On June 23, 1988, the Washington State Convention & Trade Center officially opens. The facility cost $186 million and is designed with 54 meeting rooms to host conferences and trade shows in Seatt...
In 1988, the Washington Mutual Tower opens. The postmodern skyscraper located at 1201 3rd Avenue is designed by the New York architectural firm of Kohn Pederson Fox Associates. It is 735 feet tall, wi...
In July 1988, the Bob Hope International Heart Research Institute is renamed the Hope Heart Institute, reflecting the end of an association between the celebrated entertainer and a Seattle medical res...
On August 2, 1988, the Hedgebrook retreat for women writers, located on Whidbey Island, welcomes its first guest, writer Jan D’Arcy. The retreat is the brainchild of Seattle philanthropist Nancy...
On August 18, 1988, King County Superior Court Judge Gary M. Little commits suicide after learning that allegations that he had abused children would run in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Little had ...
On August 27, 1988, members of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians vote to approve settlement of $162 million in cash, real estate, and economic development programs in exchange for abandoning claims to som...
On September 12, 1988, Seattleites and citizens of the Soviet city of Tashkent dedicate the Seattle-Tashkent Peace Park built in Tashkent by volunteers from both cities. After the breakup of the Sovie...
In September 1988, Seattle's Hope Heart Institute launches the "Heart Improvement Program," a multidisciplinary effort to teach "heart healthy" habits to elementary students. The pilot project, involv...
On September 17, 1988, the Bullitt Foundation, which gives grants for environmental protection and preservation in the Puget Sound region, pledges $1 million to start the Trust for Public Land's Puget...
On September 20, 1988, King County voters defeat a bond issue calling for $85.9 million for park land and open space acquisition. Of the total, $24.5 million was earmarked for expansion and refurbishm...
On October 20, 1988, Westlake Center opens in downtown Seattle. Although the project itself took only two years to complete, it is the end result of a quarter-century of controversy, which includes s...
On November 8, 1988, Republican Slade Gorton (b. 1928) is returned to the U.S. Senate and Vice President George H. W. Bush (1924-2018) is elected president, although Washington voters go for Democrat ...