http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/06/12/big-plans-fire-station-no-18/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:01:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/06/12/big-plans-fire-station-no-18/comment-page-1/#comment-49179 Jomondana Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:48:40 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=2457#comment-49179 I had great old times when it was the Ballard Firehouse, I never appreciated the building back then. I love the place know..... I love the drawings. I had great old times when it was the Ballard Firehouse, I never appreciated the building back then. I love the place know….. I love the drawings.

]]> http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/06/12/big-plans-fire-station-no-18/comment-page-1/#comment-49171 Colin Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:10:20 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=2457#comment-49171 These drawings are just beautiful. These drawings are just beautiful.

]]> http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/06/12/big-plans-fire-station-no-18/comment-page-1/#comment-49095 Matt the Journeyman Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:04:57 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=2457#comment-49095 Shore is a beaut. How is it that with the enormous budgets of cities and other governments these days, such quality of materials and craftsmanship are considered untenable? In 1910 dollars, wouldn't this structure have been astronomically pricey? I guess labor was cheap or something. I don't understand economics well enough. "All's I know is"... they don't make 'em like this anymore. Shore is a beaut. How is it that with the enormous budgets of cities and other governments these days, such quality of materials and craftsmanship are considered untenable? In 1910 dollars, wouldn’t this structure have been astronomically pricey? I guess labor was cheap or something. I don’t understand economics well enough. “All’s I know is”… they don’t make ‘em like this anymore.

]]> http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/06/12/big-plans-fire-station-no-18/comment-page-1/#comment-49031 Brian Lutz Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:59:32 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=2457#comment-49031 Things like this are really cool to see here, especially when you can relate it directly to an existing historic structure. Sure, seeing this degree of precision these days is nothing unusual, but to think that someone could design something like this with little more than some pens, a T-square and a slide rule is mind-boggling, especially now. Things like this are really cool to see here, especially when you can relate it directly to an existing historic structure. Sure, seeing this degree of precision these days is nothing unusual, but to think that someone could design something like this with little more than some pens, a T-square and a slide rule is mind-boggling, especially now.

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