Comments on: Past Post: Within 2 Blocks Of Green Lake http://www.vintageseattle.org/2007/10/31/past-post-within-2-blocks-of-green-lake/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:01:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Rob Ketcherside http://www.vintageseattle.org/2007/10/31/past-post-within-2-blocks-of-green-lake/comment-page-1/#comment-145637 Rob Ketcherside Sun, 23 May 2010 16:36:40 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2007/10/31/past-post-within-2-blocks-of-green-lake/#comment-145637 Sorry to burst your bubble, but the diagonal block of Stroud Avenue from the lake to 80th used to be numbered 1800. Notice that 80th from Wallingford to Burke is the 1800 block. Stroud was considered east-west in that section apparently. Sorry to burst your bubble, but the diagonal block of Stroud Avenue from the lake to 80th used to be numbered 1800. Notice that 80th from Wallingford to Burke is the 1800 block. Stroud was considered east-west in that section apparently.

]]> By: Cliffe http://www.vintageseattle.org/2007/10/31/past-post-within-2-blocks-of-green-lake/comment-page-1/#comment-2717 Cliffe Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:15:38 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2007/10/31/past-post-within-2-blocks-of-green-lake/#comment-2717 Didi's theory wins on sheer creativity alone. Good questions, Ben. I was wondering these myself based on the street. Cliffe Didi’s theory wins on sheer creativity alone.

Good questions, Ben. I was wondering these myself based on the street.

Cliffe

]]> By: Didi http://www.vintageseattle.org/2007/10/31/past-post-within-2-blocks-of-green-lake/comment-page-1/#comment-2713 Didi Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:53:04 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2007/10/31/past-post-within-2-blocks-of-green-lake/#comment-2713 Perhaps whoever sent this lovely card to Miss Ella was looking for a quickie and didn't want her family to know because she might have been going with the boy from the wrong side of the tracks. So he left no name and gave her a fake address just so her dad with a possible shotgun wouldn't hunt him down. My guess anyway. Perhaps whoever sent this lovely card to Miss Ella was looking for a quickie and didn’t want her family to know because she might have been going with the boy from the wrong side of the tracks. So he left no name and gave her a fake address just so her dad with a possible shotgun wouldn’t hunt him down. My guess anyway.

]]> By: Ben Lukoff http://www.vintageseattle.org/2007/10/31/past-post-within-2-blocks-of-green-lake/comment-page-1/#comment-2678 Ben Lukoff Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:49:19 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2007/10/31/past-post-within-2-blocks-of-green-lake/#comment-2678 Interesting address. As far as I can tell, Stroud only extends from E. Green Lake Dr. N. to N. 82nd St, making 1851 an impossible address. Also, as far as I know, Green Lake never had its own numbering system...and the only place you'll find an address as low as 18xx on an Ave. N. is in Queen Anne. Did she get her own address wrong and it was really 8151, or DID that neighborhood once have its own scheme? I wonder. Interesting address. As far as I can tell, Stroud only extends from E. Green Lake Dr. N. to N. 82nd St, making 1851 an impossible address. Also, as far as I know, Green Lake never had its own numbering system…and the only place you’ll find an address as low as 18xx on an Ave. N. is in Queen Anne. Did she get her own address wrong and it was really 8151, or DID that neighborhood once have its own scheme? I wonder.

]]> By: Cliffe http://www.vintageseattle.org/2007/10/31/past-post-within-2-blocks-of-green-lake/comment-page-1/#comment-2664 Cliffe Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:36:50 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2007/10/31/past-post-within-2-blocks-of-green-lake/#comment-2664 Ya, I've seen a number of cards with just a name. I should have been more clear: When I say "unsent" I just mean not postally used as a standalone, so less clues and more conjecture on our part as to where and when it was going. Yet, sometimes that's even more fun... Cliffe Vintage Seattle Ya, I’ve seen a number of cards with just a name. I should have been more clear: When I say “unsent” I just mean not postally used as a standalone, so less clues and more conjecture on our part as to where and when it was going. Yet, sometimes that’s even more fun…

Cliffe
Vintage Seattle

]]> By: stinkbug http://www.vintageseattle.org/2007/10/31/past-post-within-2-blocks-of-green-lake/comment-page-1/#comment-2661 stinkbug Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:00:29 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2007/10/31/past-post-within-2-blocks-of-green-lake/#comment-2661 Just having a name on the card doesn't mean it's incomplete or unsent. Yes, the card itself may have not journeyed through the postal system alone, but the card may have been included with a letter, or the card may have been handed to the person in person, or it may have been included with a gift, etc. It's not totally uncommon to see just a name sans address on an older postcard. Just having a name on the card doesn’t mean it’s incomplete or unsent. Yes, the card itself may have not journeyed through the postal system alone, but the card may have been included with a letter, or the card may have been handed to the person in person, or it may have been included with a gift, etc. It’s not totally uncommon to see just a name sans address on an older postcard.

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