed copy.
n.d. (likely between 1996 and 2007) volunteerism brochure "Caring for Seattle's Parks and People." 

Green pocket folder containing Virgil G. Bogue's 1911 Map #3: "City of Seattle and Adjacent Territory accompanying report of Municipal Plans Commission showing existing and proposed parks and park boulevards [and] proposed rapid transit routes."
SubjectsRainier Beach Urban Farm, Seattle Parks Department centennial, Seattle Parks habitat maps, Seattle Parks Foundation, Green Lake Park Alliance
NamesBogue, Virgil G., Olmsted, Frederick Law, Jr.
Record ID # 342  ·  Accession date: 2018-04-10  ·  Last updated: 2025-10-28 11:13