Comments on: Early Seattle Scene

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:44:00 +0000

Great photo! I can’t help but wonder where are all the people?

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:35:15 +0000

Right, that was the assumption I was going on with my Google Maps view; 7th and Jackson. That would have put the intersection between the two sets of houses at 7th and Main.

By: ChrisA

ChrisA — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:30:24 +0000

Yeah, isn’t that strange? The other photos on the UW’s site make it look like 9th instead of 7th as well, but it’s odd that the Academy’s website and Sister Superior herself say otherwise. Maybe there are other photos of the area, before they razed the school that could confirm…

By: Matt the Journeyman

Matt the Journeyman — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:37:36 +0000

ChrisA, really? That doesn’t jibe with the map I was looking at (maybe the map is incorrect?). Here’s an online version of the Koch 1891 map.

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4284s+pm009750))

By: Matt the Engineer

Matt the Engineer — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:29:10 +0000

Why are there cut down trees all over the hillside? Were they preparing the hill for massive construction, or was this part of the regrade?

By: ChrisA

ChrisA — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:48:02 +0000

Great photo! The Academy was at Seventh and Jackson, according to “Sister Superior”…

http://content.lib.washington.edu/u?/advert,185

By: Colin

Colin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:22:37 +0000

BTW. Deadwood is the F-ing best damn C-scking show I’ve ever watched! (inside joke)

By: Matt the Journeyman

Matt the Journeyman — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:22:47 +0000

I believe this Google view is within four yards feet of the original vantage point. It’s at Eighth and Washington. If you spin it to face southeast you’d be looking toward Ninth and Main/Jackson. The sidewalk in this view (south side of Washington) would be where the nearest boardwalk is in today’s photo. You can’t see much, but I believe this is the spot.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=47.601671,-122.321488&spn=0,359.994861&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=47.600892,-122.322147&panoid=53nvsGxkBjkwNRmGRd0H9Q&cbp=12,155.51,,0,-0.64

By: Matt the Journeyman

Matt the Journeyman — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:06:27 +0000

Dan, I think the view you linked to is two streets bayward from the intersection in the photo above. The street between the four two-story houses and the three older houses on the right is Ninth, not Seventh.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:40:05 +0000

Here’s an interesting view. It’s taken basically from the intersection between the four two-story houses and the three houses on the right. It shows 7th dropping steeply away from the viewer. The church would be directly ahead and Pac Med up on Beacon Hill.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=seattle,+wa&sll=45.522912,-122.688213&sspn=0.042155,0.067635&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Seattle,+King,+Washington&ll=47.600029,-122.32403&spn=0.004427,0.025084&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=47.600026,-122.323907&panoid=KmhVMoJNksOSX12sVWKgog&cbp=12,145.92,,0,8.39