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Westside Barber Shop
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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. -
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. -
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. -
Add Bardahl
Classic neon sign, no longer working. -
Settling in for the night
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Shhhhhhhh... GEORGETOWN
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Araneus diadematus
Female European garden spider (cross orb weaver) in 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 -
Lighthouse of Warren Place
Lighthouse at the Felix Building, Warren Place, Seattle -
Thinking of my father
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Reed Wright
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Buddha of the shop window
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Fish!
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Sentry duty
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Love