Comments on: Frederick & Nelson Adding On

By: Elisabeth

Elisabeth — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:06:40 +0000

@Greg, Callison Architects (offices located in City Center) did/does all the interior work for Nordstrom and re-did the Pine Street store. If anyone knows where those plaques are they should.

The Nordstrom family also keeps an archival space somewhere. So I suppose the plaques could also be there.

Good Luck.

By: Seattle Greg

Seattle Greg — Fri, 28 May 2010 06:46:30 +0000

I know this is late to the post, but when I worked at F & N in it’s final years, I recall a large silver gray plaque on the main floor on the wall that hide the Escalators. The plaque listed the employees of F & N whose lives were cut short by their service in the Great War. A second small plaque, with more names, listed those lost in WW II

When Nordstroms remodeled the store, those walls were torn down to open up the floors. I am curious if anyone might know of what happened to those war memorial plaques… especially with Memorial Day this weekend. Anyone?

By: TomK

TomK — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:14:25 +0000

Looks like both Pine and 5th were two-way streets when this was taken. Anybody know when they were changed to one-way? (Were there any one-way when streets downtown when this was taken?)

By: Ben Lukoff

Ben Lukoff — Tue, 25 May 2010 04:49:22 +0000

These are great. I’ve seen those signs in other old photos, too. Some Downtown streets used to be part of the state highway system, IIRC â€” perhaps that’s why these signs were there.

By: Matt the Journeyman

Matt the Journeyman — Mon, 24 May 2010 22:45:02 +0000

Tom, I’m so glad you said that. I only saw the one directly above the cars parked on the far right (looks like it’s hanging in the lamp) and couldn’t figure out what I was seeing. I thought I was having clown nightmares. After I read your comment I went back in and saw that the others, and realized that it really is supposed to look like a person there. Thanks, that was really buggin’.

By: TomK

TomK — Mon, 24 May 2010 20:31:26 +0000

I love those cartoonish “workmen” attached to the scaffolding. Cute!

By: Jana

Jana — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:09:47 +0000

I <3 these! The smile on the woman’s face as she hurries across the crosswalk, the cluster of women admiring something in Strickner’s, the cartoon construction workers on the scaffolding!
And thank you, Marty for pointing out the direction signs – that’s awesome and I probably would have missed noticing those!

By: Marty Dawg

Marty Dawg — Mon, 24 May 2010 08:11:49 +0000

In the picture looking up Pine, I love the signs pointing to Edmonds & Everett, and Tacoma & Portland. I hadn’t noticed those before