The Black Panthers, Malcolm X, and Charlie Parker: How a 38.5-foot-long Central District retaining wall and mural became a Seattle landmark
The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods’ Landmarks Preservation Board has voted unanimously to approve the designation of The People’s Wall as an official Seattle landmark.
Located at 1919 E Spruce in the Central District, the street-level concrete retaining wall and its 1970 mural have long stood as a community monument.
The People’s Wall sits on the eastern border of a site that once housed a two-story duplex serving as the second headquarters of the Seattle Chapter of the Black Panther Party from 1969 to 1971.
The nomination was pursued by a community group organized as the Black Heritage Society of Washington State.
