Lost Seattle: A Guide to Rediscovering the City's Hidden Gems

Unearthing the buried bones of a fictional city that emerged from hills and a bay, the early inhabitants of Seattle showed little sentimentality or nostalgia. They demolished beloved schools, libraries, entire neighborhoods, and towering hills. They uprooted the very infrastructure of industry and the network of railways and ferries that built the city. This book sheds light on 68 forgotten aspects of Seattle's history, such as Japantown, the iconic Kalakala ferry, Joseph Mayer's famous clock factory, the interurban railways, Yesler's sawmill, Capitol Hill's automotive district, the vanished Denny Hill, Moran Brothers' shipyard, the majestic Carnegie Central Library, Boeing, and the beloved SuperSonics. Covering the period from the 1880s to the present day, this visually stunning book resurrects these lost architectural gems, structures, and communities, painting a vivid picture of the Seattle that once was.

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