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21 stories matching regrad
- The High Cost of Progress in Seattle
Property owners on Pike Street are challenging the city council, arguing that if their land was damaged by regrading, they shouldn't be taxed for the 'benefits' of the improvement.
- The Price of a Regrade
A local property owner sues the city for $10,000, claiming a street regrade left their building isolated and inaccessible.
- Fatal Dynamite Blast on Second Avenue
A Seattle contractor and his powder man face manslaughter charges following a reckless dynamite incident that killed a young boy.
- One Lawsuit Over Jackson Street Stops Every Big Street Project in Washington
The state supreme court voids the 1893 eminent domain law, and Seattle's half-million-dollar regrade — along with the ambitious improvements of every city over 1,500 people — is suddenly unfundable.
- The Price of Progress: Seattle’s Legal Tug-of-War Over Street Grades
In 1891, the city was forced to reckon with the constitutional requirement of paying damages to property owners before regrading streets, a lesson that paralyzed public works and exposed the city's precarious financial state.
- The Perils of the 'Hill' for Seattle's Early Commuters
Before the city's regrades and paved arterial roads, a simple trip across the hill was a matter of survival, as a horse-drawn buggy accident reminds us.
- The Great Seattle Hillside Regrade
While city engineers work to tame the steep streets with plows and rollers, the rapid expansion of Seattle's geography remains a constant, labor-intensive battle against the elements.
- The Great Regrade of Commercial Street
A proposal to drop Commercial Street by ten feet to improve drainage and access.
- The Cost of Regrading Seattle
Helen Scurry fights the city for $25,000, claiming the lowering of Third Street destroyed the value of her property.
- The City’s Great Reshaping
Massive earth-moving projects on the hills of Seattle are transforming the landscape, burying the old city to make room for the new.
- The Fight Against Seattle's Regrade Taxes
Property owners on South Twelfth and South Fourteenth streets take the city to court to block land seizures over controversial street-grading assessments.
- The City’s stalled bridge and park land deal
A Tacoma city council debate over land acquisition for a public park highlights the tension between municipal growth and private interests.
- The High Cost of Paving Progress
A warning to the city that the frenetic pace of street regrading is pushing homeowners toward financial ruin.
- The Hilltop Slip: Seattle’s Shifting Waterfront
Decades before the regrades reshaped the city, residents of the Belltown waterfront watched their homes slide into the bay as the ground beneath them turned to quicksand.
- Seattle’s 'Ram's Horn' Tracks Finally Straightened
After years of litigation and civic headache, the city moves to eliminate the dangerous and obstructive curving rail path known as the 'Ram's Horn' between Yesler Way and Union Street.
- City Neglect Leaves Walla Walla Streets in 'Abominable' Condition
Citizens and business owners plead for repairs to East Alder Street and local alleys, warning of potential lawsuits over property damage.
- The Struggle to Flatten Seattle's Hills
Business owners in the North End push to regrade the city’s steep streets, hoping to spur economic growth and bridge the gap between Pike and Blanchard streets.
- The First Strike Against the Eight-Hour Day
Contractors are already looking for loopholes in the new Washington state labor law, sparking a legal showdown between building firms and the Western Central Labor Union.
- The Railroad Gets Its Street Vacations—and Newport Gets a New Grade
Mayor Appel signs the I.W.N. street-and-alley vacations, clearing the way for regrades, depot improvements and a rebuilt riverfront rail corridor.
- The Great Seattle Regrade
City infrastructure projects are reshaping the landscape, creating deep cuts and massive fills, while disrupting daily life for residents.
- The Struggle to Climb Seattle’s Hills
Before the regrades and the tunnels, the steep climb to the city's plateau was a daily battle for horses and carriages, sparking calls for plank roads.