The Downtown Seattle Lot That Could Have Been Yours
A 1876 real estate advertisement offers a sprawling 160x120 foot residential parcel in the heart of what is now the metropolitan core.
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The page carries a classified notice offering one house and one lot measuring 160 by 120 feet. The property is described as located on Second Street, between Seneca and University.
Applications are directed to R. J. Moore. The notice is dated December 6, 1875.
“One House and one lot 160x120 feet, located on 2d Street, between Seneca and University.”
Today, the intersection of 2nd Avenue, Seneca, and University Streets is the dense, high-rise epicenter of Seattle's financial district. Seeing an ad for a single house on such a massive, centrally located double-lot serves as a reminder of how radically the city's urban footprint has been transformed by vertical development.
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