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| Downtown Seattle photograph taken from a Queen Anne rooftop, 1983. Image courtesy Jesse Berg. |
Archive for April, 2010
Tilt-Shifting Downtown Seattle 1983
April 29th, 2010 by Cliffe | Sorted Photo Exposure |
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Tuesday we posted this 1966 shot of the Space Needle and today we pull back the frame and advance through the years to 1983. Thanks to Jesse Berg for sending in this beautiful shot taken by his father from the roof of a condo construction site on Queen Anne Hill. If anyone reading this has shots tucked away in a shoe box somewhere, do send them in. Click for the high res copy.
Space Needle 1966
April 27th, 2010 by Cliffe | Sorted Photo Exposure | 3 Comments »
Photographing the Space Needle never gets old. Just as we do today, Marion Dean Ross captured this shot in May of 1966. Is it is the signature architectural piece from the 1960′s, what is your favorite icon from the 1970′s? 1980′s? 1990′s? Tell us in the comments. Click for the high res.
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| Space Needle, photographed May 1966 by Marion Dean Ross. Image courtesy Visual Resources Collection, Architecture & Allied Arts Library, University of Oregon Libraries. |
Jensen’s Sick’s Seattle Stadium
April 23rd, 2010 by Cliffe | Sorted Photo Exposure | 12 Comments »
The outrageous traffic, that makes my commute home every day on I-90 feel like sitting in a parking lot, reminds me that it is once again baseball season. Before the Mariners we had the Pilots — but just for one season in 1969. Here is Max R. Jensen showing us from the air how it was done back at Sick’s Seattle Stadium. Click for the high res.
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| A Major League Baseball game in progress here in Sick’s Seattle Stadium. Downtown Seattle and Elliott Bay are seen in the background. Color photo by Max R. Jensen. |
Seattle-First National Bank Proposal Pt. 3
April 21st, 2010 by Cliffe | Sorted Historic Buildings | 1 Comment »
We march on with Paul Thiry’s seemingly never-ending supply of conceptual drawings of the Seattle-First National Bank. If you need to catch up, see Part 1 here and Part 2 here. Thiry, one of the Northwest’s earliest European Modernist architects, was the principal architect of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair. Click for the high res goodness.
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| Proposed building for the Seattle-First National Bank (1959-1961)by Paul Thiry. The site for the Century 21 Branch of the Seattle First National Bank was located at the northwest corner of the Friendship Mall. Image courtesy University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division. |
Second And Yesler 1874
April 19th, 2010 by Cliffe | Sorted Photo Exposure | 5 Comments »
Today’s Photo Exposure shot is an interesting one dating back to 1874. It shows Second and Yesler as businesses started to sprout up in the city. You can see a livery, lodging, laudry, dentist and so on. Click the thumbnail below for the high res photo.
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| Photo shows unpaved street, smokestack, a bay, piles of firewood, and businesses, including “Livery & Harness,” “Wisconsin House, Meals & Lodging,” “Hop Sing Washing Ironing,” “J. S. Maggs Dentist,” and others. Mill Street 1874 in lower left “Seattle 134X W.&S.” in lower right “West from 2nd Ave & Yesler Way – Yesler’s mill in distance (stack) 1876.” Image courtesy Washington State Digital Archives. |
Seattle-First National Bank Proposal Pt. 2
April 14th, 2010 by Cliffe | Sorted Historic Buildings | No Comments »
Today we move on with Part 2 of the Paul Thiry design concepts for the Seattle-First National Bank. Thiry was the principal architect of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair and is still known as the father of modernism in the Pacific Northwest. Click for the high res and click here if you missed Part 1.
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| Proposed building for the Seattle-First National Bank (1959-1961)by Paul Thiry. The site for the Century 21 Branch of the Seattle First National Bank was located at the northwest corner of the Friendship Mall. Image courtesy University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division. |
Y.W.C.A. Tea Room 1917
April 12th, 2010 by Cliffe | Sorted Past Post | 2 Comments »
Just a 1917 card from Myrtle to her mother in Spokane. She expected to be home before the postcard arrived. But was she? Duh duh dunnnnnn. Click on the thumbnails for the high res versions.
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| Tea Room — Y.W.C.A. Seattle, U.S.A. |
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| Postcard sent to Mrs. S. B. Clifford of Spokane, Washington on March 25, 1917. |
Seattle-First National Bank Proposal Pt. 1
April 8th, 2010 by Cliffe | Sorted Historic Buildings | 4 Comments »
It’s not a great time in the world of Paul Thiry designed architecture as his 1962 Normandy Park home is being dismantled and demolished. Nickel Bros was unable to find a buyer to move it. Check out a video tour of the home here. More info here.
We’ve explored Thiry — principal architect of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair — before with this First National Bank rendering. Now let’s trace the concepts that eventually ended up as the final structure. Click for the high res.
We’ve explored Thiry — principal architect of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair — before with this First National Bank rendering. Now let’s trace the concepts that eventually ended up as the final structure. Click for the high res.
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| Proposed building for the Seattle-First National Bank (1959-1961)by Paul Thiry. The site for the Century 21 Branch of the Seattle First National Bank was located at the northwest corner of the Friendship Mall. Image courtesy University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division. |
Rockin’ Around The Carousel Room
April 6th, 2010 by Cliffe | Sorted Historic Buildings | 9 Comments »
Human Resources Director Audrey McCombs of the historic 1927 Mayflower Park Hotel writes in with a link and a fantastic high-res photo of the Carousel Room. Audrey writes:
The Seattle Times had a great article today in the NW Weekend Section on “A Self-Guided Tour Through Seattle History”. One of the stops is Oliver’s at the Mayflower Park Hotel and we thought we’d share a little history of this corner of our hotel at 4th & Olive Way. From 1929 until 1946 it was the location of Bartell Drug Store #13. From 1949 until 1974 it was the popular Carousel Room. Oliver’s opened in 1976 and continues to be a Seattle favorite. Anyone remember going to the Soda Fountain in Bartell Drug Store #13 or having a Paul Bunyan Hamburger at the Carousel Room? We’d love to hear your stories…
Audrey McCombs
Human Resources Director
Mayflower Park Hotel
Via E-Mail 4/1/2010
Audrey McCombs
Human Resources Director
Mayflower Park Hotel
Via E-Mail 4/1/2010
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| Carousel Room, Mayflower Park Hotel. |
Time’s A Changin In Bellevue Pt. 3
April 2nd, 2010 by Cliffe | Sorted Past Post | 6 Comments »
Here we have some late period Max R. Jensen photography work. The outrageously loud colors should tip you off as to the decade. Yep, the 1980′s — Jensen’s last decade of postcard work after having documented Seattle the environs since the 1940′s. Click for high res and you may want to put on some sunglasses.
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| An aerial view of Bellevue, Washington. Located on the east side of Lake Washington, is the state’s fourth largest city. Photo by Max R. Jensen. |
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| Bellevue is Washington’s fourth largest city. Bellevue is on the east shore of Lake Washington, just east of Seattle, and affords residents quality schools, housing, and shopping. Photo by Max R. Jensen. |
