P-I archive: Building the Pacific Science Center
Today from the seattlepi.com archive we have a photo of the Pacific Science Center being constructed. The Science Center, along with the Space Needle and other buildings, were built for the 1962...
View ArticleP-I archive: The first talking movie in Seattle
Today from the seattlepi.com archive, we have the story of the first Seattle movie theater with talking pictures. Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope, a forerunner to projected motion pictures, was first...
View ArticleP-I archive: Grand opening of a 1942 grocery store
Today from the seattlepi.com archive we have an advertisement for a North Seattle Safeway that opened in 1942. The store, near North 105th Street and Aurora Avenue North, is no longer there, but the...
View ArticleP-I archive: What’s the history of the Seattle Monorail?
Today from the seattlepi.com archive we share the story of the day the Monorail opened to the general public, March 24, 1962. The Monorail, a 1.2-mile track that goes from the Seattle Center to the...
View ArticleP-I archive: The story behind the American Apparel building
Today from the seattlepi.com archives, we share the story of a Martin & Eckmann clothing store, a long-time University District fixture. People may recognize their last building as the one now...
View ArticleP-I archive: Historic photos of Ballard Avenue
Today in our archive post, we share historic photos of Ballard Avenue Northwest. The old images came from the Puget Sound Regional Branch of the Washington State Archives. In the 1930s, Works Progress...
View ArticleSeattle history: The Rimrock Steakhouse in Lake City
Today’s seattlepi.com Seattle History post shares old photos of the storied Rimrock Steakhouse in Lake City. The longtime dive bar has been a restaurant for decades, though it wasn’t always called the...
View ArticleSeattle History: When Nirvana played at the Petco site
On Sept. 16, 1991 Nirvana – Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic – played a record release show at Beehive music for “Nevermind,” their first DGC Records release. The band had recorded most the...
View ArticleSeattle History: The stadium site that’s now a hardware store
Today from seattlepi.com’s Seattle history archive we share the story of the baseball stadium site that’s now home to a Lowe’s hardware store. Many new Seattleites think Safeco Field is the second...
View ArticleSeattle History: The best local runner you’ve never heard of
As thousands of people prepare for Saturday’s Seattle Rock and Roll Half Marathon and Marathon, we take a look back at Eddie Gardner, who was the Northwest’s best distance runner — and one of the...
View ArticleSeattle History: How Northgate Mall shaped the nation
Today from seattlepi.com’s Seattle history archive we share the story of the Northgate Mall – the nation’s first suburban shopping center to be called a mall, and the model of what has become common...
View ArticleSeattle History: The UFO sightings near Seattle
The picture ran on the front page, above the fold. The headline: “Seattle Lensman First to ‘Catch’ Disk by Camera.” Back in the summer of 1947 – 64 years ago this week – Seattle had flying disc fever....
View ArticleSeattle History: Nordstrom through the years
Today from seattlepi.com’s Seattle History archive we share the story of Nordstrom – a Seattle store that grew into one of the nation’s top retailers. A story has been told that when the company...
View ArticleSeattle History: The Ave in the 1930s
Today from seattlepi.com’s Seattle History archive we share a photo history of University Way Northeast – better known as The Ave –with help from property record images stored at the Puget Sound Branch...
View ArticleSeattle History: Bartell Drugs
Bartell Drugs has a slogan that says the business has been trusted around here since 1890. Today from seattlepi.com’s Seattle history archive we share some images going back almost that far. George...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Beginning of a decade of War
Clockwise from top, refugees prepare to relocate as U.S. planes and special forces begin an assault in northern Afghanistan in October of 2001. Young girls look in awe at foreigners in an Afghan...
View ArticleNow and then: Seattle movie theaters
In the 1940s, nearly every Seattle neighborhood had a movie theater. Today, only a select few still operate movie houses. But many of the buildings remain as homes for other businesses. In the gallery...
View ArticleSeattle: The Year in Photos
There seems to be two times when photographs are the most valuable. The first is immediately after an image was captured. In this age of instant publishing, the expectation is that imagery will be...
View ArticleBest places to photograph, see Blue Angels in Seattle
A sure sign for photographers that Seafair’s boats and planes are in town: All the long telephoto rental lenses at local camera stores are reserved or checked out for the weekend. The Blue Angels —the...
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