Seattles first streetcar, at the corner of Occidental and Yesler, 1884. All of the buildings visible in this picture were destroyed by fire five years later. (Source)
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Pioneer Square in 1917 featuring the Smith Tower, the Seattle Hotel and to the left the Pioneer Building (Source)
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Building the Seattle Center Monorail, 1961. Looking north up Fifth Avenue from Virginia Street. (Source)
Treemap comparing the volume of earth moved by the megaprojects that transformed the landscape in and around Seattle. The Denny and other regrades moved a combined total of more than 35 million cubic yards of earth. Creating Harbor Island involved 7 million cubic yards, while the Ballard Locks proje (Source)
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Downtown Seattle is bounded by Elliott Bay (lower left), Broadway (from upper left to lower right), South Dearborn Street (lower right), and Denny Way (upper left, obscured by clouds). (Source)
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Boats gather on Lake Union in preparation for the July 4 fireworks show (Source)
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Downtown Seattle averages 71 completely sunny days a year, with most of those days occurring between May and September[70] (Source)
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Map of racial distribution in Seattle, 2010 U.S. Census. Each dot is 25 people: White, Black, Asian Hispanic, or Other (yellow) (Source)
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Washington Mutuals last headquarters, the WaMu Center, (now the Russell Investments Center) (center left) and its headquarters prior, Washington Mutual Tower (now the 1201 Third Avenue Tower) (center right). (Source)
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Amazon.com headquarters building in the Denny Triangle (Source)
