http://seattlest.com/2006/06/13/alkis_lame_statuette_of_liberty.php All comments for Alki's Lame Statuette of Liberty en-us 2009 seattle_james Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:30:00 -0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss scarequotes@gmail.com scarequotes@gmail.com 60 http://seattlest.com/2006/06/13/alkis_lame_statuette_of_liberty.php#comment-164344 http://seattlest.com/2006/06/13/alkis_lame_statuette_of_liberty.php#comment-164344 Comments Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:49:24 -0800 <p>For some reason that information makes me like the thing even less.</p> http://seattlest.com/2006/06/13/alkis_lame_statuette_of_liberty.php#comment-164342 http://seattlest.com/2006/06/13/alkis_lame_statuette_of_liberty.php#comment-164342 Comments Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:04:09 -0800 <p>Historical back story time: (snore) Seattle, back when it was a couple of families in tents on what's now Alki Point, was originally named "New York." Even the natives found that funny, so they started calling it "New York, Alki," "Alki" being a native word for "eventually." Then it was just called Alki. http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5395</p>