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Olmsted in Seattle
Creating a Park System for a Modern City
In the midst of galloping growth at the turn of the twentieth century, Seattle’s city leaders seized on the confluence of a roaring economy with the City Beautiful movement to hire the Olmsted Brothers landscape...
ISBN: 9781933245560
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Transit
The Story of Public Transportation in the Puget Sound Region
Ever since the first streetcars rumbled through the streets of Seattle in 1884, public transportation in the Puget Sound region has been a wild roller-coaster ride, replete with scandals, triumphs, and momentous turning points. A...
ISBN: 9781933245553
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Seattle at 150
Stories of the City through 150 Objects from the Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle has packed a lot of history into the 150 years since its incorporation. Much of that history—the stories, the people, dialogue and debate, conflict and vision—is preserved in the Seattle Municipal Archives. The collection’s...
ISBN: 9781933245584
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Woodland
The Story of the Animals and People of Woodland Park Zoo
Follow the history of Woodland Park Zoo from its nineteenth-century beginnings as a park originally carved from the wilderness north of downtown Seattle to promote a nearby real estate development. As Seattle grew, its zoo...
ISBN: 9781933245416
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Moving Washington Timeline
The First Century of the Washington State Department of Transportation, 1905-2005
From wagon trails to interstate highways, this book retraces how the leaders and employees of the Washington State Department of Transportation and their predecessors helped to shape Washington’s transportation system during a century of technological...
ISBN: 9780295985619
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