Friends of the Market (Seattle, Wash.)

The Friends of the Market was founded in 1964 by Robert Ashley, architect Victor Steinbrueck, and Allied Arts of Seattle in response to plans to raze the Pike Place Market, and build garages and office buildings over the site. The Friends raised funds and campaigned to prevent the Market's demolition, and to encourage its designation as a historic district in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The Friends were later part of the Citizens' Alliance to Keep the Market Public during the 1989-1991 battle over the sale of the Market to the Urban Group. Two members of the Friends of the Market are appointed by the mayor to serve on the Market's Historic Commission, which has authority over design and use of space in the market, in order to maintain its historic character.

From the description of Friends of the Market scrapbooks, 1911-1976 (bulk 1962-1976). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 264741334