homeWelcome, sign in or click here to subscribe.login
     


 

 

Architecture & Engineering


Subscriber content preview

February 4, 2014

Landmark hearing on Central District bank

By LYNN PORTER
Journal Staff Reporter

[enlarge]
It was designed by Mel Streeter, a prominent African American architect, and opened in 1968 as the first African American bank in the Pacific Northwest.

The city of Seattle is being asked to declare the former Liberty Bank building in the Central District a landmark, and that could scuttle plans for putting low-income apartments on the site.


 
. . .


To read this story in full login or purchase a subscription.




Email or user name:
Password:
 
Forgot password? Click here.