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1.1.15.02 Washington Park Arboretum Master Plan documents

Date statement: Dates of maps and plans.: 1980-1997
Summary:

 Master plans for WPA overall. Includes final versions, drafts, and presentation documents. Mainly post-1964 (Sasaki). Also includes a bundle of copies of master plans and other documents related to a 1996 Department of Architecture course.
7 documents as of July 2019
Description:
 Number: 2/2-1
WPA: Master Plans
Document type: class project
Date: 1996
Creator: Instructors: Iain Robertson, Bob Foley, Kathy Wolf
Students: Rebecca Dietz, Jody Estes, Michaelann Lee, Kumi Saito, Rebecca Taylor, Bob Thiel, Linda Weber
Description:
--Printed: 
[n/a]
--Handwritten: 
WPA collection master plan
--Cataloger observations: 
bundle; documents relating to Department of Architecture design and planning studio taught during Summer 1996
Extent: bundle
Material: various
Size: various
Additional info: 


Number: 2/2-2
WPA: Master Plans
Document type: J&J master plan
Date: n.d.
Creator: Jones & Jones
Description:
--Printed: 
Updated Master Plan, The University of Washington Arboretum in Washington Park
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
a - printed and colored version, paper in plastic; old inventory number: 7; 30.5"x96"
b - blueprint version
c - handwritten: Arboretum map 1985; trails, topo, water but no text; 42"x30"
d - 18.25"x50.75" The UW Arboretum in Washington Park; printing plastic? old inventory number: 50
Extent: 4 pages, bundle
Material: various
Size: various
Additional info: see 1978 "Master Plan Update for the University of Washington Arboretum in Seattle's Washington Park." A map matching the 96" map is part of it.


Number: 2/2-3
WPA: whole site
Document type: presentation document
Date: 1996
Creator: The Portico Group
Description:
--Printed: 
The Arboretum Plan: A Greenprint for the Future
The Portico Group
25 September 1996
Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation
The Arboretum Foundation
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
map of WPA and environs
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 36"x96"
Additional info: 2 copies


Number: 2/2-4
WPA: whole site
Document type: presentation document
Date: 1997
Creator: The Portico Group
Description:
--Printed: 
The Arboretum Plan: A Greenprint for the Future; Illustrative Site Plan
9/25/1996; revised date 1/22/1997
--Handwritten: 
Draft (on original)
--Cataloger observations: 
original (purple tone) and photocopy; 16.25"x49.75" (original); 18"x45"(copy)
Extent: 2 pages
Material: paper
Size: various
Additional info: smaller version of the 96" Plan


Number: 2/2-5
WPA: whole site
Document type: presentation document
Date: 1997 (h)
Creator: The Portico Group
Description:
--Printed: 
The Arboretum Plan: A Greenprint for the Future: Maintenance and Operations Plan
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
n.d.
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 36"x96"
Additional info: 


Number: 2/2-6
WPA: whole site
Document type: progress print
Date: n.d.
Creator: Jones & Jones
Description:
--Printed: 
The University of Washington Arboretum in Washington Park
--Handwritten: 
The UW Arboretum in Washington Park
--Cataloger observations: 
[n/a]
Extent: 1 page
Material: paper
Size: 18"x51.25"
Additional info: includes "The Pit"; 1970s-80s? 

Number: 2/2-7
WPA: whole site
Document type: master plan
Date: 1964
Creator: various
Description:
--Printed: 
a - University of Washington Arboretum
Sasaki, Walker and Associates
June 19, 1964
b - W.P.A. Division of Operations District No. 4
U. of W. Arboretum W.P. 5-2139
General Plan
1938
c - A General Plan for the University of Washington Arboretum
Original General Plan by Olmsted Brothers 
Traced & Rendered by Noble Hoggson
--Handwritten: 
[n/a]
--Cataloger observations: 
inc 2 copies of Sasaki Walker plan
Extent: bundle
Material: paper
Size: various
Additional info:
Accession date: 2019-06-13 Last updated: 2021-04-08 15:16:00
Subjects: Washington Park Arboretum

NamesRoleFunction
Jones & Jones : Architects & Landscape Architects.Creator
Portico Group.Creator
Robertson, IainCreator

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