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  Seattle - MSN Encarta
Seattle boasts the shortest routes from the U.S. mainland to Tokyo, Japan, and is the primary American port to Asia and Siberia.
Seattle’s mayor and nine-member city council are elected at large by popular vote in nonpartisan elections and serve four-year terms.
Seattle’s residential and industrial growth was slowed by the national recession that began in 1893.
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 International District, Seattle, Washington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
According to the 2000 Census, the International District is 56% Asian, 15% fl, 15% white, and 5% Hispanic/Latino.
In the 1970s, organizations devoted to the preservation of the International District were founded, some in response to the 1975 construction of the Kingdome on land that was intended for use as low-income housing.
In 1987, the International District gained federal status as the "Seattle Chinatown Historic District." In 1999, the City Council approved the "Chinatown-International District Strategic Plan" for the future of the neighbourhood.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/International_District,_Seattle,_Washington   (638 words)

  
 University District, Seattle, Washington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The UW moved in two years after the area was annexed to Seattle, while much of the area was still clear cut forest or stump farmland.
The district of neighborhoods grew with the university to become a microcosm (for better and worse) of urban American cities.
Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern train wreck in the University District, 20 August 1894.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/University_District,_Seattle,_Washington   (3019 words)

  
 Preservation Seattle - Preservation and the Environment: May 2004: Timber!: A Brief Local History of the Building ...
Washington's timber industry grew dramatically in the last decades of the 19th century, as the lumber industry in the Midwest declined and the Transcontinental Railroad expanded national connections.
Value-added timber industries, such as the manufacturing of shingles, sashes, doors and other building elements, began in 1875 with the establishment of the Stetson and Post Mill on Yesler's Wharf, and soon became a substantial industrial sector in Seattle.
Seattle's public institutions, such as its schools, were variously built of masonry or lumber, generally depending on their location and budget.
www.historicseattle.org /preservationseattle/presenviron/defaultmay3.htm   (1376 words)

  
 Seattle Washington Description.
The popularity of Seattle's natural and cultural amenities, that so epitomize the attraction of the Northwest, see the city now faced with the challenge of preserving its livability under the pressure of increasing residential and tourist populations.
Seattle has a long established gay community, and boasts the nation’s longest running gay bar, the oldest lesbian resource center, the oldest gay counseling service, and the second richest foundation devoted to gay issues.
Seattle has professional symphony, ballet, opera companies and an active theatre community with 80 companies, 13 of which are professional.
www.gonorthwest.com /Washington/seattle/description.htm   (1246 words)

  
 Environmental Services and Technology Industry Overview
Greater Seattle and Washington state became leaders in environmental protection well before the existence of environmental laws and protection was commonplace in the United States.
Seattle is ranked third among the nation's major cities in the percentage of adults with college degrees.
Washington state firms and government have a history of being at the forefront of the industry.
www.cityofseattle.net /tda/industry/enviro.htm   (2257 words)

  
 Seattle, Washington
Seattle, an important Pacific port and industrial centre and the largest city in Washington State, lies on a narrow strip of land between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, some 140 mi.
As for industry, simply naming the city's two largest companies - Boeing and Microsoft - is enough to indicate the significance of its role.
Then in addition there is the city's magnificent mountain setting: to the east is the ice pyramid of Mount Rainier National Park, rising out of the Cascade Mountains, to the west the partly snow-capped peaks of the Olympic National Park, towering backcloths to a series of ocean inlets and lakes.
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 SEATTLE
This study was commissioned by the Seattle Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) on March 11, 1993, and conducted with the assistance of the City of Seattle, Port of Seattle, and King County governments.
Seattle Reboots Its Future: The leaders of the city that Bill Boeing and Bill Gates built are asking what it will take to thrive in the 21st century.
Downtown's changing face [Seattle Times, Feb.23, 1997] From Pioneer Square to the Denny Regrade and the waterfront to Interstate 5, Downtown Seattle is in the midst of a $1 billion building boom that promises to change the city's profile just as fundamentally as a crop of modern office high-rises did in the 1980s.
faculty.washington.edu /krumme/readings/seattle.html   (4374 words)

  
 ISA Seattle Introduction
The Seattle Section is a local section of the ISA, The International Society for Measurement and Control.
It is the document filed with the State of Washington that defines the ISA Seattle Section as a non-profit corporation.
Washington state stops on the information super-highway, for the natives as well as the cyber-tourists.
www.isa.org /~seattle/isaintro.htm   (1013 words)

  
 Queen Anne High School--Seattle, Washington: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
Seattle's Board of Education was influenced by these ideals and hired James Stephen as the "Official School Architect" in 1899.
A School Board Report claimed this Neo-classical building, situated atop the crest of Queen Anne Hill, "marked the summit of achievement thus far in Seattle school architecture." Edgar Blair, a school board member and later the School District architect, noted "it is the most modern and costly building in Seattle....
In the 1980s, the school district closed the school and sold the building to developers.
www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/seattle/s3.htm   (322 words)

