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- Seattle Neon Book!
New book of my neon photos - over 450 of them. Buy it here: Seattle Neon on Kickstarter - University Seafood & Poultry
After 75 years, this University District fishmonger and butcher announced they will close, December 31 2019. - Western Pacific Chemical Company, 1940
1436 Elliott Ave W, Queen Anne, Seattle. Built in 1940 for the Western Pacific Chemical Company, this two-story concrete building was designed in the Art Deco and Art Moderne styles by John Ivar Mattson. Later, it housed several chemical manufacturers, and in the 1970s, Superior Embroidery and McNamara Signs. - Lighthouse of Warren Place
Lighthouse at the Felix Building, Warren Place, Seattle - Keep Hope Alive
Graffiti tribute to local hip-hop master Soul One, who died March 2019. Painted March 2019, demolished August 2019. Warren Place, Belltown - Ascend
- red sky at night
- Dexter Horton Building
- Hoge Building
Built in 1911 by James D. Hoge, owner of Union Trust & Savings Bank, located here. Tallest building in Seattle before Smith Tower's completion in 1914. - Rankos Drugs
- Stadium
- Stadium High School
- The Elks' Old Hangout
Elks Temple, now McMenamins Elks Temple Hotel, Tacoma (1916). - Tacoma Union Station
Built 1909-1911. - Crystal Tower
- Chihuly Ceiling
- Winthrop Hotel 1925
- Winthrop Hotel
Winthrop Hotel, 1925, now Winthrop Apartments. Tacoma. - Bostwick Building
A historical marker attached to the building reads: "IN HONOR OF ROSSELL G. O'BRIEN who in the Bostwick Building, Tacoma, Washington, on October 18, 1893, during regular session of the Washington Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the U.S.A., did originate the custom of standing during the rendition of the Star Spangled Banner, the national anthem of the United States of America." - Tacoma Municipal Building
Tacoma City Hall since 1977; previously Rhodes Medical Arts Tower. Built 1930-1931 by John Graham & Associates. 17 stories. Though my camera was precisely centered, the bottom of the photo appears asymmetrical; this is because the building is built on a hillside. The two sides of the entrance are of unequal length, as the sidewalk slopes upward to the right. - Municipal Building, Tacoma
Tacoma City Hall since 1977; previously Rhodes Medical Arts Tower. Built 1930-1931 by John Graham & Associates. 17 stories. - Bostwick Building
A historical marker attached to the building reads: "IN HONOR OF ROSSELL G. O'BRIEN who in the Bostwick Building, Tacoma, Washington, on October 18, 1893, during regular session of the Washington Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the U.S.A., did originate the custom of standing during the rendition of the Star Spangled Banner, the national anthem of the United States of America." - Louisa Hotel Lobby
Reflected: Milwaukee Hotel - Buddha of the Lobby
- My Dinner with Bruce
Bruce Lee's table at Tai Tung restaurant, Seattle. After he became famous he would always sit at this table in a secluded corner of the restaurant, near the bathrooms. There was a curtain that could be drawn for privacy. After his death in 1973 the table was decorated with photos, posters, and a cardboard cutout of Lee, in his memory. - Archie McPhee
- May Thai, Wallingford
- Buddha of the Pizza Parlor
Buddha statue in Supreme Pizza, West Seattle Junction - Seattle Cinerama
These signs were removed in September 2023, as the former Seattle Cinerama (closed for three years) was sold, becoming SIFF Cinema. SIFF (Seattle Independent Film Festival) were unable to use the Cinerama name due to a trademark. - Angels 2019
- Ark Lodge Cinema
Ark Lodge #126, Columbia City, Seattle; John L. McCauley, 1921. The facade is neoclassical, with four Ionic pilasters. At the top of the pediment, here obscured by the tree, is a Masonic square and compass, still intact. Below it, the lettering reads "Ark Lodge 126 F.& A.M.", or "Free and Accepted Masons". Seattle architect John L. McCauley (1879-1957), himself a Freemason, designed and built this meeting space in 1920-21 for the Ark Lodge #126 chapter. The upper story served as the Masons' assembly space, while the ground floor provided income for the chapter as retail spaces. From 1921 until the 1940s, the ground floor was occupied by the Heater Glove Factory, which made leather gloves and helmets; Charles Lindbergh wore a Heater helmet on his transatlantic flight. The Masons continued to meet here until 2002, when they sold the building, and it was converted to a cinema. The marquee was added and the second-floor assembly hall became a 204-seat auditorium. After additional remodeling, the building now contains four theatres. arklodgecinemas.com/ - Add Bardahl
Classic neon sign, no longer working. - People's Storage
Fremont, Seattle. 1945. As of 2021 the storage facility is under new management and has changed its name. The sign is still present but dark. - Washington for Warren
Senator Elizabeth Warren presidential campaign rally, Seattle Center, August 2019 - Alki Spud
Alki Spud Fish & Chips, West Seattle. Brothers Jack and Frank Alger started selling fish and chips (ten cents for two pieces of ling cod and fries in a cardboard boat) out of their Alki Avenue garage in 1935, cutting a takeout window in the side of the building. During WWII, rationing made oil for frying difficult to obtain, and Spud nearly had to close, but neighbors banded together to donate their oil ration tickets, saving the fish and chip stand. After the war, Spud replaced the old garage with a modern building of a nautical design, including portholes. By 1961 they had replaced this with the current Googie-inspired building featuring an upswept roof. Spud has since expanded to other neighborhoods and cities around Seattle, but the Alki location is the original. - Westside Barber Shop
- West Seattle Brake Service
Family-owned since 1940, at same location since 1950. - Just a tree
- moon viewing
- Leinenkugels
- olympics
- over rainier
- one orange evening
- pac man cloud
- The Pine Box (Beer Inside)
The Pine Box - a Capitol Hill bar located in an old mortuary - Rainier Tower From Not Very Far Away
- That's Some Ceiling
5th Avenue Theatre entryway, Seattle - Troy Laundry
Rooftop neon sign from the defunct Troy Laundry in Seattle. After Amazon bought the building, they gutted it and erected a skyscraper in the shell of the old brick laundry, which now provides a covered walkway leading to the entrances of the new building. The neon sign was relocated from the rooftop to hang inside. - coyote
- Reed Wright