Dr. Don Davidson is Bellevue’s New Mayor

January 4th, 2010

The City of Bellevue has strong new leadership tonight, as the duties of the Mayor were passed to Dr. Don Davidson, a longtime Bellevue Councilman who advocates for fiscal responsibility, a healthy business climate, and protection of Bellevue’s neighborhoods.

Longtime Bellevue Councilman Conrad Lee was also swept in as Deputy Mayor.

Both Councilmen were part of a Bellevue City Council majority that recently refused to raise taxes on Bellevue citizens in the currently depressed economic climate, and who are supportive of a Sound Transit light rail alignment through Bellevue that is intended to serve the region’s commuters, while doing a better job of protecting Bellevue’s businesses, historic resources, parks, wildlife & endangered species, natural resources and neighborhoods.

Surrey Downs on endangered property list - Seattle Times

June 10th, 2009
Surrey Downs on endangered property list Seattle Times, United States Sound Transit recently decided to explore and study a route that would run along I-90, up Bellevue Way Northeast and then turn east near Southeast Eighth Street. The neighborhoods argue that light rail on Bellevue Way would bring more traffic into ...

Endangered Property: Surrey Downs - Tacoma Daily News

June 4th, 2009
Endangered Property: Surrey Downs Tacoma Daily News, WA As Sound Transit continues to focus on an alignment for the proposed East Link transit corridor through Bellevue, options under consideration could result in potential adverse impacts to the Surrey Downs neighborhood. Collectively, the Mithun & Neslund ...

Seattle P-I Article Identifies “Noteworthy” WTHP Listing- Surrey Downs Mithun & Neslund Mid-Century Modern homes

May 28th, 2009

Washington Trust for Historic Preservation Announces “List of Endangered Properties”, & Includes Surrey Downs Mithun & Neslund Mid-Century Modern Homes

May 27th, 2009

Update: Alki Homestead on new “Endangered Properties” list

May 26th, 2009
Washington Trust for Historic Preservation has just officially announced its 2009 list of the “state’s most endangered historic properties,” which includes the fire-damaged Alki Homestead - one of four Seattle “resources” on the list, along with the P-I Globe. Washington Trust sent media organizations a preview of this for planning purposes last week and we honored its requested “embargo” of the list until this afternoon’s planned announcement, which explains:
Inclusion in our annual list is intended to raise awareness of the challenges and opportunities facing historic resources across the state and ...

PI globe tops 'endangered' list - Seattle Post Intelligencer

May 26th, 2009
PI globe tops 'endangered' list Seattle Post Intelligencer The most noteworthy of the other entrants may be Bellevue's Surrey Downs neighborhood, because the threat listed is Sound Transit's East Link light-rail line. The trust called the neighborhood "significant as an intact, early subdivision of Bellevue ...

Seattle’s ‘civic dementia,’ and how to cure it

May 24th, 2009
Editor's note: This speech was given last week at the 35th anniversary celebration and awards banquet of Historic Seattle. It's great to be here with you this evening under the stained glass of the Arctic Club Hotel. This historic building looms large in my mind because of its walrus "gargoyles," the faces that line the outside of the building and look like Mike Holmgren. These made a great impression on me as a child, and I think they made an impression on my father. He was born and raised in Seattle too, the second ...

P-I Globe makes endangered list

May 20th, 2009
The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation has announced that the Seattle P-I Globe tops their 2009 list of endangered historic properties. The familiar, neon-lit globe was constructed by PACCAR and is a true landmark, currently sited above the waterfront offices of Seattlepi.com, the online daily that has replaced the newspaper which ceased its print edition earlier this year. There has been much discussion about the Globe's future, ranging from putting it in a museum (like the new Museum of History and Industry planned for South Lake Union) to returning it to its original site at the old P-I ...

Wa. State Dept.of Archeology and Historic Preservation, During DEIS Process for East Link, Identifies the Surrey Downs Mithun & Neslund Mid-Century Modern Homes as “Eligible” to be Nominated to the National Register of Historic Places

May 19th, 2009
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