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  1. The Great Seattle Grade Grind: How City Hall Raised the Floor (and the Cost) of Living

    In February 1889, just months after the Great Fire, Seattle’s City Council and Surveyor Scarry announced a massive infrastructure overhaul. By raising street grades by up to four feet in the commercial district, they forced property owners into a costly conformity that would define the city's vertical landscape for decades.

    Feb 22, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerNewport, King CountyBoom & Bust

  2. The Great Seattle Housing Boom of 1890

    A staggering list of hundreds of building permits filed on the final day of 1890 reveals the rapid, frantic expansion of a city rebuilding itself from the ashes of the Great Fire.

    Jan 1, 1891The Seattle Post-IntelligencerRavenna Park, King CountyBoom & Bust

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