Article Date: December 1st, 2010
Category: Heritage Briefs
“South Downtown†– the area that includes Seattle’s largest aggregation of historic buildings (Pioneer Square area) as well as its most identifiable cultural enclave (Chinatown/International District) – is being considered for rezoning intended to foster new growth, particularly of market-rate housing.
Despite a snowstorm that crippled the Puget Sound region on November 22, the public hearing on the city’s Department of Planning and Development rezoning proposal went on as planned at Wing Luke Museum that evening. Dozens of residents, developers, housing advocates, and small business owners attended the event to voice their concerns. Click here to see Publicola’s coverage, as well as readers’ reactions.
