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News Articles about "Libraries for All" Capital Projects: 1999
News articles: 2003 2000-2002 1997-1998
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from newspaper web site archives.
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publications.
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for only a limited time period.
| Title of Article |
Publication |
Date of publication |
| Library's design apt, enlightened | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | 12/26/99 (Editorial) |
| Shhhh, my little parakeets, the library has no clothes | Seattle Times | 12/23/99 (Editorial) |
| Koolhaas' floating library plan
wows local architects |
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce | 12/17/99 |
| Koolhaas gives city first look at library design | Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce | 12/16/99 |
| Downtown library space-age design goes beyond books | Seattle Times | 12/16/99 (Local) |
| Urban design / Seattle's downtown library | Seattle Times | 12/16/99 (Editorial) |
| Architect
unveils downtown library model KIRO 7 and Associated Press news plus reader opinion poll |
12/15/99 | |
| The building will be
an 'invitation' (Rem Koolhaas unveils designs for new central libray) |
Seattle Post- Intelligencer | 12/16/99 (front page) |
| NewHolly is bigger and better | Seattle Times | 11/21/99 (Local) |
| Brand-new library
replaces a dump; Holly Park building is first on the city's overhaul list |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer | 11/20/99 |
| Library Board unfairly criticized on bookkeeping | Seattle Post- Intelligencer | 11/19/99 (Editorial) |
| Trying to build a library in a climate of distrust | Seattle Times | 11/17/99 (Editorial) |
| Gates gift at heart of library dispute. But neighborhood patrons assured they won't get short shrift. (See also "Libraries for All" Financial Summaries) | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | 11/9/99 |
| Caution on library plan: Go slowly on shift of library bond money | Seattle Times | 11/5/99 (Opinion) |
| 10 urban-design concepts that can take Seattle to the next level | Seattle Times | 10/24/99 (Opinion) |
| Keystone site rejected for Capitol Hill library | Seattle Post- Intelligencer | 8/25/99 |
| Bullitt heirs donate $4 million to library | Seattle Times | 8/5/99 |
| Bullitt heirs give city library $4 million | Seattle Times | 8/4/99 |
| Delridge library to anchor a new condo | Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce | 8/3/99 |
| Delirious Seattle: with Rem Koolhaas at the helm, the new library project affords us the opportunity to rediscover ourselves | The Stranger | 7/29/99 p. 16-19 |
| Building binge: Ballpark is just one of many projects funded by public money | Seattle Times | 7/18/99 |
| In Periscope section: Carlson wins library design job | Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce | 6/24/99 |
| Taller building not entirely a hit on Broadway | Seattle Post- Intelligencer | 6/21/99 |
| The hiring of Rem Koolhaas and the shock of the shoes | Seattle Times | 6/16/99 (Editorials) |
| Beacon Hill is eager for its new branch library | Seattle Post- Intelligencer | 6/15/99 |
| City Hall design choices showcase new Seattle Kool | Seattle Times | 6/11/99 (Editorial) |
| Cool with Koolhaas | Seattle Times | 5/28/99 (Editorial) |
| OMA
to design library Readers Pick OMA in DJC Poll |
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce | 5/27/99 |
| Dutch architect selected to design new library | Seattle Times | 5/27/99 |
| City books Dutch architect
for library |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer | 5/27/99 |
| Library must choose between architectural superstars | Seattle Times | 5/25/99 (p. A-1) |
| Holl's the one for library | Seattle Times | 5/18/99 (Editorial) |
| Who will design the Seattle library? (reader survey) | Seattle DJC | 5/14/99 |
| Architects Panel recommends cutting ZGF from library design list | Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce | 5/14/99 |
| Library is Seattle's chance to get rid of the safety nets | Seattle Times | 5/14/99 |
| Koolhaas, Holl finalists to design Seattle library | Seattle Times | 5/14/99 |
| New library could be one for the books; architects display way-out ideas | Seattle P.I. | 5/13/99 |
| Architects make pitch to design central library | Seattle Daily Journal Of Commerce | 5/11/99 |
| Architects, this job is one for the books; showdown for design of library starts today | Seatle Post-Intelligencer | 5/10/99 |
| Advisory panel to showcase architectural-design finalists for $156 million downtown library project | Seattle Times | 5/9/99 (Opinion) |
| Urban Design/Seattle's Central Library | Seattle Times | 5/7/99 (Editorial) |
| Two firms withdraw bids to design library | Seattle Times | 5/6/99 (Local) |
| Twenty-six firms seek branch library design contracts | Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce | 4/29/99 |
| A library for the future | Seattle Times | 4/25/99 (Opinions) |
| Design teams gearing up for branch library projects | Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce | 4/20/99 |
| Urban design/Northgate Mall | Seattle Times | 4/19/99 (Editorial) |
| School Board oks site's sale to El Centro | Seattle Times | 4/8/99 (Local) |
| New library overshadows the city hall | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | 4/3/99 (Section B) |
| Downtown Seattle library plan draws top architects | Seattle Times | 4/1/99 (Local) |
| World-renown architects vie to build library | Seattle Post-Intelligencer | 4/1/99 (Section B) |
| El Centro clashes with neighbors over Beacon Hill site | Seattle Times | 4/1/99 (Local) |
| Risk and opportunity in move of MOHAI | Seattle Times | 4/l/99 (Editorial) |
| Library project draws many applicants | Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce | 4/1/99 |
| Urban design/Seattle's downtown library | Seattle Times | 3/24/99 (Editorial) |
| World's top architects covet design job for new library | Seattle Post- Intelligencer | 3/11/99 (page A1) |
| Seattle's new library attracts major architects' attention | Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce | 3/11/99 (page 1) |
News articles: 2003 2000-2002 1997-1998
Content modified:19 April 2000
12/30/2005
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