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  • "Seattle Through Your Lens"
    "Seattle Through Your Lens"
    27 images
  • Paris
    Paris
    52 images
  • Italy
    Italy
    33 images
  • Turtle Head Farm
    Turtle Head Farm
    26 images
  • Provincial France
    Provincial France
    41 images
  • Spain
    Spain
    23 images
  • Southwest dream
    Southwest dream
    35 images
  • Chile
    Chile
    22 images
  • B&W
    B&W
    17 images
  • Peru
    Peru
    30 images
  • Miami Beach
    Miami Beach
    3 images
  • Ecuador
    Ecuador
    48 images
  • Argentina
    Argentina
    12 images
  • Around Europe
    Around Europe
    22 images
  • Grape Harvest, Lopez Island
    Grape Harvest, Lopez Island
    17 images
  • Steamboats
    Steamboats
    7 images
  • South America
    South America
    46 images
  • Seattle's Explosive Growth
    Seattle's Explosive Growth
    37 images
    Seattle used to be a smallish city lost in the far off Northwest, with a reputation as having far too much rain. This all changed very quickly in the past few years. It started with Paul Allen’s buying up of a large amount of property in what is now known as South Lake Union, which about 100 years ago was the scene of another great change when Denny Hill was leveled hydraulically to form what used to be called The Denny Regrade. The Regrade was filled with small businesses, low rent housing, commercial laundries, and light manufacturing, most being one and two stories high. A proposal was made to create a huge park (60 acres) to be known as the Seattle Commons, along the idea of Central Park in New York, and to be paid for by a tax levy of about $432.00 per household across the city. The levy failed by a narrow margin. Mr Allen then started developing the land for commercial use. Many high tech companies built new facilities there. Eventually a new Amazon Headquarters would be built there. For the first time a large number of apartments and condos were built there as well. These pictures deal with a relatively small part of the city: the downtown, South Lake Union, and adjacent neighborhoods. Much of the city has changed at more or less a normal rate (whatever that is). Naturally the character of the city has changed more than the longtime residents liked. Seattle fortunately has not been flooded or been flattened by 180 mph winds, but many of the people who used to call it home have had to leave because they could no longer afford to stay here. Many more just couldn’t stomach the changes. They left their homes and all that that entails. It wasn’t that there was change, but that it happened so fast. What used to take 50 years to do, now took 5 years. Rents and property values skyrocketed. How could normal people on normal incomes pay for it? Of course the changes are not limited solely to Seattle. The changes are happening everywhere. It’s just that Seattle and a few other places are getting it far worse than most places. It’s the sign of the times.
  • 1st annual 100th
    1st annual 100th
    19 images
  • Seattle Cards Color
    Seattle Cards Color
    13 images