Silent footage of construction at a power sub-station including corroded (or burnt) cylinders laid on the ground; pan of Harborview Medical Center from downtown; a ferry coming into Seattle; streets downtown; looking north along 3rd Avenue including the Jones Building (Third Avenue and Union Street); looking east along Spring Street, including the Kennedy Hotel (Fifth Avenue and Spring Street); the City Light Building; the Space Needle; the Smith Tower; YMCA; Seattle skyline; and a pan of Federal Building.
Film from 1976 or 1988 Unreadable edge codes. The Kennedy Hotel was remodeled and reopened in 1992 as the Vintage Park Hotel. The Jones Building was demolished and replaced by Benaroya Hall.
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Courtesy of the Seattle Municipal Archives, #156, Series 1204-05.
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