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The Seattle Commons
Author(s) -
Iglitzin Lynne B.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
policy studies journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1541-0072
pISSN - 0190-292X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0072.1995.tb00538.x
Subject(s) - commons , downtown , opposition (politics) , politics , public administration , political science , urban planning , geography , law , engineering , civil engineering , archaeology
This study looks in depth at the politics, planning, and policymaking involved in the attempt to create a new “urban village” close to downtown Seattle. Beginning in 1991 with a small group of citizens who shared a vision of a major in‐city park, the Seattle Commons project gradually became transformed, as result of different interests and political agendas, into an urban village with a major park at its core. This study analyzes these competing interests, the public private leadership roles, the process of organization‐building, and the marshaling of opposition that characterized the Commons planning effort during its initial years.