Pike Place Market Centennial
Flyer against initiative, 1971
Pike Place Market Records (1628-01), Seattle Municipal Archives
Watch for Pike Place Market Initiative on your ballot when you vote . . .
TO SECURE THESE BENEFITS PLEASE VOTE NO INITIATIVE #1
Save the Market
More than $1.08 million is immediately available to save the Market and to eliminate blight in surrounding areas. Passage of Initiative No. 1 will prevent the use of these federal funds.
Health and Safety
Fire and sanitation problems threaten residents in areas surrounding the Market. Police protection is difficult. Renewal of this area will help those who live or work in the vicinity. make streets safe to walk.
Improve Downtown Seattle
Blight is slowly infecting our market district. Urban Renewal can make this once again an important asset. A 6,000 car parking facility will make shopping at the Pike Place Market easy .and convenient.
More jobs - NOW
Development of the area will add $130 million to our economy at a time when a boost is badly needed. Urban Renewal will provide 1,500 construction jobs - now, and 2,500 new jobs when completed.
Added City income
A tax advantage for every citizen because this restored area will create TEN TIMES its present income. More business for market tenants. More activity for tourists. Yet it will help hold your taxes down.
Don't be confused - a negative vote for positive results
VOTE NO INITIATIVE #1
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We Recommend: Vote No Initiative #1
Careful studies prove that a "NO" vote is necessary, to gain these benefits
- Save The Market
- Boost Seattle's Economy
- create New Jobs
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City Officials Market Owners Pike Place Merchants |
Jess Brown Olger Barman Bill Homer Charlotte E. Thomas Domingo Constantino Mary E. Weeks Mae H. Gorsline A.M. Richter Lela F. Adams Mas Kajioka Della Stanford Bob Windhausen Alfred C. Chapman Barbara Wagner Pincus Almelch Clement Stanford Organizations News Media |
Seattle Sunday Post-Intelligencer
Sunday, October 17, 1971
"...Seattle can have both a preserved Pike Place Market and urban rehabilitation through defeat of Initiative No. 1."
The Seattle Times
Friday, October 1, 1971
"The facts are simply that the Friends of the Market initiative measure on the ballot November 2 will not "save" the Market and that its passage instead will doom not only the market, but the whole 20 acre renewal project."
Committee to Save the Market, 83 Pike Street, Reid Lowell and Jerry Wagner, Co-Chairmen
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