J. M. Wallace
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- Feb 26, 1889The Roomless City: Why Seattle Is Losing Half a Million Dollars to Its Own LandlordsA manufacturing jeweler from outside capital has scoured every business street in town and found no space for his enterprise. He is not alone; the paper warns that this 'business house room' shortage is driving away population and money to rival cities.Seattle, WA
- Feb 28, 1889The City That Couldn't Build: A Letter from a Frustrated InvestorIn February 1889, an anonymous writer lambasts Seattle’s Common Council for failing to establish street grades, arguing that this bureaucratic paralysis is the primary reason developers are withholding capital and leaving the city in a building slump.Seattle, WA