College of Built Environments at the University of Washington.
Steinbrueck honored for career achievement
Thursday March 2009Peter Steinbrueck (MArch ’88) was recognized for a lifetime contribution to the general practice of historic preservation last year when he received the State Historic Preservation Officers (SHPO) 2008 Career Achievement award.
The Washington state Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation noted that Steinbrueck continued the family tradition of activism and agitation for struggling causes beginning at the age of 13 when he helped his father Victor in his eight-year-effort to save Pike Place Market, and again in the early 1990s when an investment group threatened the market’s autonomy. The award also cited his civic activism during 10 years on the Seattle City Council, during which his leadership “resulted in inventories of city-owned properties, neighborhoods and the recently completed survey and Landmark nomination plan for downtown.” In announcing Steinbrueck’s award, SHPO Officer Karen Gordon said “he understands the long and short-term policy implications of proposals on historic preservation and good urban design and works to ensure that those factors are primary, not secondary, in consideration of any policy changes.”