Once again, I cannot stay away from the corner of 2nd and Pine.
Just a quick update to the
original Washed Into The Bay post, this time the photo from a year later in 1907.
The original Washington Hotel is now gone, the streets graded, and a number of new buildings just about ready for business.
There’s another view of the corner
here from 1909. Click
here for a modern day bird’s eye.
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| Progress Of Seattle. The same district as shown on opposite page. The hill has been removed, streets graded and paved, Washington Hotel Annex and smaller buildings completed and occupied, New Washington Hotel, Moore Theatre, Standard Furniture and other buildings nearly ready for occupancy. Photo by Romans. The Argus, 1907. |
The McCarthy’s sign has me perplexed as to where and how it is mounted, seemingly floating above the street. Any ideas?
It appears to be cable supported. If you follow the sign horizontally to the left you can see a bracket on the nearby rooftop.
I guess we’ve come full circle – the hole in the ground at 2nd & Pine has returned to join us from 1907.
Neat, you can just catch a glimpse of the half-completed Moore Theatre, which opened at the end of that year.
The building on the very bottom left was the old Green Turtle Hotel. It was just torn down last year.