Former Mayor Wes Uhlman and Dime Sugimura at a meeting of the International District Special Review Board at the old Wing Luke Museum on 8th Avenue, 1978. Formed in 1973, in response to the furor over siting of the Kingdome, the Special Review Board was tasked with coordinating land use issues affecting the ID. Photographer unknown.
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