Vanished Seattle Landmarks, etc (sick, rain, friends)

[Ira500]

There's a huge list of banks that don't exist any longer. SeaFirst. Rainier. Seattle Trust. Old National Bank, People's Bank..The rumor at one time was that Old National Bank and People's Bank would merge to become Old People's Bank.

[Ira500]

Ernst, Pay N Save and Lamonts Apparel were all owned by one guy, M. Lamont Bean.

[allforcats]

Originally Posted by Ira500

The rumor at one time was that Old National Bank and People's Bank would merge to become Old People's Bank.

You made that up, didn't you???? You goof!!!

[Ira500]

You made that up, didn't you???? You goof!!!

No, it really was a rumor, just prior to US Bank buying both of them...It's the completely obscure stuff from many years ago I remember well, but the stuff I really need to remember, that's a whole 'nother story.

[seattlerain]

Originally Posted by allforcats

Okay, stickler, about Andy's whatever. But I heard Andy's Diner also went out of business, no? I actually have a couple of postcards from Andy's Diner, one of the interior, one of the outside. What a strange place...

Andy's Diner in SODO is gone too, they used to have another location in Tukwila...think that is gone too.

[seattlerain]

Originally Posted by Ira500

...and who can forget Ernst Hardware?

Years ago when TV's still had tubes we used to take the tubes to Ernst to test them on their tube tester. Guess I'm really showing my age...!

[sean98125]

The Doghouse. A perfect stop late at night.

Arnold's, the video arcade/restaurant that used to be at Broadway and Denny and the other location at about 38th & University Way. 25 cent hot dogs and 50 cent soda goes a long way when you're a teenager plunking quarters in Joust.

Last Exit on Brooklyn, the legendary coffee house filled with UW students and alumni.

The rides at the Woodland Park Zoo. The miniature train ride through the woods and across the little trestles was great. We used to hear the whistle every day in the summer from our house in Wallingford.

The Northgate Theater - one of the biggest screens in Seattle. It was a spectacular theater back in it's day, and a great place to see Grease and Raiders of the Lost Ark for a young teen. Plus, it was a short bus ride on the 16 from my house.

The UA 150/70, the theater where Star Wars played for almost two years straight. Great acoustics, comfortable seats, and a giant screen.

Westlake Mall, with the monorail tracks crossing Pine, the Costermonger cart underneath with those delicious pasties from the Unicorn Restaurant.

The waterfront streetcar, a great tourist and even commuter link along the waterfront, sacrificed because the maintenance shed ruined the views from the sculpture garden. Couldn't someone have just put up a sign calling it "Maintenance Barn" that described how the artist designed it to invite us to consider the impact of man and machine on nature and art or some drivel like that?

The Food Circus. The Center House lost it's personality about the same time that Seattle started to. It used to be filled with interesting restaurants on the main floor. Downstairs was a warren of little international shops. Upstairs were more shops and the museum of the weird. It was a fun place to wander around, made even more fun by the Bubbleator. Now it feels like a giant food court, dead and empty even with it is filed with people.

[allforcats]

Originally Posted by sean98125

... waterfront streetcar, a great tourist and even commuter link ... maintenance shed.
Couldn't someone have just put up a sign calling it "Maintenance Barn" that described how the artist designed it to invite us to consider the impact of man and machine on nature and art or some drivel like that?

This is one of the many times I REALLY want to hug you!!! I love the way your mind works!!

[seattlerain]

Originally Posted by sean98125

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The Food Circus. The Center House lost it's personality about the same time that Seattle started to. It used to be filled with interesting restaurants on the main floor. Downstairs was a warren of little international shops. Upstairs were more shops and the museum of the weird. It was a fun place to wander around, made even more fun by the Bubbleator. Now it feels like a giant food court, dead and empty even with it is filed with people.

I still miss the old Food Circus...

A few more on my list:

The Skyride at the Seattle Center

The Sunny Jim peanut butter plant in Georgetown

Woerne's European Pastry Shop in the U-District

The Princess Marguerite

St. Vincent De Paul on Lake Union

Leilani Lanes in Greenwood

[jwb123]

The rumor at one time was that Old National Bank and People's Bank would merge to become Old People's Bank.

Not to be confused with the rumor that this thread may potentially be renamed "Old People's Thread".