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Books : Vanishing Seattle (Images of America)In association with Amazon.comby: Clark Humphrey  List Price: $19.99 Amazon.com's Price: $13.59 You Save: $6.40 (32%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 979.77720430222 EAN: 9780738548692 ISBN: 0738548693 Label: Arcadia Publishing Manufacturer: Arcadia Publishing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 128 Publication Date: December 06, 2006 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Release Date: December 11, 2006 Studio: Arcadia Publishing Sales Rank: 215105 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Though Seattle is still a young city, growing and changing, much of its short past is already lost-but not forgotten. Generations of Seattleites have fond memories of restaurants, local television shows, stores, and other landmarks that evoke a less sophisticated, more informal city. This new book explores Seattle at a time when timber and fish were more lucrative than airplanes and computers, when the city was a place of kitschy architecture and homespun humor and was full of boundless hope for a brighter future. These rare and vintage images hearken back to the marvels of the 1962 World's Fair, shopping trips to Frederick & Nelson and I. Magnin, dinners at Rosellini's, dancing at the Trianon Ballroom, traveling on the ferry Kalakala, rooting for baseball's Rainiers, and local personalities including Stan Boreson, J. P. Patches, and Wunda Wunda. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Yuck.This book actually lauds the state of washington and bemoans the loss of its landmarks. I left New York to visit a class mate who landed a job in Seattle and spent about three months there. Let me tell you: May Seattle vanish into nonexistence. Seattle and the whole state it is situated in is full of freaks and weirdos. There is absolutely not one normal person there. They are all suicide cases: they hate themselves and they hate you. Worse of all, they hate everything normal. You cannot get ... Read More Rating:  - Vanishing SeattleWonderful photos from Seattle's past. Brought back a lot of memories. We had great fun looking at the photo's and sharing our own memories and good times. This book gets a lot of attention from our visitors. Rating:  - Makes me miss the hometown that I "remember"Although I have now been gone longer then the duration I lived there, Seattle will always be my "hometown." This book does a lot to make me wistfully recound the 'small town' city that I grew up outside of (M.I.) from 1972-1986 (yes, my father moved us there when the famous "...turn out the lights?" billboard was up). Anyhow, the book is also a great reminder that while I can go back (and often do), it will truly never be the same. It really is unfortunate that this series is page-limited; I'm certain ... Read More Rating: - The disappearing character defining SeattleThis book not only explores landmarks that have defined Seattle and given it its unique character over the years, but examines many other aspects of Seattle culture that have gone away. This includes businesses, events, commercial products, and radio and television shows. The book is complete in its listing and is well detailed. I can't think of anything that is missing, or any way that it could be improved. I came into the world in the 60's and remember much of Seattle's unique character that has vanished. ... Read More Rating: - Great book for Seattle BoomersAll of us boomes over 50 that grew up in Seattle loved this book. We took buses to downtown when we were in our early teens and visited the stores and resturants mentioned in the book. In our early 20's we went to the bars highlighted in the book. It was a great trip down memory lanes. Browse for similar items by category:
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