9781467130523-1467130524-Seattle's Waterfront (Images of America)

Seattle's Waterfront (Images of America)

ISBN-13: 9781467130523
ISBN-10: 1467130524
Edition: Illustrated
Author: Joy Keniston-Longrie
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Format: Paperback 128 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781467130523
ISBN-10: 1467130524
Edition: Illustrated
Author: Joy Keniston-Longrie
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Format: Paperback 128 pages

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Seattle's Waterfront (Images of America) (ISBN-13: 9781467130523 and ISBN-10: 1467130524), written by authors Joy Keniston-Longrie, was published by Arcadia Publishing in 2014. With an overall rating of 4.1 stars, it's a notable title among other Architectural (History, Photography & Video, Travel, State & Local, United States History, Canoeing, Water Sports) books. You can easily purchase or rent Seattle's Waterfront (Images of America) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Architectural books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.58.

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Seattle’s waterfront has served as a central hub for people, transportation, and commerce since time immemorial. A low natural shoreline provided the Duwamish-Suquamish people with excellent canoe access to permanent villages and seasonal fishing camps. High bluffs served as a sacred place for tribal members’ final journey to the spirit world. When the first settlers arrived in the 1850s, Seattle’s shoreline began to change drastically. Emerald hills covered with dense forests were logged for timber to make way for the new city. As time passed, Seattle constructed a log seawall, wooden sidewalks, wharfs, buildings, streets, railroad trestles, and eventually, a massive concrete viaduct over the original aquatic lands, changing the natural environment to a built environment. Today, Seattle’s shoreline continues to change as the city demolishes the viaduct, rebuilds the seawall, and creates an inviting new waterfront that all will enjoy for generations to come.

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