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Ballard Avenue Landmark District Announces Annual Election Results for Two Positions 

June 17, 2026

The Ballard Avenue Landmark District Board announces its annual election results. Two positions were up for election. The annual election results are as follows: The elected candidate’s term begins July 2026. The annual election for the Ballard Avenue Landmark District Board was held by mail, with ballots tabulated by a designee of the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods under the supervision… [ Keep reading ]

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Mayor Wilson Seeks Architect or Landscape Architect to Serve on Landmarks Preservation Board 

June 15, 2026

Mayor Katie Wilson seeks an Architect or Landscape Architect to serve on the City of Seattle’s Landmarks Preservation Board for a three-year term.   The 12-member Landmarks Preservation Board makes recommendations to Seattle City Council for landmark designating ordinances and reviews proposed alterations to designated features of landmark properties. The Board is composed of two architects (one may be a landscape architect); two historians; one structural… [ Keep reading ]

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Landmarks Preservation Board Votes Unanimously to Designate The People’s Wall as Seattle Landmark

June 4, 2026

The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods’ Landmarks Preservation Board (LPB) voted unanimously to approve the designation of The People’s Wall at 1919 E Spruce Street (formerly 172 20th Avenue) as a Seattle Landmark. The timely 11:0:0 vote took place at the May 20, 2026 LPB meeting. For decades, the People’s Wall has… [ Keep reading ]

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Seattle’s Landmarks Preservation Board will consider the nomination of the Woodin House

May 28, 2026

UPDATE: The Woodin House was approved as a Historic Landmark with a unanimous vote by the Seattle City Council on May 19, 2026. Owner Scott Boone is the third generation of his family to live in the residence and continues to preserve the home built by his grandparents more than… [ Keep reading ]

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Ballard Avenue Landmark District Board Announces Candidates for Annual Election

May 8, 2026

The Ballard Avenue Landmark District (BLD) Board will hold its annual election of board members. Community members who are registered for this election will receive a ballot and self-addressed stamped envelope by mail. Physical ballots must be received by the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods by Tuesday, June 9, 2026. Voters… [ Keep reading ]

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Pioneer Square Turns Over a New Leaf with Populus Hotel  

April 30, 2026

In the heart of Seattle’s Pioneer Square Preservation District, where the scent of salt air mingles with the ghost of sawdust and steam, stands the Populus Hotel. Named for a genus of species of deciduous flowering plants in the willow family which includes the famous Quaking Aspen, this renovated historic landmark stands as a living bridge between the city’s rugged past and its green future. Just… [ Keep reading ]

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Historic Preservation Community Occupation Series – From Surplus to Shared Space: How Neighbors Saved Fire Station 7

April 15, 2026

“Fighting the Flames of NIMBYism since 1970” Submitted by Environmental Works Seattle in the late 1960s was a city in transition. It was grappling with the Vietnam War, civil rights struggles, environmental degradation, and economic instability after Boeing layoffs. Plans for new freeways threatened to fracture established neighborhoods, older buildings… [ Keep reading ]

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Landmarks Preservation Board to Consider Nomination of The People’s Wall

March 24, 2026

Seattle Department of Neighborhood’s Landmarks Preservation Board will consider the nomination of The People’s Wall (1919 E Spruce Street) at its meeting on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, at 3:30 p.m. A copy of the Landmark Nomination can be viewed on the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods website. Meeting Information  Members of the public can attend the meeting… [ Keep reading ]

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Historic Preservation Community Occupation Series: Building Beloved Community at El Centro de la Raza

March 20, 2026

This piece is part of a short series focused on community occupations of historical places in Seattle. These stories, told by community members, showcase the power of people uniting to protect important community places in the city and the ways these places continue to provide meaningful space, resources, and services… [ Keep reading ]

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Mayor Wilson Seeks New Member for International Special Review District Board

February 9, 2026

Mayor Katie B. Wilson seeks a new member for the International Special Review District Board (ISRD) Board and invites community members who care deeply about the Chinatown International District to come forward. Serving on the Board is a way for residents to shape decisions that affect their own neighborhoods—because this… [ Keep reading ]

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