Belvedere Viewpoint, 1970<\/b> <\/span><\/h2>\n![\"seattle-1970s-1\"](\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/seattle-1970s-1.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nPhoto: <\/span>Seattle Municipal Archives<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\nThe Belvedere Viewpoint at Belvedere Park in West Seattle has one of the most stunning lookouts in the city. On the east side of the park is a famous red cedar wood totem pole featuring frogs and beavers. The original 25-foot totem was a gift to the city in the 1930s from E. “Daddy” Standley, owner of Ye Olde Curiosity Shop on the downtown waterfront. It was carved by Bella Bella Indians from the Queen Charlotte Islands and became famous from use on postcards and telephone directories. Deemed beyond repair in 1966, its replacement was carved from a cedar log cut from Schmitz Park. Robert Fleischman and Michael Morgan, both Boeing engineers, donated some 300 hours of work carving the new totem, <\/span>reports<\/span><\/a> the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation. <\/span><\/p>\nAerial of Seattle waterfront, 1970<\/b><\/h2>\n
![\"seattle-1970s-2\"](\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/seattle-1970s-2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nPhoto: <\/span>Seattle Municipal Archives<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\nA view of the Seattle waterfront from Smith Tower. It looks so modest compared to the bustling port Seattle residents enjoy today. <\/span><\/p>\nPike Place Market, 1972<\/b><\/h2>\n
![\"seattle-1970s-3\"](\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/seattle-1970s-3.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nPhoto: <\/span>Seattle Municipal Archives<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\nPike Place Market has retained much of its original character. Throw in a giant white ferris wheel and an Instagram filter and you could take a similar picture today. <\/span><\/p>\nGasworks Park, 1971<\/b><\/h2>\n
![\"seattle-1970s-4\"](\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/seattle-1970s-4.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nPhoto: <\/span>Seattle Municipal Archives<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\nGasworks Park wasn’t looking too hot in the early 1970s. This 20 acre point on Lake Union was cleared in 1906 to construct a plant to manufacture gas from coal \u2014 later converted to crude oil. The city bought the land in 1962 and the beautiful park we enjoy today was completed in 1975. The beautiful park we enjoy today was completed in 1975, complete with picnic benches and a children’s play barn. <\/span><\/p>\nSeattle Times building, circa 1970s<\/b><\/h2>\n
![\"seattle-1970s-5\"](\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/seattle-1970s-5.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nPhoto: <\/span>Seattle Municipal Archives<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\nIn the 1970s, the Seattle Times covered everything from the Indian Fish Wars to the development of the first startups that make up the bulk of our industry today. In 2013, the Seattle Times sold the building, which sits across from Amazon headquarters, to Onni Group in Vancouver, BC. The newspaper site featured here was built in 1930-31 at Fairview Avenue North and John Street and was deemed a city historic landmark in the mid-1990s. It is now often occupied by squatters and is a hotbed for arson. <\/span><\/p>\nLooking up University Street, 1970s*<\/b><\/h2>\n
![\"seattle-1970s-6\"](\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/seattle-1970s-6.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nPhoto: <\/span>Seattle Municipal Archives<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\nThe Northern Life Tower, an Art Deco landmark in downtown Seattle featured in the back right side of this photo, was built in 1929 to house the Northern Life insurance company. The business was family owned and operated until 1977 when it was sold. The company disappeared through various mergers and the office building was renamed The Seattle Tower. The Seattle Tower is a City of Seattle Landmark and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1975.<\/p>\n
Ferry at sunset, 1970s<\/b><\/h2>\n
![\"seattle-1970s-7\"](\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/seattle-1970s-7.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nPhoto: <\/span>Seattle Municipal Archives<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\nOn July 3rd, 1977, Lynda Wheeler became the <\/span>first<\/span><\/a> woman to serve as a deck officer for Washington State Ferries. Her first assignment was as second mate on the ferry Walla Walla.<\/span><\/p>\n520 Bridge, 1979<\/b><\/h2>\n
![\"seattle-1970s-8\"](\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/seattle-1970s-8.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nPhoto: <\/span>Seattle Municipal Archives<\/span><\/a> <\/em><\/p>\nGoodbye old 520 floating bridge. Soon you will be permanently closed to traffic and the new 520 will be taking your place as the glorious road across the water.<\/span><\/p>\nSeattle Center amusement rides, circa 1970<\/b><\/h2>\n
![\"seattle-1970s-9\"](\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/seattle-1970s-9.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nPhoto: <\/span>Seattle Municipal Archives<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\nThe Seattle Center’s Fun Forest, which was initially formed as the Gayway entertainment area for the 1962 World’s Fair, added major rides in 1964 to what had been primarily an assortment of carnival games. Pictured here is the wild and crazy flight to Mars ride.<\/span><\/p>\nAerial view of Seattle looking north, circa 1977<\/b><\/h2>\n
![\"seattle-1970s-10\"](\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/seattle-1970s-10.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nPhoto: <\/span>Seattle Public Library<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\nThe Kingdome, named after its county of origin, took <\/span>five<\/span><\/a> years to build after the citizens of Seattle voted on its construction. Big events in those early years included a Billy Graham Crusade, a sold-out rock concert by Paul McCartney and Wings and the Chief Seattle Council Boy Scout Jamboree. And of course, the Seattle Mariners. <\/span><\/p>\nAerial of downtown and Alaskan Way Viaduct, 1970s<\/b><\/h2>\n
