Seattle and the Roots of Urban Sustainability: Inventing Ecotopia

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vii Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Prologue “The Battle in Seattle” 1 Chapter 1 Market 16 Chapter 2 Neighborhood 65 Chapter 3 Open Space 99 Chapter 4 Ecotopia 131 Chapter 5 Home 180 Epilogue Commons 215 Notes 239 Index 279 ix Illustrations 17 Mark Tobey, E Pluribus Unum, 1942   19 Official poster, Seattle World’s Fair, 1962   20 Proposed market development, Pike Plaza Redevelopment Project, July 1968   24 Corner of Pike Street, Pike Place, and First Avenue, 1910   25 Street stalls on Pike Place, Block 7, Main Arcade, 1912   26 Back of Pike Place Market from Alaskan Way Viaduct, Dec. 6, 1951 33 Freeway construction near Lakeview Boulevard and Eastlake Avenue, 1961 43 Hillclimb Corridor, 1972 44 Triangle Building—before rehabilitation, 1972    45 Bakery Building, Pike Plaza Redevelopment Project, May 22, 1968   48 Protesters march across Spring Street, June 1961   49 Victor Steinbrueck leading a demonstration, 1971   49 Victor Steinbrueck and a young woman protesting the proposed demolition of Pike Place Market, 1971   59 Benefit rock concert at Seward Park for Pike Place Market, 1971   66 Billboard advertising Model Cities Rat Project, July 1, 1970–Sept. 30, 1970   69 A map of Seattle showing segregation of African Americans in 1960   79 Map and “Make It Fly” logo for the Seattle Model Cities program x i l l u s t r a t i o ns 85 Community Sanitation Aides’ field training, Oct. 1, 1970 86 Signing of cooperative cleanup contract, Mar. 31, 1971 90 Spraying a Model Cities neighborhood residence, Mar. 31, 1971 91 Environmental Health Project personnel during neighborhood cleanup, Oct. 1, 1970 92 Cleanup trucks in the Model Cities neighborhood, June 30, 1971 93 CAMP worker interviews Model Cities neighborhood resident, July 1, 1970–Sept. 30, 1970 105 Aerial photograph of Fort Lawton, ca. 1940 112 United Indians of All Tribes demonstrating at Fort Lawton, 1970 125 Bernie Whitebear, 1971 141 Table of contents of Seriatim: Journal of Ecotopia 1, no. 4 (Autumn 1977) 146 Founding meeting of Tilth at Pragtree Farm, 1977 147 Cartoons depicting the invention of a bioregional community 148 Barter Fair and gathering, 1977 155 The original P-patch in north Seattle, 2010 160 The greenhouse in the Tilth demonstration garden, 2010 162 Tilth demonstration garden with the Home of the Good Shepherd, 2010 163 Seattle Tilth pamphlet, 1978 166 Bob Santos, 1971 169 Building the Danny Woo Garden, 1977 170 The Danny Woo International District Community Garden, 1978 172 Kobe Terrace, Danny Woo International District Community Garden, Sept. 13, 2004 187 Rainbook: Resources for Appropriate Technology (1977) 189 A typical representation of the ideal self-sufficient home, mid-1970s 216 Original Bogue plan for the south Lake Union area 221 “The Seattle Commons Draft Plan” 228 A Cascade Street scene, Nov. 3, 1953 235 A view of the Alcyone Apartments from the Cascade Community P-Patch, 2010 ...