Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentines Day.

This nifty map of Seattle originally appeared in the Seattle Star newspaper on July 5, 1907. The map “will give the reader some idea of what sooner or later will be the heart of Seattle. As soon as the Denny Hill will have been lowered to grade, great blocks will be erected on the site and that of itself will draw the city to it as well as beyond it.” The removal of Denny Hill, which forms the heart of the heart, did not occur as fast as the writer hoped. Not until 1930 was the entire hill lowered, and with the Depression, little expansion of the city’s economic base happened so no new blood for the heart.

I hope that everyone has a lovely day filled with good tidings and outstanding historical maps.