Your old phone prefixes in Seattle (Graham, Lakeview: how much, area codes, rating)

[pnwguy2]

I thought I would ask about this before all of us die off.

If you are of a certain age, perhaps early 50's and beyond, you remember your old alphabetical Seattle area phone prefix. Please share here.

For me, ingrained in my brain, was Lakeview, or "LA", which existed in NE Seattle. I also remember "Main", as in "MA" for downtown.

What was yours?

[Gardyloo]

EAst.

I always thought it was MAdison.

[CrazyDonkey]

SUnset was Ballard.

Spent five years in Wallingford, but can't remember my prefix. MUtual?

[pnwguy2]

Originally Posted by Gardyloo

EAst.

I always thought it was MAdison.

MAin2, MAin3, MAin4 were all in downtown. translates to 622, 623, 624 today in the 206. I can't find any evidence of a Madison prefix inside Seattle, perhaps it was outside the city?

[pnwguy2]

Originally Posted by CrazyDonkey

SUnset was Ballard.

Spent five years in Wallingford, but can't remember my prefix. MUtual?

Close, I believe it was MElrose 2 or 3.

[Gardyloo]

Originally Posted by pnwguy2

MAin2, MAin3, MAin4 were all in downtown. translates to 622, 623, 624 today in the 206. I can't find any evidence of a Madison prefix inside Seattle, perhaps it was outside the city?

No, you're probably right and it's my brain that's addled.

Everything was 206 then, so they wouldn't have had a competing MA prefix.

I did remember another, though. ATwater for Queen Anne and Magnolia.

[pnwguy2]

Yes, ATwater! And what an appropriate prefix!

[CrazyDonkey]

Originally Posted by pnwguy2

Close, I believe it was MElrose 2 or 3.

YEP, that was it.

[pnwguy2]

Of course the landscape has changed. The two letter prefixes ended in the mid 70's. And phone numbers became all numeric. Area Codes also expanded, from 206 in the entire Western Washington area, to multiple codes that came on board during the 90's. Western WA now has several area codes, 206, 425, 253, 360. Eastern WA still is all 509.

[bergun]

53 y/o here!!

Growing up off of Graham Street, between Beacon Hill and Empire Way, MLK Way now, in the late 60s/early 70s, we were "PA."

Thinking about this, I'm now remembering how much I liked the original Herfy's cheeseburgers... Not the current knock-offs that are now operating in the Seattle area.