![\"seattle-1970s-11\"](\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/seattle-1970s-11.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nPhoto: <\/span>Seattle Municipal Archives<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\nNot so many shiny, tall buildings on the Seattle waterfront back then, eh?<\/span><\/p>\n1st Avenue near Pike Place Market, 1972<\/b><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nPhoto: <\/span>Seattle Municipal Archives<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n The Belvedere Viewpoint at Belvedere Park in West Seattle has one of the most stunning lookouts in the city. On the east side of the park is a famous red cedar wood totem pole featuring frogs and beavers. The original 25-foot totem was a gift to the city in the 1930s from E. “Daddy” Standley, owner of Ye Olde Curiosity Shop on the downtown waterfront. It was carved by Bella Bella Indians from the Queen Charlotte Islands and became famous from use on postcards and telephone directories. Deemed beyond repair in 1966, its replacement was carved from a cedar log cut from Schmitz Park. Robert Fleischman and Michael Morgan, both Boeing engineers, donated some 300 hours of work carving the new totem, <\/span>reports<\/span><\/a> the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation. <\/span><\/p>\n Photo: <\/span>Seattle Municipal Archives<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n A view of the Seattle waterfront from Smith Tower. It looks so modest compared to the bustling port Seattle residents enjoy today. <\/span><\/p>\n Photo: <\/span>Seattle Municipal Archives<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Pike Place Market has retained much of its original character. Throw in a giant white ferris wheel and an Instagram filter and you could take a similar picture today. <\/span><\/p>\n Photo: <\/span>Seattle Municipal Archives<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Gasworks Park wasn’t looking too hot in the early 1970s. This 20 acre point on Lake Union was cleared in 1906 to construct a plant to manufacture gas from coal \u2014 later converted to crude oil. The city bought the land in 1962 and the beautiful park we enjoy today was completed in 1975. The beautiful park we enjoy today was completed in 1975, complete with picnic benches and a children’s play barn. <\/span><\/p>\n Photo: <\/span>Seattle Municipal Archives<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n In the 1970s, the Seattle Times covered everything from the Indian Fish Wars to the development of the first startups that make up the bulk of our industry today. In 2013, the Seattle Times sold the building, which sits across from Amazon headquarters, to Onni Group in Vancouver, BC. The newspaper site featured here was built in 1930-31 at Fairview Avenue North and John Street and was deemed a city historic landmark in the mid-1990s. It is now often occupied by squatters and is a hotbed for arson. <\/span><\/p>\n Photo: <\/span>Seattle Municipal Archives<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n The Northern Life Tower, an Art Deco landmark in downtown Seattle featured in the back right side of this photo, was built in 1929 to house the Northern Life insurance company. The business was family owned and operated until 1977 when it was sold. The company disappeared through various mergers and the office building was renamed The Seattle Tower. The Seattle Tower is a City of Seattle Landmark and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1975.<\/p>\n Photo: <\/span>Seattle Municipal Archives<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n On July 3rd, 1977, Lynda Wheeler became the <\/span>first<\/span><\/a> woman to serve as a deck officer for Washington State Ferries. Her first assignment was as second mate on the ferry Walla Walla.<\/span><\/p>\n Photo: <\/span>Seattle Municipal Archives<\/span><\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n Goodbye old 520 floating bridge. Soon you will be permanently closed to traffic and the new 520 will be taking your place as the glorious road across the water.<\/span><\/p>\n Photo: <\/span>Seattle Municipal Archives<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n The Seattle Center’s Fun Forest, which was initially formed as the Gayway entertainment area for the 1962 World’s Fair, added major rides in 1964 to what had been primarily an assortment of carnival games. Pictured here is the wild and crazy flight to Mars ride.<\/span><\/p>\n Photo: <\/span>Seattle Public Library<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n The Kingdome, named after its county of origin, took <\/span>five<\/span><\/a> years to build after the citizens of Seattle voted on its construction. Big events in those early years included a Billy Graham Crusade, a sold-out rock concert by Paul McCartney and Wings and the Chief Seattle Council Boy Scout Jamboree. And of course, the Seattle Mariners. <\/span><\/p>\n Photo: <\/span>Seattle Municipal Archives<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Not so many shiny, tall buildings on the Seattle waterfront back then, eh?<\/span><\/p>\nAerial of Seattle waterfront, 1970<\/b><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nPike Place Market, 1972<\/b><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nGasworks Park, 1971<\/b><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nSeattle Times building, circa 1970s<\/b><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nLooking up University Street, 1970s*<\/b><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nFerry at sunset, 1970s<\/b><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n520 Bridge, 1979<\/b><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nSeattle Center amusement rides, circa 1970<\/b><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nAerial view of Seattle looking north, circa 1977<\/b><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nAerial of downtown and Alaskan Way Viaduct, 1970s<\/b><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n1st Avenue near Pike Place Market, 1972<\/b><\/h2>\n