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Union Station Corridor Study: Phase I Recommendations

Union Staton Corridor Study lists recommendations for the redevelopment of Union Station. Includes surveys of housing, business, and transportation, and building redesigns

Union Station Corridor Study: Phase I Background and Information

Union Station's history (includes Chinatown/International District and Pioneer Square histories), community overview, land use, development patterns/property ownerships, social/economic data (statistics), land values, and transportation. Includes CID…

Forbidden citizens : Chinese exclusion and the U.S. Congress : a legislative history

"Described as 'one of the most vulgar forms of barbarism,' by Rep. John Kasson (R-IA) in 1882, a series of laws passed by the United States Congress between 1879 and 1943 resulted in prohibiting the Chinese as a people from becoming U.S. citizens.…

Takuji Yamashita: A Pioneer Issei Civil Right Activist

History of Takuji Yamashita, who was denied his Law degree by the University of Washington when the university was just starting. He became a business man and fought for civil rights for Japanese Americans.

A civil action

Almost a century after snubbing Takuji Yamashita, the state's legal establishment is taking steps to honor the first Japanese graduate of the UW law school