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Wednesday morning in Seattle's arboretum.

autumn sunburst

Sat, Nov 21, 6 a.m.

by Dean Forbes

In the 1887 photo we're looking up Yesler Way just a day before the Great Fire. On the far left is the Post Building, which was named after the Seattle P-I and lent its name to Post Avenue and Post Alley. Up at the end of the block is the Yesler-Leary Building, which was not replaced after the fire -- instead the opportunity was taken to smooth the connection of 1st Avenue which had a hard jog at Yesler. In the "Now" photo, the Smith Tower dominates instead of the triangle at James and Yesler. It was the Occidental Hotel before the fire, Seattle Hotel after the fire, and is now the "sinking ship" garage, which just won't go under no matter how long we wait. It's amazing when compared with an 1887 photo from just after the fire, at almost the same spot.

Yesler Way (1887 & 2009)

Fri, Nov 20, 6 a.m.

by Rob Ketcherside

Prep for a protest march

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Thu, Nov 19, 6 a.m.

by f8stop

Plum Tattoed Server

Wed, Nov 18, 6 a.m.

by seadevi

The 1910 photo (see comments) shows a public market which once covered the triangle between Pine, 5th, and Westlake. A buliding was developed on the site afterward, and then redeveloped as Westlake Center in 1988. There was a ton of polite conversation fighting over what to do with the block which you can delight yourself with elsewhere. We ended up with a great mixed-use facility an office tower, shopping mall, public plaza, monorail station, and entrance to the subway bus light-rail transit tunnel.

Westlake Public Market (1910 & 2009)

Tue, Nov 17, 6 a.m.

by Rob Ketcherside

1st ave Seattle

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Mon, Nov 16, 6 a.m.

by f8stop

The surf can be dangerous at times, especially with a large storm at sea. Enjoying the water, this couple seems unaware of the danger. But maybe that's OK, because if we all start thinking about how many ways we're in danger every day we'd never leave the house.

Couple Approaching Rough Surf

Sat, Nov 14, 6 a.m.

by Pagani Photography

Seattle's Benaroya Hall

Fri, Nov 13, 7:19 a.m.

by f8stop

Item 31144, Ben Evans Recreation Program Collection (Record Series 5801-02), Seattle Municipal Archives.

Thelma Rounds and John Hutchinson at Mt. Rainier National Park, circa 1923

Thu, Nov 12, 6 a.m.

by Seattle Municipal Archives

November 6 Procession

Wed, Nov 11, 6 a.m.

by f8stop

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peter howard fisherman's terninal A Mariners game under the retractable roof of Safeco Field in Seattle. Downtown Seattle, Wash., at the Colman Dock ferry terminal. At left is the Seattle fireboat M/V Leschi. The parked cars are waiting to get on the Bainbridge Island ferry, from which this photo was taken. Behind them is the Alaskan Way Viaduct elevated freeway. The tallest building in the Northwest, at upper left, is the 76-floor Columbia Tower. sailboat on Puget Sound peter howard peter howard wooden boat center peter howard mukelteo ferry and lighthouse Capitol Hill Melrose & Harrison, Capitol Hill Capitol Hill On Aurora Avenue in North Seattle Not so busy on a weekday afternoon in January.

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