Street Committee
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- Mar 14, 1877The Road to Nowhere: How Seattle’s Leaders Left Lake Washington Residents Stranded in MudIn March 1877, residents living between the city and Lake Washington found their commute impossible. The city council ignored petitions for a proper road, offering only fir boughs and gravel dust as solutions.Washington Street, Seattle, WA
- Nov 18, 1891A City on the Brink: Olympia’s 1891 Debt Crisis and the Fight Over JobsFacing a constitutional debt limit, Olympia’s city council considers firing the deputy clerk, assistant city attorney, and city engineer—while a motion to revoke the street railway franchise fails by a tie.Olympia, WA
- May 14, 1895Four Years, Four Factions, and Still No Pavement on Pacific AvenueTacoma's property owners have bickered for four years over how to pave the street running through their town — bituminous rock, plank, wood, or plank-on-gravel — so the council has finally given them until June 1 to agree, or it will choose for them.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 4, 1909A Nine-Acre Gulch for a Park—and a City Council That HesitatesTacoma is offered a ready-made public park, but the council balks at changing Tacoma Avenue and removing a bridge near the tennis club grounds.Tacoma, WA