February 10, 2010

White Center – Asset Map

SPRING 2004

Introduction

The entire Main-Street ensemble of buildings is White Center’s principle asset.  Within the general streetscape, there are pivotal buildings representing different periods of White Center’s history, but it is the collective portrait of small town Main-Street with its low commercial fronts, continuous pedestrian awnings, storefront windows and drive-up angle parking that recall a prototypical, small American town of the west.  This framework of Americana is animated through the vital blood of diverse cultures.  As development pressures occur through new housing initiatives, annexation efforts and economic revitalization, this small town feel is White Center’s prime asset.