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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4th Ave. Regrade from Cherry St., ca. 1906
The Colman Mansion and the Rainier Club appear on the right side of the street in the distance.
Identifier: spl_dr_030
Date: 1906
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Denny Regrade, ca. 1906
Regrade debris in front of dwellings at unidentified location.
Identifier: spl_dr_022
Date: 1906
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Men guiding water jets for regrade work, ca. 1906
Workers guiding hydraulic jets and regrade runoff at unidentified location.
Identifier: spl_dr_017
Date: 1906
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2nd Ave. north from near Columbia St., July 26, 1981
Photograph shows the Savoy Hotel Building, Marion Building, and Melhorn Building.
Identifier: spl_dor_00034
Date: 1981-07-26
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Third Avenue regrade, ca. 1905
Residences on the edge of the 3rd Avenue regrade.
Identifier: spl_dr_003
Date: 1905
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Sunrise and city from Kerry Park, December 18, 1975
View of Seattle showing the Space Needle and Mt. Rainier in the distance.
Identifier: spl_dor_00046
Date: 1975-12-18
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Denny Hall, University of Washington, August 1996
Exterior view of Denny Hall on the University of Washington campus.
Identifier: spl_dor_00043
Date: 1996-08
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Row of colorful houses at 92nd Ave. N. and College Way N., March 31, 1997
Photograph shows a row of homes in the Northgate neighborhood, all built in the 1980s. This image was used in the March 24, 2012 Now & Then column "Row Houses on 5th." (https://pauldorpat.com/2012/03/24/seattle-now-then-row-houses-on-5th/) The caption provided was "A modern sort of row - this one near North Seattle Community College (on the byway - rather than the freeway - to Costco.)"
Identifier: spl_dor_00041
Date: 1997-03-31
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Seattle floating bridge, August 28, 1963
This photograph was taken on the opening day of the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge, later the SR 520 bridge, from the west side looking east across Lake Washington towards Medina.
Identifier: spl_dor_00052
Date: 1963-08-28
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