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| The year kicked off on the 3rd with a 1914 forecast of what Seattle might look like in 2014. One thing is clear: we need to up our blimp production if we’re going to stay on track. | First Hill’s Northcliffe Apartment Building was profiled on January 4th, weeks before it met the wrecking ball. |
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| In mid January, I toured three beautiful new Craftsman houses in the CD. By the end of the year, the builder was desperately trying to move them and break even. | We then started a new World’s Fair Snapshots series. A couple installments would follow. |
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| By late Janurary we were debating the virtues of Galaxy Gold and whether it should be brought back. | Next up was the “Royal Residence” at 957 22nd Ave East, where the Crown Prince of Norway had stayed in the 1930′s. |
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| With the start of February, we toured another amazing home. The William H. Thomps on home, built 1894, was on the market. | All-star Vintage Seattle contributor Deran Ludd thrilled us with his 1930′s Art Deco postcard of Seattle, “Glamour City.” |
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| If you know baseball, you know Mario Mendoza and the “Mendoza line.” No one commented. | On February 22nd, we profiled the Great Seattle Storm of 1916. In December, a similar storm would come. |
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| Anne Forestieri sent in early 80′s photos of the Ballard Manning’s. The debate surrounding whether or not to preserve the building would rage in Seattle. | As March rolled around, Tim Ellis (of Seattle Bubble fame) sent in scans from a 1951 Seattle Civil Defense Manual including “The Atom Bomb And Your Survival.” |
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| By the end of March we were going inside the historic Carmack House for a closer look. The photos were used by Historic Seattle to try for a landmark designation. | In mid April, I was clearly just looking for an excuse to use the headline: “Riding A Pimped Out Escalade In”¦ “˜62?!” |
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| At the conclusion of April, we toured the Marlborough House. By the end of the year the developer had not sold a single unit and was in financial trouble. | In May, we featured the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital (now Amazon HQ). Many interesting stories came in through the comments. |
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| Rounding out May was the Mystery Parade photo set. Vintage Seattle readers acted as investigators and pinned down the date. | June started with a bang — a profile of one the greatest buildings in the city. That would be the venerable Triangle Hotel & Bar. |
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| Fellow blogger Dan sent in some of his own vintage Seattle shots from a road trip in ’66. | In July we had a chance to tour the historic Furuya Building in Pioneer Square. I learned that dingy dirt floor basements lit only by cell phone… not the way to go. |
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| We then started the “Erecting The Needle” series of Space Needle construction photos. The initial sketches might be the most interesting. | Next up was the I-90 Bridge, in the days of the “bulge.” A couple old time stories followed in the comments. |
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| At the end of August we received a plea from the oldest house in Cascade (South Lake Union). The 1890 structure had a few fans but was ultimately SLU’ed. | In September we found ourselves touring downtown’s Seaboard Building, where we found the exterior to be a tad more interesting than the interior. |
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| With October came a new VS feature, the House O Th’ Week. This Mount Baker beauty had RPH and I wowing. | Next we reframed the historic Hotel Sorrento. Not a whole lot has changed and we like it that way. |
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| In December we rounded out the “Erecting The Needle” photo set. This shot with the torch lit was a nice way to end it. | After the Great Blizzard of ’08 hit, we were all left cleaning up the mess. The Seattle Municipal Archives was there to let us know “it could be worse.” |
Vintage Seattle Year In Review 2008
December 30th, 2008 @ 3:36 am by Cliffe | Sorted Miscellaneous |
2008 was Vintage Seattle’s first full c alend ar year in existence and what a year it was. From Mario Mendoza to the Carmack House, from Ballard Manning’s to the Blizzards of ’16 and ’08, we’ve seen a lot. Here’s to many more years of imagery here on Vintage Seattle dot org. Now for a few stats. In all, 304 posts were made, 1170 comments posted, 231 gigabytes of images served, and 488000 hits (visits) were logged. Huge thanks to all of you loyal readers who regularly come back and participate in the comments. It’s because of you, that this little hobby of mine that I assumed a handful of people would find interesting, just keeps on growing. What follows is 2008′ s bigge st hits and misses. Each thumbnail links to the relevant post, so it may be a good time to catch up. See you in 2009 — where the plan is (you guessed it) to serve up even more hot, fresh, vintage Seattle images! [Note: See 2007's year in review post here.]
It’s been a great year and I’m always looking forward to more. Thanks for all you do!
Oooh! I was running around online looking for architecture pics for my Oxford online course, English Local History, and came across your beautiful org.
We’re currently reviewing each student’s local historical architecture and I was comparatively coming up short (since nearly all of the other students are in England and have a wealth of material from which to draw, building-wise).
But your year in review gave a perfect overview of the plethora of gorgeous buildings in Seattle and instilled an enthusiasm for sharing some of our unique architecture to those across the pond.
So thanks! Oh – and thanks for Left 4 Dead! Our little blizzard would have been trying indeed if not for hunters and smokers and my little Uzi. Aw.
Thanks for another great year Cliffe.
Thanks for VS! I look forward to continued reading via RSS in the year ahead.
Cliffe, thanks for the blog. Reading Vintage Seattle is my guilty pleasure. I follow about 60 blogs, both for professional and personal interest, and this is my favorite. When I goof off at work, I pull up Vintage Seattle and geek out on the rich images and commentary on Old Seattle. Thanks for your effort!
Cliffe – you’re a champ. Best wishes in 2009. I look forward to more images and poking fun at more mustachioed baseball players.
Your site is my favorite way to waste my work day. Another year of great photography, and a huge depth of research. One of my favorite resources for info on historic Seattle architecture.
If only you would include more shots of the sinking ship parking garage in Pioneer Square.
Cheers to 2009
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