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Royal Residence At 957 22nd Ave East Pt. 2
2008-01-23 10:50:00 We are back with Part 2 of our look at the “Royal Residence” selling at 957 22nd Ave on Capitol Hill. If you missed Part 1, you’ll want to go back and check that out to get caught up. There we looked at some historical documents as well as exterior shots of the home. Today ... More About: East
Royal Residence At 957 22nd Ave East Pt. 1
2008-01-22 09:17:00 We all know about Capitol Hill’s “Mansion Row” around 15th Ave, but there are also a number of equally high-end homes closer to 23rd. Anna and I were fortunate enough to get a private tour of one such residence currently selling at 957 22nd Ave. I will refer to it as the “Royal Residence” because ... More About: East
Powell Barnett, African American Icon
2008-01-21 10:07:00 As we all celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day I wanted to point out Powell Barnett, one of Seattle’s great African American civic leaders. He first came to Seattle in 1906, over time working for the Barary Asphalt Paving Company, General Engineering Construction Company (who built many Seattle landmarks), and eventually serving as a clerk ... More About: Icon , African American
Past Post: Puget Sound & 3rd and Pike
2008-01-20 10:00:00 Last week I posted the blog’s very first user-submitted Reframe feature. And today I’m very proud to post the very first user-submitted Past Post ! Jenni Pertuset of the Open Book Blog kindly sent along these postcards. I’ll let her explain: Here’s a scan of the front of a couple of postcards, both of which were mailed ... More About: Sound , Pike
Player O The Week: Shea 1910
2008-01-19 11:17:00 Player O The Week is going to Seattle’s own Shea from the 1910 Northwestern League ball club. Unlike the 1911 Spencer card Obak Cigarettes had not gotten around to profiles that year, so we can’t really know what kind of player Shea was. So let’s just assume that he also infused plenty of pepper into ... More About: Player
Lincoln High School Basketball Style 1910
2008-01-18 11:03:00 If you read this blog regularly, you probably know that I’m a little obsessed with sports uniforms from the past. Check out these circa 1910 images of Seattle’s Lincoln High Basketball team and faculty team. The Junior and Second Team’s uni’s are especially simple — white tank top, white shorts (some shorter than others), white ... More About: School , Style , High School
Past Post: Space Needle In Galaxy Gold
2008-01-17 10:01:00 They called it “Galaxy Gold .” This was the original color of the space needle pagoda in 1962 when it opened for the World’s Fair. The garish orange hue was brought back in 2002 for the month of April to celebrate the 40th anniversary. If you squint, the second card kind of makes it look like ... More About: Space , Post , Past
World?s Fair Snapshots 1962 Pt. 1
2008-01-16 09:29:00 Ten million people came through the Seattle’s World Fair from April until October in 1962. One of them had a camera and took these snapshots. I don’t know who the photographer was or precisely on which dates they were taken, but here they are. There are a number of snapshots in this set, so I’m ...
For Sale: 1415 East Marion St.
2008-01-15 10:20:00 The current housing market may be slow, but there are still a number of interesting vintage properties on the market. This past weekend Anna and I packed up the gear and took a walk through the now-selling 1415 East Marion . The home was built in 1900, boasts 4 bed, 2.5 bath, nearly 4000 square feet, ... More About: For Sale , Sale
Seattle Panorama-o-rama 1917
2008-01-14 10:09:00 Dear readers, I have to admit to you that I am dead tired from a jam packed weekend of open houses, sneaking into abandoned properties, and a trip to one very special Capitol Hill mansion that you’re gonna love. I do it all for you so I know you’ll forgive me for taking this day ... More About: Seattle , Panorama , Pano
Links To The Past: Week Of January 13
2008-01-14 10:09:00 What’s this? Links To The Past back for a second week. Say it ain’t so! It is so. Smith Tower Condos: Only The Top 12 Floors Plans to turn all of Smith Tower in condos have been scaled back, now with just the top 12 floors going condo. The sign of a slow market? Denny’s Fans Hunger For ... More About: January , Week
The Coliseum Theater, A Eulogy
2008-01-13 11:26:00 Hot on the heels of our Remembering The Coliseum Theater recollection from former projectionist Mike Lewis, James Brock wrote in last week on the 102nd birthday of the theater. He wanted to share the eulogy he wrote for the theater after it closed in 1990. I’ve printed it in its entirety along with an image ...
