Lake City Library nominated for landmark status

The Landmarks Preservation Board unanimously voted to nominate the Lake City Library for landmark status on April 18, 2001. The board will consider whether the library building should be designated as a landmark at a public hearing at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 6, in the Arctic Building, 700 Third Ave., 10th floor, room 1003.

The board has to become more familiar with the records submitted on the building to determine whether it meets the criteria for landmark status.

If the board designates the Lake City Library as a landmark, the Library will submit its plans to expand the library to the board for its approval.

Landmark consideration is part of the public review process of structures that are important to the life and heritage of the city. Libraries fall under this review process. Buildings and structures more than 25 years old are eligible for Seattle landmark nomination. The landmarks board evaluates buildings before they are altered or demolished.

By evaluating our buildings now, we avoid any disruption to the building process later.

For more information about the Library's building program, call the Library's capital program office, (206) 386-4624. For more information about the landmarks board, call Beth Chave, board coordinator, at (206) 684-0380.

- Andra Addison, communications director, Seattle Public Library

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