Leigh S. J. Hunt
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- Jul 15, 1888Seattle Deeds Top $29,000 in a Single DayPublic records from July 1888 detail a frantic wave of property transfers, capturing the speculative fever that defined the city's early expansion.Seattle, WA
- Sep 1, 1889The Gentrification of Early SeattleA 1889 land prospectus uses the promise of a new streetcar line to drive up property values, listing an elite roster of buyers to signal progress—and profit.Madison Street, Seattle, WA
- Sep 12, 1889The 'Golden Eagle' Real Estate Boom of 1889As Seattle prepared to rebuild from its Great Fire, developers used high-profile endorsements—and the promise of a streetcar line—to sell the prestige of the Renton Addition.Madison Street, Seattle, WA
- Sep 14, 1889The Real Estate Gentrifiers of 1889A bold advertisement from the Post-Intelligencer lists the city’s power brokers as the first investors in a new development, explicitly using their status to sell land to the aspiring middle class.Seattle, WA