SIDNEY S. ANDREWS |
03/04/2010 7:00 pm
Pioneer Square's Boren Block One, once home to the Seattle Hotel, is now best known as the plot of land on which the infamous "Sinking Ship" parking garage now sits. The hotel's razing in 1961 helped spark the historic preservation movement in the city, a movement that would, within a decade, help save both the Pike Place Market and Pioneer Square from a similar fate. Sidney S. Andrews, author of Boren's Block One: A Sinking Ship (Create Space), speaks tonight about the block's history, which includes stories from Seattle's earliest days—totem pole thefts, Japanese American hoteliers, the ill-fated (recent) monorail, and more. We can't think of a better time to reminisce about Pioneer Square's past and contemplate its future.
Location:
- Street:
- The Elliott Bay Book Company
- Additional:
- 101 S. Main St.
- City:
- Seattle ,
- Province:
- Washington
- Postal Code:
- 98104
- Country:
- United States
