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The Blue Moon declined in the 1970s. Efforts to "redevelop" the property in 1989 were derailed by community activists led by Walt Crowley; however, an attempt in 1990 to gain landmark status failed. Developers spared the tavern after landmark status was denied. The Blue Moon remains one of the few surviving blue-collar landmarks in Seattle.
Blue Moon Tavern. Seattle The Blue Moon Tavern opened its doors on the west edge of Seattle's University District in 1934, shortly after Prohibition, and quickly became a low-key hot spot for ...
The Blue Moon Tavern opened its doors on the west edge of Seattle's University District in 1934, shortly after Prohibition, and quickly became a low-key hotspot for college students and eventually ...
The Blue Moon Tavern, Seattle. The Blue Moon was established in 1934 one mile outside of the University of Washington campus to skirt liquor laws at the time and has been a cultural touchstone for ...
Seattle's Blue Moon Tavern in 2007. The upper-left sign from the 1960s was made in support of liberal Democratic governor Albert Rosellini. In 1980, Crowley formed Crowley Associates, which publishes guides to Seattle and provides services for many local political campaigns.
Schaber was a bartender for the Blue Moon Tavern and while he worked there he painted images of the presidents above the urinals in the men's room. Schaber said, "We called them the Presidential Fountains. People could go in and cast their ballot."
The Blue Moon Tavern and the Last Exit on Brooklyn coffee house functioned as the paper's unofficial hangouts. In 1970 Robert Glessing reported that although the paper did not pay salaries it was providing food and housing for 11 full-time staffers. [5]
The Blue Moon Tavern has become an unofficial cultural landmark and was founded in 1934. [14] The neighborhood is home to several long-running movie theaters and performing arts venues. The Neptune Theatre opened as a movie theater in 1921 and was converted into a performing arts venue in 2011 under the ownership of Seattle Theatre Group. [15]