Things of old that made Seattle great (Vancouver, Everett: apartment, to rent)

[Evlevo]

I'll get us started, please add to the list!

1) Ivars

2) Grunge Rock

3) Memories of the Kingdome

4) Almost Live ... The high-fivin'-white-guys, The Lame List, Speedwalker, Uncle Buzz, and more.

5) JP Patches

Now add yours!

[sean98125]

Stan Boreson

Ivar Haglund

Al Wallace and "How Come?"

Steel mills and shingle mills in Ballard

Single family homes with yards

Fifth Avenue Records

Capitol Music

A seedy First Avenue

Used bookstores everywhere

Twin Teepees

Aqua Theater

Hydros on Green Lake

Mission to Mars & the old Fun Forest

Canoe racing on the Sammamish Slough

The train ride at Woodland Park

[mayfair]

I loved the High Fivin White Guys on Almost Live! Thanks for the memory!

John Hinterburger on the radio every day. Real local talk radio that wasn't pasturized and homogenized.

Knowing someone who actually knew where the Bubblator currently resided.

Locals who said "Boeings" for Boeing

Being able to hop on the ferry on any nice summer weekend without much of a wait

When there was NO traffic through I-5 Everett going north

Housing prices that were near what it cost a month to rent

The day they striped car pool lanes on I-5 after the powers that be said it was impossible. (A grassroots movement of downtown workers with petitions kept after them. It made me believe that people could make a difference in Seattle).

[pirate_lafitte]

Originally Posted by Evlevo

I'll get us started, please add to the list!

1) Ivars

2) Grunge Rock

3) Memories of the Kingdome

4) Almost Live ... The high-fivin'-white-guys, The Lame List, Speedwalker, Uncle Buzz, and more.

5) JP Patches

Now add yours!

James Marshall Hendrix, rain, William Henry Gates.

[sean98125]

Ah, the old Food Circus. Interesting shops, the bubbleator, and the museum of the weird. It was a heck of a lot more interesting in 1975 than it is today.

[41Willys]

Originally Posted by sean98125

Ah, the old Food Circus. Interesting shops, the bubbleator, and the museum of the weird. It was a heck of a lot more interesting in 1975 than it is today.

How about a sticky thread of pics from years ago. No newer then 1992.
(Im a grunge fan )

[scirocco22]

As a kid, I was fascinated with that thing at the World's Fair. Now that I think about it, there were a lot of things at that World's Fair that fascinated me.

http://content.lib.washington.edu/cg...i&CISOPTR=3651

[Woof]

Oh, I suppose Dick's Drive In hamburger joint. Like Ivar's though, it never really lived up to its reputation for food ..... sheesh, the nerve of them charging extra for ketchup .... just a fun place to hang out, to see and be seen.

[Monumental1]

The black festival

Kids Day

Payton to Kemp Alley Oop

500 a month for 1000 sf 1 Bedroom 1 Bath Apartment

650 for a 2 Bedroom

Phillys Best

High school football games at the Seattle Center Memorial Stadium

Seward Park

Chicks visiting from Vancouver B.C. (loved that)

Ken Griffey Jr.

Kevin Calabro

1250 KFox

KCMU

KRIZ

950 KJR Sports talk radio

Sir Mix A lot - song (My Posse On Broadway)

Dick's restaurant

Kerry Park

Nirvana - song (Smells like teen spirit)

SBC in front of Westlake mall

Skyway Bowl

Broadway

Pioneer Square

23rd in the CD

The U Dub

Almost live (High five'n white guys was hilarious)

[scirocco22]

There's still something special about a Dick's hamburger, though. They take me back to my high school days.

And I believe that Dick's still have their order takers calculate the order and tax in their heads instead of using any type of machine to add up an order. That was a unique tradition that I heard that Spady insisted he wanted carried on.