Comments on: Past Post: Downtown Seattle 1912 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2007/08/14/past-post-downtown-seattle-1912/ Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:10:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Cliffe http://www.vintageseattle.org/2007/08/14/past-post-downtown-seattle-1912/#comment-759 Cliffe Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:43:46 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2007/08/14/past-post-downtown-seattle-1912/#comment-759 Corrected it to "Archie." Cliffe Corrected it to “Archie.”

Cliffe

]]> By: Duncan http://www.vintageseattle.org/2007/08/14/past-post-downtown-seattle-1912/#comment-745 Duncan Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:19:58 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2007/08/14/past-post-downtown-seattle-1912/#comment-745 There are a variety of businesses in the low-rise buildings across 2nd Ave from the WaMu Tower -- there's a deli in the gray building, and the red building houses a very classy state liquor store (among other things). There are a variety of businesses in the low-rise buildings across 2nd Ave from the WaMu Tower — there’s a deli in the gray building, and the red building houses a very classy state liquor store (among other things).

]]> By: Todd http://www.vintageseattle.org/2007/08/14/past-post-downtown-seattle-1912/#comment-738 Todd Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:43:27 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2007/08/14/past-post-downtown-seattle-1912/#comment-738 I'm still trying to find post cards like these in antique shops etc. I don't know how you do it but you sure are good at it. I’m still trying to find post cards like these in antique shops etc. I don’t know how you do it but you sure are good at it.

]]> By: Brendan http://www.vintageseattle.org/2007/08/14/past-post-downtown-seattle-1912/#comment-725 Brendan Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:12:33 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2007/08/14/past-post-downtown-seattle-1912/#comment-725 Wow, that's some pretty neat tinting - literally turns day into night. The streetcar light is doubly bogus when you consider that it's on the back of the car, not the font. Wow, that’s some pretty neat tinting - literally turns day into night. The streetcar light is doubly bogus when you consider that it’s on the back of the car, not the font.

]]> By: Cliffe http://www.vintageseattle.org/2007/08/14/past-post-downtown-seattle-1912/#comment-722 Cliffe Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:31:23 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2007/08/14/past-post-downtown-seattle-1912/#comment-722 Hmm, it could be Archie. Some other great catches there, Brendan. Also, as far as the moon... it's bogus. Looks like it was thrown in there when the scene was tinted. Also bogus are the streetcar light beams and oddly there's an awning that was removed. Check it out: <a href="http://www.vintageseattle.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/54524923_o.jpg" title="54524923_o.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.vintageseattle.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/54524923_o.jpg" width="832" height="538" alt="54524923_o.jpg" class="imageframe" /></a> Cliffe Hmm, it could be Archie. Some other great catches there, Brendan.

Also, as far as the moon… it’s bogus. Looks like it was thrown in there when the scene was tinted. Also bogus are the streetcar light beams and oddly there’s an awning that was removed. Check it out:

54524923_o.jpg

Cliffe

]]> By: Brendan http://www.vintageseattle.org/2007/08/14/past-post-downtown-seattle-1912/#comment-720 Brendan Wed, 15 Aug 2007 04:09:49 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2007/08/14/past-post-downtown-seattle-1912/#comment-720 Could it be Archie? The large block at the end of the street appears to be the Moore and The Josephinum (2nd and Stewart) - formerly the New Washington hotel, which looks like what the neon sign reads. The block just to the right of the streetcar with the Savoy and Pantages is where the [original] WaMu tower now stands - so this appears to be at 2nd and Seneca. The building on the far side of that block, 2nd and Union, 4 stories tall with the three arched windows, is still there - the Brooklyn Seafood restauraunt, nestled beside the WaMu tower. The block beyond that is now Benaroya, with SAM and the new WaMu tower facing it across the street. I think the two buildings to the immediate left - two story red, five story grey, are still there, opposite the [original] WaMu, though I don't know what they are these days. I'm not sure about the moon, though - is it technically possible to get a full moon to the north of the city?? Could it be Archie?

The large block at the end of the street appears to be the Moore and The Josephinum (2nd and Stewart) - formerly the New Washington hotel, which looks like what the neon sign reads.

The block just to the right of the streetcar with the Savoy and Pantages is where the [original] WaMu tower now stands - so this appears to be at 2nd and Seneca. The building on the far side of that block, 2nd and Union, 4 stories tall with the three arched windows, is still there - the Brooklyn Seafood restauraunt, nestled beside the WaMu tower. The block beyond that is now Benaroya, with SAM and the new WaMu tower facing it across the street.

I think the two buildings to the immediate left - two story red, five story grey, are still there, opposite the [original] WaMu, though I don’t know what they are these days.

I’m not sure about the moon, though - is it technically possible to get a full moon to the north of the city??

]]> By: Jonathan Shipley http://www.vintageseattle.org/2007/08/14/past-post-downtown-seattle-1912/#comment-708 Jonathan Shipley Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:56:48 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2007/08/14/past-post-downtown-seattle-1912/#comment-708 You have to wonder who, or what, Gochie is. You have to wonder who, or what, Gochie is.

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