  
 U-District housing, crowding and runaways up for discussion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Seattle City Council member Peter Steinbrueck will be this year's guest speaker at the University District Community Council's annual meeting Wednesday to discuss the future of the University District.
David Erickson, a junior majoring in industrial design, would like the council to discuss the lack of affordable housing in the neighborhood.
He said he is also irritated by overcrowding on the Ave., although he does not think overcrowding is a problem in the rest of the U-District.
archives.thedaily.washington.edu /1999/041299/N5.U-district.html   (526 words)

  
 Seattle Rentals Wallingford
Wallingford is a charming neighborhood that is nestled between Greenlake, Fremont and the University District.
Wallingford is a great location for commuters to Downtown, the Eastside, or the University of Washington because of its close proximity to freeway access.
Wallingford attracts students from Seattle Pacific University and the University of Washington, however, rental opportunities are not as prevalent as in other areas of Seattle.
www.seattlerentals.com /724.html   (361 words)

  
 Seattlest
Seattle is a modern-day Athens, where free political debate rages like a burning blaze.
Let's not pretend that b-ball in Seattle is at all "urban" (and things would have been particularly dire if Key Arena got renovated and ticket prices shot up).
In the Craigslist Seattle Casual Encounters all the boys and girls are still trolling for fleeting love and random hookups and even in the sometimes inferno of the Rants n' Raves section only the occasional "Re: Re: Fuck Fortuny" appears.
www.seattlest.com   (3909 words)

  
 Seattle Community Colleges District - International Programs - Capability Statement
The Seattle Community Colleges have the expertise and flexibility to deliver a wide variety of programs.
At North Seattle, Seattle Central and South Seattle, students take intensive English and academic preparation courses to prepare for college.
The Seattle Community Colleges have outstanding services for international students including cultural and academic orientation programs, educational and career planning, admission and immigration services, housing assistance or placement, airport pickup, trips and activities, testing, and other programs.
www.seattlecolleges.com /international/default.asp?page=overview   (489 words)

  
 Industrial Audio Software - Press Release, September 7, 2005
(Seattle, WA September 7, 2005) "Podcasting is surely becoming another tool that helps teachers make learning more fun and relevant to their students," says John Phillips, a first year teacher in Washington State.
Students, teachers, districts, and schools are all finding new ways to incorporate podcasting into their programs, curriculum, and lesson plans.
Industrial Audio Software is a subsidiary of Singing Electrons, Inc. (http://www.singingelectrons.com).
www.industrialaudiosoftware.com /press/press9.html   (380 words)

  
 REGIONAL ARTS NEWS
Exhibitions, collections, and public programs stimulate research and teaching at the University of Washington, provide a creative wellspring for artists, and reveal a record of modern artistic inquiry from the advent of photography in the mid-19th century to the multidisciplinary art and design of the 21st.
Trimpin moved to Seattle from his native Germany in 1979 to gain easier access to the electro-mechanical gadgetry necessary to realize the elaborate installations he was envisioning.
The King County Public Art Program of Seattle, Washington, USA is seeking three artists or artist teams for public art opportunities at the Harborview Medical Center Campus, the region's only Level 1 adult and pediatric trauma center and medical research facility.
www.absolutearts.com /cgi-bin/news/get-regional-city-stories.cgi?find=Seattle   (4513 words)

  
 Best Management Practices for Mercury in Government - WA State Dept. of Health
In 2000, King County’s Local Hazardous Waste Management Program and the King County Industrial Waste Program worked with the Dental Society to identify a user-friendly process for all dental practices in the area to make sure they were in compliance with wastewater discharge limits.
A partnership between the LHWMP and Seattle City Light was formed to financially assist businesses that are undergoing lighting retrofits.
The district, through its “Zero Discharge Project,” assists entities in finding methods to control the release of harmful substances.
www.doh.wa.gov /ehp/mercury/govtprac.htm   (971 words)

  
 UW Press: Reading Seattle Questions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Consider the diverse manners in which Ross, Morgan, and Herbst allude to and portray the Industrial Workers of the World and the 1919 Seattle General Strike, one of only two such strikes in U.S. history.
Unless one knows the Burke-Gilman trail and the university district, it is easy to assume that a "field" in this area could be seen as "wilderness," as John momentarily imagines it.
Does Seattle seem to be largely a city in a remote part of the United States, or is it rather an important gateway to Alaska, Asia, and the Philippines?
www.washington.edu /uwpress/books/readingseattle.html   (3798 words)

