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- Mar 17, 1889The Denny Hotel: Seattle’s Grand Bet on ItselfAs the city raises nearly $100,000 to build a luxury hotel, workers break ground for excavation, signaling a new era of civic ambition and commercial confidence.Wallingford, Seattle
- May 29, 1899Telescoped at the Crossing: A Grant Street HorrorWhen a Northern Pacific freight train plowed into an electric streetcar on May 20, 1909, one man died and dozens were mangled in the icy water below. The crash exposed dangerous speeds and negligent watchmen at a city intersection that remains vital today.South Park, Seattle