Upcoming: Film Soup @ NW Film Forum
2008-01-13 11:11:00 Ryan Davis of the the Northwest Film Forum sent in the following news regarding the upcoming Film Soup feature: We are presenting a program I thought might catch your interest: JAN 17, Thursday at 8pm SEARCH AND RESCUE: FILM SOUP Film Soup is the second in a series of Search and Rescue collaborations with the University of Washington Libraries ... More About: Upcoming
Player O The Week: Leon Roberts 1980
2008-01-12 09:30:00 I know it’s pretty much sacrilege not giving the Player O The Week nod to a Seahawk this week as we head to Green Bay, but I have to return to the early 80’s Mariners baby blue uni’s. You see, the Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals have recently announced they’ll return to their ... More About: Roberts , Leon
Reframe: 23rd And Marion
2008-01-11 10:28:00 I’m very pleased to be posting the first user submitted Reframe feature! Ever since I started Vintage Seattle, I’ve been hoping that people would write in with bits of history from their neck of the woods and now this is starting to happen in earnest. Great stuff. Scott Durham of the Central District News Blog ... More About: Marion
Boots, Shoes, and Rubbers
2008-01-10 09:07:00 One of my favorite record covers of all time is this Bo Diddley album from the early 60’s. It partially inspired me to become interested in buying a stylish pair of cowboys boots. However, every time I saw a pair for sale — that price tag! A couple hundred bucks for a pair… it was ... More About: Shoes , Boots
For Sale: New 20th Ave Craftsman x3
2008-01-09 09:08:00 I usually stick to historic, or at least older, homes when I tour and highlight properties that are on the Seattle housing market. However, this house (actually, group of homes) is an exception. They are three Craftsman style houses just built on 20th Ave in my Squire Park neighborhood — and boy are they impressive. ... More About: For Sale , Sale
Past Post: Sunset On Elliott Bay 1908
2008-01-08 09:07:00 Oh I think you know what time it is. That’s right, vintage postcard time right about now. This 1908 card shows Elliott Bay at sunset with our writer impressed. The hand-tint reminds me a lot of this card of a stormy Lake Washington from 1913. And as we know from past tints, we have to ... More About: Post , Sunset , Past
Seattle, The Nation?s Most Beautiful City Pt. 2
2008-01-07 09:09:00 What’s more beautiful than a floating bridge? Last month we had a look at some vintage 1961 aerial photography from the ?Seattle The Nation ?s Most Beautiful City ” pamphlet. Today we’re continuing with Part 2 in the series, this time showing the Lake Washington Floating Bridge, Green Lake, downtown waterfront, and University of Washington Arboretum. While ... More About: The Nation
Links To The Past: Week Of January 6
2008-01-06 11:44:00 Links To The Past is finally back after weeks of very little preservation news. Onward. Sunset Bowl To Close In April This 50+ year old Ballard bowling institution is making way for (can you see where this is going?) apartments. Score One For Googie The Norton Building and Ballard Denny’s are being heard for official landmark designation today. Landmarks Board: ... More About: Links , January , Week , January 6
Rainier Stock House Coming Down
2008-01-06 11:32:00 Shawn Sullivan from Sabey sent us word that we thought we might be seeing. The Rainier Stock House , part of the historic Rainier Cold Storage Complex being re-developed, is indeed in its last days. Here is the update: 4 Jan 2008 Update Here?s the latest on the Stock House demolition. After an inspection of the building ...
Past Post: Seatac & Hyatt House Hotel
2008-01-05 11:24:00 For those of you who endured travel hell at the airport during the holidays, please forgive me. I’d hate to drudge up bad memories so soon, but this Past Post card entry is dedicated to none other than Seatac Airport. The first card touts the $11 million airport renovation from 1949. The second card shows a ... More About: House , Hotel , Hyatt
Profile: Northcliffe Apartment Building
2008-01-04 11:31:00 Another week goes by, another vintage Seattle landmark goes down. This time though, it’s a “borderline landmark” — the term that’s as good as a death sentence for a structure. The Northcliffe Apartment Building at 1119 Boren Avenue is a 1920’s era brick building looming over Boren Ave surrounded by a number of historic First ... More About: Profile , Profil
Seattle In 2014, A Forecast
2008-01-03 09:45:00 Now this is a fun find — certainly less creepy than yesterday’s images. I’ve always loved looking back at past predictions. Sometimes they’re pretty close, but more often than not are downright humorous. And of course we’re all still waiting for flying cars. But check out this image from the 1914 Cosmogram titled “A Forecast .” ... More About: Seattle
Views Of Washington In Color Pt. 1
2008-01-02 10:16:00 First off, welcome to 2008. To kick things off here in the new year I thought we’d start with some great vintage Washington landscape photography. I found this small picture book titled Twenty-Four Views of Washington and Oregon in Color while rummaging through relics downtown. It’s probably from around the late 50’s or early 60’s ...
Vintage Seattle Year In Review 2007
2007-12-31 12:46:00 Vintage Seattle is a nostalgic look back at our city’s past, so why not get nostalgic about this past year of blogging? Though, to be fair, the site has only been open for 8 months let’s just go ahead and say year. Call it “revisionist history.” We’ve been through a lot this year, haven’t we? ... More About: Review , Vintage , Year , Year in Review
Past Post: Our Jewell, Mount Rainier 1941
2007-12-30 09:42:00 With the holidays wrapping up, I thought this vintage postcard was fitting. “Jewell” sent Maude Schneider this post-holiday card of Mount Rainier in January 1941 complete with curious spelling and punctuation. Did Jewell and Maude ever have that lunch and/or dance? I wonder. Click on the postcard for larger images. Jan, 10, 1941 — Aberdeen, Wash. Dear ... More About: Post , Past
Player O The Week: Larry Milbourne 1980
2007-12-29 10:17:00 Player O The Week awards are going to our Mariners’ Larry Milbourne. He was with the M’s from 1977-1980 and again in 1984. When not playing shortstop or second bag for them, he was with New York in ‘81 helping the Yanks win the pennant and with Philly in ‘83 doing the same. Milbourne became ... More About: Player
I?m Talkin? Hallidie Machin?y Co.
2007-12-28 09:37:00 Hear, hear! Attention, all you fans of iron working tools, wood working machin’y, earth moving machin’y, grinding machinery, dynamos, generating sets, heaters, laundry machinery, brick machinery, saw mills, shingle machinery, gasoline engines, all kinds of boilers, all kinds of engines, air compressors, rock drills, centrifugal balls, rock crushers, mine hoists, mine pumps, centrifugal pumps, triplex ... More About: Mach
Remembering The Coliseum Theater
More articles from this author:2007-12-27 09:41:00 This past summer I posted a profile of the Coliseum Theater (now Banana Republic store) highlighting one of downtown Seattle’s most magnificent buildings. Lucky for all of us one person who caught that entry was Mike Lewis, who was a projectionist at the theater in its later years. Mike was kind enough to send along ... More About: Remembering , Erin 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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