Comments on: Fourth & Westlake http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/09/14/fourth-westlake/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:52:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Marty Dawg http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/09/14/fourth-westlake/#comment-70694 Marty Dawg Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:21:53 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=2606#comment-70694 Louis- This picture was taken just above Times Square Seattle Greg- First thing I thought of was the Rocky sign, too. One of my favorite Seattle signs, along with Bardahl, the Buckaroo neon, the cows billboard on Rainier, and the bubbling washer woman sign just south of the Broad Street exit off Aurora. Louis- This picture was taken just above Times Square
Seattle Greg- First thing I thought of was the Rocky sign, too. One of my favorite Seattle signs, along with Bardahl, the Buckaroo neon, the cows billboard on Rainier, and the bubbling washer woman sign just south of the Broad Street exit off Aurora.

]]> By: Seattle Greg http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/09/14/fourth-westlake/#comment-69279 Seattle Greg Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:14:36 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=2606#comment-69279 Well, unlike the other cited... This shot was taken AFTER F & N added the additional floors... F & N in this one is 11 stories... in the other... just 3 or so... The M&SP RR sign as pree the Great Northern Rocky sign that used to be above the Securities bldg... I think... I wonder if there is a blog of NW Neon... Well, unlike the other cited… This shot was taken AFTER F & N added the additional floors… F & N in this one is 11 stories… in the other… just 3 or so…

The M&SP RR sign as pree the Great Northern Rocky sign that used to be above the Securities bldg… I think… I wonder if there is a blog of NW Neon…

]]> By: Jamie http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/09/14/fourth-westlake/#comment-68343 Jamie Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:52:27 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=2606#comment-68343 I just wanted to say I love this blog! Seattle native here, and I love seeing the photos from my city long before I was born (1972, Northwest Hospital). Thanks so much for doing this! :-) I just wanted to say I love this blog! Seattle native here, and I love seeing the photos from my city long before I was born (1972, Northwest Hospital). Thanks so much for doing this! :-)

]]> By: Louis http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/09/14/fourth-westlake/#comment-68269 Louis Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:59:47 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=2606#comment-68269 I wish Westlake Mall were still like this. It was like a little Times Square. I wish Westlake Mall were still like this. It was like a little Times Square.

]]> By: Matt the Journeyman http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/09/14/fourth-westlake/#comment-67919 Matt the Journeyman Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:07:10 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=2606#comment-67919 Sometimes it seems that photographs like this were made with the express purpose of providing later generations with a puzzle to solve. The inclusion of half a sign, a glimpse of a facade, the presence of a certain vintage of automobile. It strikes me that cloud formations are the one thing that are a unique timestamp in any photograph like this from any time, and yet we hardly discuss them because there is no database of cloud formations (that I know of). Sometimes it seems that photographs like this were made with the express purpose of providing later generations with a puzzle to solve. The inclusion of half a sign, a glimpse of a facade, the presence of a certain vintage of automobile. It strikes me that cloud formations are the one thing that are a unique timestamp in any photograph like this from any time, and yet we hardly discuss them because there is no database of cloud formations (that I know of).

]]> By: Shannon http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/09/14/fourth-westlake/#comment-67916 Shannon Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:21:54 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=2606#comment-67916 It tickles me to no end whenever I see the Almond Roca billboard/sign in these old downtown shots. I love the fact that Almond Roca was popular and lucrative enough at that time to warrant its own enormous advertisement! It tickles me to no end whenever I see the Almond Roca billboard/sign in these old downtown shots. I love the fact that Almond Roca was popular and lucrative enough at that time to warrant its own enormous advertisement!

]]> By: John http://www.vintageseattle.org/2009/09/14/fourth-westlake/#comment-67902 John Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:39:13 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/?p=2606#comment-67902 I vaguely remember when the Westin's first tower was built (it was originally the "Washington Plaza"). I was 7 years old and the round tower was very unusual. But I have no memory of the Orpheum theater preceding it on the site. Here are some links to more info on it: http://cinematreasures.org/theater/2458/ http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=4260 I vaguely remember when the Westin’s first tower was built (it was originally the “Washington Plaza”). I was 7 years old and the round tower was very unusual. But I have no memory of the Orpheum theater preceding it on the site. Here are some links to more info on it:

http://cinematreasures.org/theater/2458/

http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=4260

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