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The original location of the settlement that became Seattle—today's Pioneer Square—was a low-lying island. A series of regrades leveled paths for roads, demolished Denny Hill, and turned much of Jackson Hill (a remnant of which remains along Main Street in the International District ) into a near-canyon between First and Beacon Hills.
McKay was also responsible in the years 1882–1884 for a major enlargement of the now-demolished Catholic Church of Our Lady of Good Help, as well as designing the Occidental Hotel (First and Yesler, later site of the Seattle Hotel and now the "Sinking Ship" parking garage) and Seattle Engine House No. 1 (both lost in the 1889 Fire) and the ...
This 1909 map of Seattle shows many neighborhood names that remain in common use today—for example, Ballard, Fremont, Queen Anne Hill, Capitol Hill, West Seattle, and Beacon Hill—but also many that have fallen out of use—for example, "Ross" and "Edgewater" on either side of Fremont, "Brooklyn" for today's University District, and "Renton Hill" near the confluence of Capitol Hill, First ...
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The Tracy House also known as the Bill and Elizabeth Tracy House is a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Usonian Automatic home that was constructed in Normandy Park, Washington, a suburb near Seattle, in 1956. The house, like other Wright-designed Usonian automatics, is composed of concrete blocks that is broken up by glass and redwood plywood.
In the video, Sethi spoke with a married couple — Jonathan and Shalom in Seattle — who just swapped their $1,800 a month rent for a $4,150 mortgage payment. As a result, Jonathan says he's ...
This photo depicts the dock that the Wagner Houseboat (also known as "The Old Boathouse") is located off of. The Wagner Houseboat was built as a summer home on Lake Washington near Madison Park. [2] It was designed in the "Cottage Style" and constructed from locally sourced wood; it reflects historic building techniques of early houseboat ...
Then the seats got divided up into the various boxes, and things that you see today." A series of five shells would cover the stage over the years, including one designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.