November 18th, 2008 @ 2:35 am by Cliffe | Sorted Historic Buildings
I’m just now home from a late night software release at work and tired as hell — but before I crash let’s continue our Erecting The Needle photo series. If you are behind, catch up with the
intro sketches,
Part 1, and
Part 2. [see also:
Part 4] One interesting note is that while no workers were killed during the construction of the Needle, three people committed suicide by jumping off of it during the 1970’s. You’ve got to respect these iron workers — I know my knees would be a quakin’. Click on the thumbnails for higher-res copies of the photos.
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| Grip and ingenuity, 400 feet above toy cars, twist curved waist leg into fit. A hand chain jack pulls on spud wrench at left, another on cable from below. Copyright 1962, The Craftsman Press, Inc. |
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| On fishline from sky, 20-ton section of restaurant ring girder, complete with “sunburst” vanes and casual walking planks, rises toward sifted clouds of late October. Copyright 1962, The Craftsman Press, Inc. |
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| Sunburst is a nearly-complete crown as last core section goes up on beautifully quiet November Sunday afternoon. Copyright 1962, The Craftsman Press, Inc. |
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| Steel decking now circles crown. Jet plane with vapor trail salutes from far above. Copyright 1962, The Craftsman Press, Inc. |
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November 18th, 2008 @ 3:22 am
…not to mention the fellow in the opening sequence of “The Parallax View”.
November 18th, 2008 @ 10:30 am
For some reason I am fascinated by the bird’s eye street view in the first picture. Looks like there are 3 of the monorail columns curving into the picture and Broad Street in the upper left of the picture, so guess that places the monorail columns in the area that is now covered by EMP on the lot that is mostly empty in the picture. Presumably that means most of the other buildings visible in the picture have long since been demolished for parking lots, or now new stuctures such as the Gates Foundation.
November 18th, 2008 @ 10:34 am
In that first photo, where Broad St. goes underneath Aurora, it’s interesting to see that there were more buildings in that area back then, then there are now! Not often that happens in the downtown Seattle area.
That last photo, with the sun shining on it, the rippled cloud cover, and the jet swooshing above, is pretty glorious–a triumph of mankind!