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Old 04-14-2014, 03:26 PM
 
Location: Seattle
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Was home in Coeur d' Alene this last weekend and took some photos of downtown Spokane before driving back to Seattle. I posted this on another development website but figured I'd repost here for kicks. Hope you enjoy.

Far on the other side of Washington state from Seattle lays Spokane, and I had an hour or so Sunday to take some quick photos while I was passing through. Here we go...

1) Starting my jaunt















2) Spokane County Courthouse across the river



3) USPS



4) Spokane's shopping district - I am personally impressed by this city's ability to retain large department stores downtown when much larger cities cannot.















5) Art Deco: City Hall / Fox Theatre





6) Downtown Riverfront Park













7) Opera House & convention center



8) Massive expansion of their convention facilities along with a new large convention center hotel is eating up what was a huge parking lot. Good job.



9) Random downtown













10) This old hotel is being converted into apartments, a win for downtown



10) Speaking of hotels, the grande dame of old Spokane, the Davenport. First hotel in the US to be air conditioned I found out recently. The more you know...











10) I digress...a bit more random downtown








They sure knew how to mask a parking garage back in the day (!)



This was the hometown of a certain old crooner...



Glad someone is renovating this looker



I see so much potential in this city. That's all for now though...
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Old 04-14-2014, 08:56 PM
 
Location: Spokane, WA
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Great pics, thanks for sharing!
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Old 07-19-2014, 03:23 PM
 
Location: Florida
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Thank you for the photo's! I am struck by how clean the city looks. I hope to be a transplant soon...
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Old 07-27-2014, 11:35 AM
 
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Awesome! Thanks for sharing
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Old 07-30-2014, 08:24 AM
 
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Thanks for sharing the photos and I agree the city looks great. I thought most people here on the message boards said that the sun never shines in Spokane?
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Old 07-31-2014, 06:19 PM
 
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Thank you for sharing! I've read other comments on Spokane that had me picturing a dirty, seedy, scary place but this is just the opposite. Love the architecture!
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Old 08-18-2014, 10:39 AM
 
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Thank you for sharing! I've read other comments on Spokane that had me picturing a dirty, seedy, scary place but this is just the opposite. Love the architecture!
Yeah, when I first (few days ago) found out about Spokane, I was painted the same picture (especially of downtown), but those pictures look anything but! Ugh... this is where I really wanna move to, but my research says, I'll have better chances of finding employment in Ogden and Salt Lake City, UT.

Decisions, decisions...
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