Seattle Regrade Photograph Collection
Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. Seattle’s massive effort to regrade and flatten much of the city’s hilly landscape is documented in this 1905-1908 photo album. Explore our map to see the modern-day photo locations.
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Marion St. east from 2nd Ave., February 5, 1982
Photograph shows remnants of the Olympic National Life Building after demolition on the northeast corner, as well as the YMCA building and the former Union Bank of California Building (later rebranded as 901 Fifth Avenue) on the corners of 4th Ave. and Marion St.
Identifier: spl_dor_00029
Date: 1982-02-05
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Aurora Bridge from Smith St. dead end, October 2, 1958
View of the Aurora Avenue Bridge looking north, taken from the dead end of Smith Street in East Queen Anne.
Identifier: spl_dor_00008
Date: 1958-10-02
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1st Ave. looking north at Madison St., June 26, 1978
Includes view of Warshal's Sporting Goods (in business 1922-2001) on 1st Ave. The red brick building at the other end of the block is the Holyoke Building.
Identifier: spl_dor_00022
Date: 1978-06-26
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The Town Crier, v.7, no.2, Jan. 13, 1912
Identifier: spl_tc_915126_1912_07_02
Date: 1912-01-13
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Waterfront Street car stopped at Broad Street station, ca. 2000s
Tram number 518 stopped at the Broad Street station of the Waterfront Streetcar Line, with its barn in the background
Identifier: spl_dor_00045
Date: 2005
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University Way NE and NE 42nd St., May 14, 1998
Photograph shows the northeast corner of University Way NE, colloquially know as The Ave, and 42nd Street, looking towards 43rd Street. Paul Dorpat and Walt Crowley's counterculture newspaper the Helix was started on this corner in 1967.
Identifier: spl_dor_00048
Date: 1998-05-14
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View SE from 2nd Ave. and Bell St., ca. 1906
Photograph appears to be taken after the completion of regrade work on 2nd Avenue. The Moore Theatre and the New Washington Hotel are visible on the right side of the photo in the distance.
Identifier: spl_dr_038
Date: 1906
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Garden Theatre just after closure, 3rd Ave. between Pike St. and Pine St., September 18, 1979
Also known as the Winter Garden Theatre, it opened in December 1920 and closed in June 1979 as the Garden Art Theater. The Fischer Studio Building appears to the right of the theater and the Melbourne House Building appears to the left.
Identifier: spl_dor_00023
Date: 1978-09-18
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Denny Regrade, ca. 1906
Water jets and building being deconstructed at unidentified regrade location.
Identifier: spl_dr_009
Date: 1906
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Leschi marina, August 1996
Boats docked at Leschi South Moorage overlooked by a small lawn that is part of Leschi Park.
Identifier: spl_dor_00012
Date: 1996-08
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