In this 1st of a 2 part exploration of Seattle's early years (mid-1800's to early-1900's)--analyzing historic photographic and written records along side population statistics and infrastructure development--Marvelous Old World asks the following:
How were so many magnificent and sophisticated masonry buildings designed, engineered, and constructed in so little time, in such remote locations, with so few people and resources at hand?
Why did the business districts in Seattle, Ellensburg, and Spokane all burn down just months apart in the pivotal year that Washington gained statehood--1889?
Why are we always told that the massively destructive city infernos which plagued the U.S. in the late 1800's & early 1900's were the result of shoddy wood construction prior to building codes, when photographs clearly show block after block of incinerated brick and stone ruins--themselves suggesting an advanced urban architecture?
Why is it that the further back you go in Seattle's history, the more beautiful and marvelous the buildings and city-scape appears to be?
(Apologia: This was recorded on a laptop while I was snowed in a hotel room during a construction project in Colorado. So, the sound quality is not the best, and I edited out long silences and a lot of "ums" as I learn to be better at this craft!)
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Big Thanks to Mat at The Great Deception Podcast @Barons44 for the inspiration!
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