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1.1.10.S42f box 1 Seattle Japanese Garden maintenance and renovation

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 1 file box
Description:
 Documents on maintenance, renovation, and construction projects.
Folder 1: 1973 Teahouse fire and 1980/81 teahouse rebuilding [empty]

Folder 2: Juuki Iida's 1973-1977 involvement.
1/30/2000, Letter from Julie E. Coryell regarding translation errors, 1 p.
2000, "The Japanese Garden at the University of Washington," by Juuki Iida, translated by Glenn T. Webb, edited by Julie E Coryell, 7 pp.
12/1998 [copy made], "The Japanese Garden at the University of Washington," by Juki Iida, translated by Glenn T. Webb, originally published in NIWA, Feb. 1974, 9 pp.

Folder 3: gardeners and  consultants.
11/10/2003, "Pruning Workshop," Information sheet.
04/19/2001 "Seattle Japanese Garden Comprehensive Overview" prepared for Seattle Japanese Garden Society by Kobayashi and Associates.
Winter 2000-2001, memo on landscape work from Jim Thomas, senior gardener, 1 p.
11/17/1997, "Japanese Garden Society Comments and Suggestions: Japanese Garden Feasibility Study," outline with handwritten additions, photocopy, 2 pp.

Folder 4b: major projects - ADA.
11/13/1997, letter to Kenneth R. Bounds from Elizabeth Ayraut Moses, 2 pp.
11/7/1997, letter from Kenneth R. Bounds to multiple individuals, 2 pp.
11/4/1997, letter to Ken Bounds from Julie E. Coryell, 1p.
10/28, 1997, letter to Susan Donaldson from Julie Coryell and Seelye Martin, 1 p.
n.d., before 1998, "Japanese Garden ADA Access Options," from Kenneth R. Bounds, with handwritten notes, 3 pp.
n.d., Drawings re ADA project/hardscape near wisteria arbor/ Proposals - Scheme A - Scheme B, 4 pp.

Folder 4c: Major construction/renovation projects: Pond Shoreline Renovation 2001-2002
11/09/2001, "Project Update/Japanese Garden Pond Shoreline Renovation," information sheet.
12/7/2000, "Japanese Garden Pond Shoreline Renovation Schematic Design Public Meeting," information sheet.
12/7/2000, "Japanese Garden Pond Shoreline Renovation Public Meeting Agenda," 1 p. with handwritten notes.
8/23/2000, "Japanese Garden Pond Shoreline Renovation," task list, 3 pp.
8/21/2000, Japanese Garden Pond Shoreline Renovation Project Consultant Evaluation Rating Sheet," with handwritten notes, 3 pp.
8/11/2000, letter to Julie Coryell, et al., from Tasha Essen re: evaluation sheet.
8/7/2000, Murase Associates, "Statement of Qualifications/ Washington Park Japanese Garden, 12 pp.
3/21/2000, "Proposed Project Schedule & Review & Public Notification," 1 p.
3/16/2000, "2000 Capital Improvement Program/Draft Design Program, Japanese Garden - Pond Shoreline Renovation - WC 632," 24 pp.
3/13/2000, "Proposed Project Schedule & Review & Public Notification: Japanese Garden Renovation," 1 p.
after 1998, letter from Makoto Suzuki and "The Genealogy of Garden Design," by Suzuki, in "The Outline of Landscape, vol. 3, "Landscape Design," 11 pp.
12/20/1997, "Consultants Report - Japanese Garden Pond/Washington Park Arboretum," 26 pp. 
undated, Kobayashi & Associates qualification statement, 5 pp.

Folder 4f: New Gatehouse Project 2006-2009.
2006-2009 New Gatehouse: "The Gatehouse Village" CD.
 5/4/2009, Japanese Garden Gatehouse grand opening, postcard.
6/16/2008,"Preparing for Construction," invitation to pacification ceremony, postcard.
1/25/2008, Entry Gate House check set NOT Final, spiral bound.
4/24/2006, "Japanese Garden Entry Structure," invitation postcard.
4/24/2006, "Japanese Entry Garden Improvements/Community Meeting #2," program and plans, 2 pp.
2/13/2006, "Japanese Garden Entry Structure," invitation postcard.
2/13/2005 [typo for 2006?], "City Hall park Improvement Project," program for Workshop #1, with photos and design plan, 6 pp.
1/9/2006, "Japanese Garden Entry Structure," detailed description of areas, stapled with "Gatehouse Village Design" by Karen Lighthuse (updated 2013) and Hoshide summary description (2010), 10 pp.
6/7/2005, "Washington Park Arboretum/ Japanese Garden Entry - Project Design Program," DRAFT, 13 pp. 
Accession date: 2021-03-23 Last updated: 2023-06-28 14:44:57
Subjects: Seattle Japanese Garden

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Kobayashi, KoichiCreator

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