Below is a lookup table for name changes from the 1870s to the present day in neighborhoods north of Lake Union in Seattle: Brooklyn (west…
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Published July 15, 2019
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Published May 28, 2019
Derezzed: Tron Legacy LEGO reimagined
In May 2018 LEGO released the LEGO Ideas Tron Legacy set. I immediately began to brainstorm how to convert the light cycles into jousting horses.…
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Published March 8, 2019
Nikko Rephotography
Tourism of famous sites is a shared experience through time. Here are six photos of a visit to Nikko, Tochigi, Japan, paired with archival 1890s…
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Published March 1, 2019
Was Seattle named Duwamps?
There is no evidence that Seattle’s founders first named the city Duwamps. If it was named Duwamps though, Arthur Denny was responsible. What I’m talking…
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Published February 12, 2019
Jennie Lombard the first TOPS principal
Recently I had the opportunity to lead a learning activity at an elementary school in my area of Seattle, TOPS (The Option Program at Seward).…
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Published February 2, 2019
Mayer Brothers in the Klondike
For a half century, Mayer Brothers was the most important manufacturing jeweler in Seattle. But it all started with the Klondike Gold Rush in 1897.…
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Published January 25, 2019
Lady of the Klondike
The perfect woman. Traveling alone to the Klondike gold fields. She says that Seattle is the perfect city. I stumbled on this fable in an…
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Published January 19, 2019
Street Clocks and Stacy Shown’s Showns
The street clock of Stacy Shown’s jewelry shop stood outside the Smith Tower for many decades. Shown, his wife, and their daughter all died within…
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Published January 10, 2019
Seattle’s YMCA Park, 1895-1903
This is Championship Field, the soccer field for Seattle University. We’re looking northwest from near the corner of 14th and Jefferson. In September 1895 a…
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Published January 1, 2017
The Curious Case of the Central School Clock
The clock tower of Seattle’s Central School stood in a commanding position. Built in 1883, the school was taller than any building around it at…
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