Local Color

This story ran in The Seattle Times on Dec. 22, 1996

Seattle skyline. Photo Credit: Benjamin Benschneider / Seattle Times.

WHAT MAKES SEATTLE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS SPECIAL? During the past year, we've been looking at answers in history, but they also lie in simple things -- the places we've been, the experiences we've shared, the things we see and say. These are our answers.

At left, Puyallup Fair. Photo Credit: Greg Gilbert / Seattle Times.

The Emerald City ... alder-smoked ... Paradise Inn ... Refuse to Lose ... Pacific Iron and Metal ... The STP ... Any spare change? ... For a Day

or a Lifetime ... sushi ... the Green Lake path and the Burke-Gilman Trail ... Wawona ... Mount Baker Lid ... Blue Angels ... Fresh today! ...

The Ave ... street fairs ... Bumbershoot ... Hammering Man ... Frangos ... Last Exit on Brooklyn ... most liveable city ...

Not in Our House! ... Waiting for the Interurban ... Baby Gramps ... SubPop ... tenting in the rain ...

Redmond's free left turn ... Sleepless in Seattle ... Sodo ... Belltown eateries ... Bon Odori ... Jazz Alley ...

The Pass, and Stevens and Crystal and Baker ... microbreweries ... Street of Dreams ... phad thai ...

"Junior" ... At left, Ken Griffey Jr. Photo Credit: Harley Soltes / Seattle Times

the Wooden Boat Show ... The Elliott Bay Book Company ... Lesser Seattle ... The Bite of Seattle ... Princess Marguerite ... Herschel ... Goretex ...

gridlock ... the House of Hong ... rooster tails ... The Ring ... Triple 7 ...

Volunteer Park ... New Year's Day at the Zoo ... Live Nude Girls! ... Kalakala ... McLendon's Hardware ... teriyaki ... Beat the Bridge ...

Bulldog News ... Festival Sundiata ... The Market ... wasting bandwidth ...

Larry's ... R-R-R-R-Rai-n-i-e-e-erbeer! ...

grunge ...

At right, Chris Cornell of Soundgarden. Photo Credit: Seattle Times.

RKCNDY ... Trident ... Opening Day ... compline at St. Mark's ... high-tech start-ups ...

Entros ... Lux Sit! ... Do the Puyallup and eat scones ... the U-Dub ...

The Hutch ... S curves ... Double tall, skinny, an inch of foam ... the Wave, the Wheedle and the Needle ... Snoqualmie Falls Lodge ...

fish and chips ... It's the Water ... Nordstrom ... Sunlight Cafe waffles ... Windows '95 ... REI ... kites at Gas Works ...

Archie McPhee's

Grinning skeleton at Archie McPhee's. Photo Credit: Jimi Lott / Seattle Times.

... consignment shops ... canoeing in Mercer Slough ... Puget Consumers Co-Op ... Gary Larsen ...

blueberries in Bellevue, strawberries in Carnation ...
Almost Live! ... houseboats ... Bigfoot ...

Birkenstocks and gallery walks ...
Nutcracker ... concerts at Ste. Michelle ... Bill's house ... slugs ... Alki Beach ... Keep Clam ...

Other photo credits:
Hammering Man: Benjamin Benschneider / Seattle Times
Nutcracker: Ben Kerns

Historians Sharon Boswell and Lorraine McConaghy teach at local universities and do research, writing and oral history. Original newspaper graphics courtesy of the Seattle Public Library.

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