  
 Washington
Based in Seattle, with offices in Hong Kong and San Diego and more than 350 employees, Callison is one of the ten largest architectural design firms in the United States.
Our five-person office is located in the Roosevelt district in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. We are licensed to practice in architecture Washington and Hawaii, and have designed projects in a wide range of locations in these states.
Jerry Gropp AIA PS is one of the leading residential architects of the Seattle, Washington- Pacific Northwest area of the United States.
www.buildingtradesdir.com /architecture/washington/washington.html   (8359 words)

  
 Seattle Washington Real Estate - MLS Search
If you are not finding any Seattle Washington real estate or you are getting error messages, look here to get tips for using the system.
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The only active Seattle home listings that are not listed in our Real Estate Seattle search area are either under offer, subject to inspection, or Seattle For Sale By Owner Listings.
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 Seattle, Washington - Real Estate, Homes, Property, Commercial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The weather for Seattle, Washington is reported by a local weather station using a combination of TAF and METAR reports from airports and weather stations in the area (ICAO).
If you are moving to Seattle or any of the more than 523 Washington cities you can contact us immediately by previewing our e-Partner Sales Associates.
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 Welcome to the Industrial Efficiency Alliance website :: Resources
The Industrial Efficiency Alliance provides guidelines for using its name, logo, and identity in a uniform and consistent manner.
The Bonneville Power Administration and the Industrial Efficiency Alliance co-sponsored the Industrial Energy Efficiency Forum for Pacific Northwest Utilities on March 3, 2006.
Attendees heard from -and about- industrial customers, industrial resources available throughout the region and industry peers on important issues such as energy efficiency and productivity.
www.industrialefficiencyalliance.org /resources.html   (1062 words)

  
 Recycling Resources on the Web
A site for researchers, government officials, and citizens interested in understanding and improving control of industrial pollution, especially in developing countries.
NIPR is the primary source for materials produced by the World Bank's Economics of Industrial Pollution Control Research Project.
Environmental, regulatory and compliance policies related to the trucking or truck repair industry.
www.solidwastedistrict.com /education/resources.html   (427 words)

  
 Washington -- Sources [ ALSO! -- U.S. Law ]
For additional courts, see links to superior court, district court, and municipal court rules on the web site maintained by the Washington Administrative Office of the Courts.
This on-line version of the municipal code has no browsable table of contents, but a crude method is provided for viewing any selected chapter-level table.
[Washington State Judiciary] — Also available is a zipped file of domestic relations forms.
www.lawsource.com /also/usa.cgi?wa   (791 words)

  
 SEATTLE MUNICIPAL LANDFILL (KENT HIGHLANDS)
The Seattle Municipal Landfill (Kent Highlands) site is located in the city of Kent, Washington, approximately 14 miles south of Seattle.
From 1968 to 1986, the City of Seattle leased the site and disposed of refuse on about 60 acres of a 90-acre ravine located on a hillside above the Green River.
The cleanup actions are being overseen by the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology).
yosemite.epa.gov /r10/nplpad.nsf/88d393e4946e3c478825631200672c95/64813e85000e71548525659f00562cae?OpenDocument   (375 words)

  
 ISA Seattle Section Home Page
The officers and directors who will serve with Jordan include: Vice President Karl Herrick of Brown and Caldwell; directors Wayne Strand of Brown and Caldwell, Hans Togesen of Boeing, Jon Mathison of Advanced Industrial Automation, Bob O'Brien of Brett Associates; Frank Jump of North Seattle Community College.
If you are involved in instrumentation and controls, we would love to have you join us.
The meetings proposed by the Seattle Section are tentatively scheduled on the second Wednesday of each month with most meetings starting at 5:30 PM.
www.isa.org /~seattle   (231 words)

  
 AFI PROJECT LOCATOR
Low-income residents of King County, Washington, primarily families with children; a particular emphasis in five distressed communities in the Enterprise Communities: Pioneer Square, Duwamish Industrial Corridor, Southeast Seattle/Rainier Valley, International District, the Central District, and Delridge.
The Seattle Business Assistance Center (SBAC) provides small business consulting services primarily to businesses in distressed communities and women, minority, and underserved entrepreneurs.
Community Capital Development, founded in 1997 to address the business capitalization needs of Seattle’s Enterprise communities, is a collaboration of SBAC, Seattle Economic Development Association, and Seattle Economic Development Fund.
www.acf.hhs.gov /assetbuilding/grantees/grantees06/SeattleBusinessAssistanceCenter.html   (181 words)

  
 Red Lion Hotels & Inns - Seattle Washington hotels
Located at the entrance to Seattle International Airport, the Red Lion Hotel Seattle Airport puts you in the heart of the Northwest business corridor.
Nestled in the heart of South Seattle's business and industrial district, this hotel has all the amenities of a true business class hotel.
Like Seattle, the Red Lion Hotel on Fifth Avenue is distinctly different and perectly positioned within a fascinating and alive downtown neighboorhood.
www.sun-herald.com /hotel/chain/us-wa-seattle-rl.html   (207 words)

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