Today’s
Reframe from the Seattle Municipal Archives
shows two girls in August of 1960 taking center stage in the frame. The modern view is a little less cute.
I think I prefer the girls striking poses to the DEAD END sign, don’t you?
Click here for the modern day view. Actually, don’t.
Seattle Municipal Archives photograph of Sand Point Way Storm Sewers Right-of-Way. E. 75th St. between 57th Ave.
NE. and 55th Ave.
NE. Photo taken Aug 15, 1960. Photograph courtesy Seattle Municipal Archives.
Modern day street view courtesy Google Maps. [
click here]
At least they removed the overhead power lines in the current photo.
While the lack of power lines is aesthetically pleasing, I wonder if their removal helped to dead-end that road. According to the quarter section map, there’s still a 12-foot wide public right-of-way where those power lines ran, from where this photo was taken at 55th Ave on down to Sand Point Way. I can just see these girls—or their brothers—walking down this alley and across the railroad tracks to watch planes take off at Sand Point.
I imagine once the poles and lines were gone removed, the utility company no longer needed to keep the ROW clear for access, and there wasn’t anything to remind passersby that the ROW was public land. So the adjacent property owners, who treat the alley like a private driveway, started putting up fences. And what once was a public through route became a dead end.
If that’s true, those fences should be taken down.
I randomly stumbled upon the other photos in this set tonight, and they shed some light on the ROW matter. Ownership aside, it looks like the road was never navigable by auto much farther than this point—but there definitely was a footpath that I think is blocked by fences today.
This photo appears to be taken from just a little ways past the girls, looking back up the hill. The girl in the black pants even appears to be standing at the top of the alley.
Even more fun (for me, at least), are this photo and this one, showing how the footpath definitely seemed to continue down towards the airfield. A kid could’ve had some serious fun rambling along that trail.
This area is not far from where I grew up, and despite the “today” photo, is still one of the most desirable neighborhoods, and expensive, in the city.
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