Favorite Archival Object: Operation Triangle Film Footage, 1973

1970s program greens Seattle one triangle at a time

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In this installment, Seattle Municipal Archives' Audiovisual Archivist Libby Hopfauf presents film footage recorded by the Engineering Department in 1973 documenting the City of Seattle's Operation Triangle Program.

View more from the "Favorite Archival Object" series here.

SMA MATERIAL CITATIONS:
– Item 375, Record Series 1204-05
– Operation Triangle (1973), Item 441, Record Series 2613-09
– Green City: The Reforestation of Seattle (1983), Item 443, Record Series 2613-09
– Transportation Planning in the Neighborhood (1973), Item 466, Record Series 2613-09
– Freeway Park and Garage [2nd Phase] (1979), Item 479, Record Series 2613-09
– Sewer Separation Movie: Objective Facts on a Sewer Separation Program (circa 1970s), Item 484, Record Series 2613-09
– Various Projects (1971-1973), Item 504, Record Series 2613-09
– Parks, Pleasant Occasions and Happiness (1977), Item 920, Record Series 2613-09
– Green City: Raw Negative Footage Rolls 1-3 (1982), Item 923, Record Series 2613-09
– Green City: Raw Negative Footage Rolls 4-5 (1982), Item 924, Record Series 2613-09
– Green City: Raw Negative Footage Roll 6 (1982), Item 925, Record Series 2613-09
– Aquarium [during construction] (July 1976), Item 36542, Record Series 1628-02: Pike Place Market Visual Images and Audiotapes
– Dedication of landscape triangle at 65th and Sand Point Way (July 1973), Item 170782, Record Series 4693-11: Jeanette Williams
– Fourth Ave, Olive Way & Stewart Street Triangle - Landscape Improvement [Planting Plan] (November 2, 1972), Item 965,
– Fourth Avenue, Olive Way & Stewart Street triangle / landscape improvement (November 2, 1972), Item 1070
– Street Tree Program (1975), Item 1062
– 2620-01, Box 5, Folders 27, 30 & 32

Additional Resources
Historical photos of John M. Jewett (Waymark), ID# 2a72de30-59f0-4642-86cd-53d35c7a269b; af625a32-5dc2-4bee-8a8d-10e54f40d406; ID# fbda9dd6-53c7-41bf-a7a4-a4795bf17c02

All of the videos from the "Favorite Archival Object" series feature the following:
– Footage in introduction titles: Seattle Channel, Item cs_112119_3071924V
– Music: "The Plan's Working" by Cooper Cannellis from YouTube's Audio Library (Creative Commons)

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