Aurora's signs used to be boisterous and noisy. As cars have sped up, they've quieted down.
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Results tagged “retake”
Re:Take: Stopped Signs
Re:Take: Birth of Your Seattle
The Seattle you know was conceived in 1961 with the construction of these landmarks.
Re:Take: Car-on-Car Wars
This was the mecca for motorists. But it's now an ironic hole in the road.
Re:Take: University Bridge Repairs
Are they smoking something? Who closes bridges, highways and viaducts on the nicest day of the year?
Re:Take: La Canita, like Tatooine
The historic record contains no accounts of Wookies or light sabers, but just like the Mos Eisley Cantina there were plenty of boom sticks at South Park's La Cantina.
Re:Take: White Bread to White Sheets
That mysterious building at 13th and E. Columbia used to bleach flour, but now it bleaches hospital laundry.
Re:Take: Raid on the Rainier Club
Back in 1916, Washington State was a trend setter. You may think that Mormons are conservative, but Washington's Protestants bested Utah's outlaw of liquor by a year.
Re:Take: Swedish Changing Scenes Re:Dux
Here's a bonus look at Minor Avenue and Marion Street on First Hill.
Re:Take: Swedish Changing Scenes
You know that great book on First Hill history? You're lying, there is none. Here's a proxy.
Re:Take: Alaska Junction, What's Your Function?
Hookin' up two photos and gettin' the story right.
Re:Take: A Jolly Look at Depression
Rob brings us a look back on idyllic times--and what was really brewing beneath the surface on those sunny beaches in 1936.
Re:Take: Lake Burien's Long Forgotten Streetcar
If you read this article, you'll be smarter than Wikipedia.
Re:Take: This Hole was a Home
... Or was it that hole behind us? This week we look at another home of Alexander Burns: contractor, lather, everyman.
Re:Take: Another Seattle First? Little City Hall.
Boston made waves in the '70s with its Little City Hall program. Heck, MIT even published a book about it. It's time for Seattle to cash in: we beat their patent by a half century.
Re:Take: Signs of Life at The Corner
23rd and Union, also know as The Corner, is quietly staging a comeback. Saturday, it was the heart of the Central District Garden Tour.
Re:Take: Happy Birthday Mr. President
Okay, so JFK wasn't President yet. But this photo begs for an overt Marilyn Monroe reference.
Re:Take: What put the Green in Green Lake?
Rob Ketcherside's continuing series exploring the history, and the anecdotal past and present of the subjects of his pictures.
Re:Take: Public Service in Wallingford
"Just what is your definition of a joy-rider? I don't get drunk and I am not a drinking man. I will show you whether I am a joy-rider or not," screamed Fire Chief Stetson to City Councilman Goddard in August, 1912.
Re:Take: Get Aquainted with the Aqua Theatre
Have you ever noticed those Roman ruins at the south end of Green Lake? Here's a look at it while it was under construction. Before you ask: no, those are not gigantic speaker towers.
Re:Take: Science Quadrangle Quinquagenary
The University of Washington campus is always under construction. New vistas, new buildings. So it's amazing how little has changed in the 50 years between these photos.
Re:Take: Times Square Sakura
Just in time, the sun shone on cherry blossoms on Saturday. Here, a few Naruto fans are headed to Sakura-con across a corner of Seattle's Times Square.
Re:Take: Of Dogs and Bridges
Houses have stories. Here are two for this Wallingford home. Both involve dogs and bridges.
Re:Take: ACT Like an Eagle
Now if you've already been to the new Now & Then exhibit at MOHAI, then you recognize the old photo. Before, it was the Eagles' Aerie No. 1; after, it's the ACT Theatre.
Re:Take: The Outer Limits
This lonely country road is now a major thoroughfare, four huge lanes of semis and fast cars.
Re:Take: Spring has Sprung on Spring
Wow, right?! Spring is here (or at least it was), and the first weekend was as nice as you could hope for.
Re:Take: Time Keeps on Tickin... Into the Future
You've lost an hour. We've lost a clock. Don't miss your time.
Re:Take: Race Against the Clock
Back before the days of cell phones or even quartz timing, public clocks were the closest thing to official time. And ever since Daylight Savings Time hit the scene, any clock still behind an hour has been ridiculed, scorned, and generally laughed at.
Re:Take: The Colonial Theatre
In the spirit of the Oscars, here's an old photo of the Colonial Theatre, one of Seattle's earliest photoplay theaters.
Re:Take: Evolution of a Storefront Church
As Black History Month enters its final week, here is the Mount Baker Baptist Church on 25th and Jackson.
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