Links To The Past: Week Of September 16
September 16th, 2007 @ 8:40 pm by Cliffe | Sorted Links To The Past
New updates have been a little slow this week as I’m out of town visiting family in Pennsylvania. Regular updates should resume later tomorrow or Tuesday night. Until then, here are this week’s Links To The Past.
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Artists Bid Farewell To A Seedy City Landmark
Aurora’s vintage Bridge Motel, built in 1954 is about to meet with the wrecking ball. A group of local artists will give it a proper send-off. -
Fate Of Historic Building Set For Oct. 1
The Mukilteo City Council is going to be voting on the fate of the historic Rosehill Community Center, formerly Rosehill School built in 1928. Outside of Seattle, but important. -
Gas Works To Stay Open Despite Pollution Work
Environmental inspectors will be drilling holes around Gasworks in order to locate pockets of tar that were buried when the plant was turned into a park. Gasworks operated as a gas plant from 1906 to 1956. -
New Vision For Denny Park Includes Playground, Crime-Fighting Lights
One of Seattle’s oldest parks may be getting $190,000 to build a children’s play area and improved lighting. The old park has been plagued by crime.
September 23rd, 2007 @ 1:35 am
[…] week. The Seattle PI wrote up a great series covering the last 100 years of the city. Speaking of last week’s links — I rushed out to the Bridge Motel on 99 late this week hoping to capture it before it was […]