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As a Seattle historian, Speidel was something of a revisionist and the narration of the Underground Tour reflects that. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Doc Maynard , whom Speidel called "The Man Who Invented Seattle", was given short shrift in what Speidel characterized as the "Party Line" on the city's history, in part because the longer-lived Arthur Denny was so ...
A second tour company, Beneath the Streets, was created in 2013 and explores different sections of Seattle's Underground network. [5] In addition to its standard tour, Beneath The Streets offers specialized experiences, including a Queer History Tour , highlighting the LGBTQ+ community's impact on the city's development, and a Red Light ...
Beneath the City Streets: A Private Inquiry into the Nuclear Preoccupations of Government is a 1970 book by British author Peter Laurie. It details the existence and necessity of underground bunkers , food depots, and government safe havens throughout underground London and the UK from 1914 to 1970.
Visitors can take the Seattle Underground Tour to see what remains of the old storefronts. Just before the fire, cable car service was instituted from Pioneer Square along Yesler Way to Lake Washington and the Leschi neighborhood. In 1891, German-born Frederick Trump, President Donald Trump's grandfather, owned the Dairy Restaurant on ...
Jacob Furth (circa 1900) Jacob Furth (November 15, 1840 – June 2, 1914) was an Austrian Empire-born American entrepreneur and prominent Seattle banker. He played a key role in consolidating Seattle's electric power and public transportation infrastructure, and was a member of Ohaveth Sholum Congregation, Seattle's first synagogue. [1]
Republican Tennessee House lawmakers on Thursday advanced a bill to undo the reforms to police traffic stops made by the city of Memphis in response to the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by ...
Julie Speidel (born 1941 in Seattle [1]) is a sculptor from Seattle, Washington. She is the daughter of author Bill Speidel [ 2 ] and stepdaughter of oceanographer Robert S. Dietz . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] She is also part owner of the Seattle Underground tours company, Bill Speidel Enterprises.
“The first tour [in the U.S.] that we did was so basic because I was trying to [emulate] a hip-hop vibe… With a bigger stage, we have screens, we have the monster truck, we have lasers and it ...