Comments on: Post Post: Vintage… Tacoma? http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/03/11/post-post-vintage-tacoma/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:12:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Fnarf http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/03/11/post-post-vintage-tacoma/#comment-7955 Fnarf Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:56:56 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/03/11/post-post-vintage-tacoma/#comment-7955 No way the rightmost bridge is the Murray Morgan. Look at the location of the old slough. The left-most bridge is 11th Street, and we're looking SE, not SW -- SW doesn't make any sense at all. We're also a lot closer than Garfield Park; more like Wright Park, though I think even closer. The top of Old City Hall is out of view just off the bottom edge. That's St. Helens Ave. coming in diagonally to Broadway there. The dock warehouses were obliterated when the freeway was put in. The artist hasn't taken license; these old linens are heavily colored and retouched photographs. It's really hard to identify buildings because of the heavy coloring, but I think the Rust Building is there (1920); the Schoenfeld Furniture building (1908) is I think in the upper right corner.I think the Washington Building is the biggest one in the center (1925). Late twenties is my guess. No way the rightmost bridge is the Murray Morgan. Look at the location of the old slough. The left-most bridge is 11th Street, and we’re looking SE, not SW — SW doesn’t make any sense at all. We’re also a lot closer than Garfield Park; more like Wright Park, though I think even closer. The top of Old City Hall is out of view just off the bottom edge. That’s St. Helens Ave. coming in diagonally to Broadway there. The dock warehouses were obliterated when the freeway was put in.

The artist hasn’t taken license; these old linens are heavily colored and retouched photographs. It’s really hard to identify buildings because of the heavy coloring, but I think the Rust Building is there (1920); the Schoenfeld Furniture building (1908) is I think in the upper right corner.I think the Washington Building is the biggest one in the center (1925). Late twenties is my guess.

]]> By: Derek Lyons http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/03/11/post-post-vintage-tacoma/#comment-7943 Derek Lyons Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:17:23 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/03/11/post-post-vintage-tacoma/#comment-7943 Looking at the street layout - I suspect the _rightmost_ bridge is the Murry Morgan, and the artist took a bit of license and flattened the hill/ridge that should fill the right foreground. (I.E. imagine the view as being taken from somewhere above Garfield Park and looking SW.) If you look closely you can see log filled railroad cars along the waterfront, and a hint of the Half Moon yard in the upper right corner. Otherwise, the artist took a great deal of license and showed the docklands as what they never were - a commercial district with multi story buildings. Looking at the street layout - I suspect the _rightmost_ bridge is the Murry Morgan, and the artist took a bit of license and flattened the hill/ridge that should fill the right foreground. (I.E. imagine the view as being taken from somewhere above Garfield Park and looking SW.) If you look closely you can see log filled railroad cars along the waterfront, and a hint of the Half Moon yard in the upper right corner.

Otherwise, the artist took a great deal of license and showed the docklands as what they never were - a commercial district with multi story buildings.

]]> By: didi http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/03/11/post-post-vintage-tacoma/#comment-7938 didi Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:37:14 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/03/11/post-post-vintage-tacoma/#comment-7938 I'm Nick's Chicago contact. Our secret code is "the fish flies at night." I’m Nick’s Chicago contact. Our secret code is “the fish flies at night.”

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