Recently I walked in Tokyo from Shinjuku to Sasazuka on the old Tamagawa Aqueduct, starting at Aoi Bridge. It was certainly a refreshing break from…
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Published December 30, 2024
Tag: history
Published January 15, 2016
Once Upon a Time in the Plan of Seattle
Just before Christmas I dropped a limited edition paper on the history of the 1911 Plan of Seattle. It was limited to a single copy,…
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Published December 10, 2014
Seattle’s Beacon Hill, Redefined
Awhile back I wrote that the origin story of the name of Seattle’s Beacon Hill made no sense. Well, first of all, the story changed…
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Published October 15, 2014
Eba’s Cut Rate Markets – A Tradewell Story
This article is part of a series exploring the stores that led to the grocery chain Tradewell Stores and its history through the resignation of…
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Published February 24, 2014
Life of Iconic Internment Family
Social media and web historians do a disservice to the memory of Seattle’s Shigeo and Chiseko Nagaishi. Photographs of racist vandalism that their family endured…
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Published February 11, 2014
Seattle Mayoral Residences, 1869-1998
Where did Seattle’s mayor’s live? It’s a simple, honest question. But apparently no one has ever assembled the data together in one place. It started…
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