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13 stories matching eyesor
- Third Street’s Sidewalk Standoff—and the Railings That Made It Worse
A street cut left storefronts stranded above grade. When the city tried to fix the sidewalks, property owners sued; when it put up railings, the block looked worse.
- The Waterfront 'Hotbed of Disorder'
In 1887, Seattle officials and citizens mobilized to purge the city's waterfront of the 'notorious' floating houses that provided a refuge for the city's poorest residents.
- City Launches Aggressive Anti-Weed Campaign
Officials threaten property owners with assessments if they do not clear fire-hazardous brush from vacant lots.
- Condemning the 'Boom Town' Relics
Building Inspector Sherman launches a crusade against the derelict shacks and half-finished houses left over from Tacoma’s abandoned real estate boom.
- The Perils of 'Fantastic' Street Engineering
Complaints emerge regarding city contractors creating basins and trenches that trap water, creating eyesores and potential health hazards.
- The City's Bridge Dilemma
Tacoma faces a choice between costly wood, fading steel, or a permanent concrete future.
- The Cable Car Veto: How a 1889 Power Struggle Defined Seattle’s Streets
Mayor Robert Moran’s refusal to approve a cable railway franchise on Front Street—citing private greed over public interest—mirrors Seattle’s century-long battle with developers and transit infrastructure.
- The Yellow Church the Neighbors Want Gone
A Renton Addition resident airs a neighborhood feud over a 'mission church' on Hyde and Filbert streets that blocks the view, lowers property values — and that its owner refuses to move, even at the neighbors' expense.
- Kennewick’s War on Tin Cans
Mayor and council mandate April 1st as annual city-wide cleanup to combat malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
- The Ruins on the Hilltop
Tacoma’s newspaper calls for a new high school, suggesting the city convert a blighted hotel site into a centerpiece for civic growth.
- Half-Finished Streets and a Man-Trap on Main: The Tribune Takes the City to Task
On the morning of a council meeting, Olympia's paper catalogues the abandoned plank road, the blocked gutters, the depot sidewalk rotting for two weeks, and a hole in Main Street waiting to cost the city money.
- The Hotel That Built Tacoma Falls for a Brick Depot
Northern Pacific crews began tearing down the old Blackwell Hotel at the wharf, a weathered landmark that had sheltered early settlers, longshoremen and Chinese merchants, to make room for a modern passenger and freight station.
- Seattle Slams the 'Ladies' Entrance' on Saloons
After a 2,500-name petition, the city council orders saloons to keep one street entrance and bars the screened side doors and signs that drew women in.