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Victor Steinbrueck
Victor Steinbrueck (December 15, 1911 - February 14, 1985) was a Seattle architect and University of Washington faculty member. Steinbrueck is best known for his efforts to preserve the city's Pioneer Square and Pike Place Market.
Biography.
Steinbrueck was born in Mandan, North Dakota, and came to Seattle in 1913. In 1930 he enrolled in the University of Washington Program in Architecture, graduating in 1935 with a Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.). In this period he also worked in the
Victor Steinbrueck Park
Victor Steinbrueck Park is a 0.8 acre (3,000 m²) park overlooking Elliott Bay from Downtown Seattle, Washington, USA. Located just northwest of Pike Place Market, between Western Avenue and the Alaskan Way Viaduct at the foot of Virginia Street, the park overlaps the former site of the Washington National Guard Armory, built c. 1909, damaged by fire in 1962 during an era where the future of the Market itself was a contentious issue, and torn down in 1968.
Seattle architect Victor Steinbrueck, who