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Image of Birdseye view of Denny Hill regrade showing conveyors, looking south from Battery Street near 5th Avenue, October 20, 1929
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Birdseye view of Denny Hill regrade showing conveyors, looking south from Battery Street near 5th Avenue, October 20, 1929

The Seattle Board of Public Works awarded George Nelson & Company the contract for the second and final phase of the regrading of Denny Hill in 1928-1930. Unlike the earlier regrade, this project made use of belt conveyors to move material from the site out to Elliott Bay. An electric shovel removed dirt from the hill and dropped it into…
ID Number:1968.4524.45
Date:1929
Image of Panorama of Denny regrade area, from Battery and 5th Avenue, November 12, 1930
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Panorama of Denny regrade area, from Battery and 5th Avenue, November 12, 1930

This photograph documents the second and final phase of the regrading of Denny Hill in 1928-1930. Numbered on photo: 25C 26C
ID Number:1968.4524.53.54
Date:1930
Image of Workers using water hoses to regrade Denny Hill, Seattle, circa 1909
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Workers using water hoses to regrade Denny Hill, Seattle, circa 1909

Workers in the first Denny Hill regrading project sometimes used high pressure jets of water to wash away the hill. Over five million gallons of water were pumped from Elliott Bay and Lake Union every day. The dirt was washed out into the bay through tunnels and flumes. Embossed on mount: HarwoodHandwritten on verso: Regrade
ID Number:1974.5868.481
Date:Circa 1909
Image of Madison Street cable cars next to Lennon's store on Second Avenue, Seattle, circa 1910
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Madison Street cable cars next to Lennon's store on Second Avenue, Seattle, circa 1910

This image shows people getting on the Madison Street cable car next to Lennon's Gloves and Umbrellas on Second Avenue. Signs on the store building read "Forced to vacate. $60000.00 worth of gloves, umbrellas and hosiery. Thrown to the mercy of the public." Lennon's store moved from the location shown here into the Baillargeon Building, on Second Avenue and Spring…
ID Number:1980.6877.73
Date:Circa 1910
Image of View of the Denny Regrade area, circa 1925
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View of the Denny Regrade area, circa 1925

Denny Hill, which stood north of Seattle's downtown was thought to block the city's growth. The steep hill was removed in two stages between the 1890s and the 1930s, and the land was regraded. The area where Denny Hill stood is still known as the Denny Regrade.This photo was taken in about 1925, after the first Denny Hill regrading project.…
ID Number:1983.10.498
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Regraded land and new streets in the Denny Hill area, circa 1930
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Regraded land and new streets in the Denny Hill area, circa 1930

During the second Denny Hill regrading project, the city paid for the removal of dirt from street areas and other public property. Private landowners paid for the lowering of their property. In places, the land was lowered by 89 feet. This photo is half of a panoramic view to the north from the downtown area, taken around 1929. It shows…
ID Number:1983.10.3685.1
Date:Circa 1930
Image of Regraded land and new streets in the Denny Hill area, circa 1930
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Regraded land and new streets in the Denny Hill area, circa 1930

By the late 1920s, Seattle's downtown businesses pressured the city to remove the remaining part of Denny Hill so that the city could expand to the north. Nearly seven million cubic yards of earth were moved from public and private property during the regrading project. This photo is half of a panoramic view to the north from the downtown area,…
ID Number:1983.10.3685.3
Date:Circa 1930
Image of Denny Hill regrade area, Seattle, June 8, 1928
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Denny Hill regrade area, Seattle, June 8, 1928

In the late 1920s, part of Denny Hill still separated the waterfront area from Lake Union. The city had grown, and southbound traffic coming into the downtown area backed up at Denny Way. Businesses pressured the city to regrade the area. This 1928 photo shows the area to be leveled in the second Denny Hill regrading project. Handwritten on sleeve:…
ID Number:1983.10.4029
Date:1928
Image of New streets in the Denny Hill Regrade, Seattle, July 30, 1935
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New streets in the Denny Hill Regrade, Seattle, July 30, 1935

During the second Denny Hill regrading project, street paving, sewers, water mains, sidewalks, and other improvements were done under a single contract. This meant that rebuilding the city streets could proceed in a coordinated manner. However, the Depression hit Seattle during the 1930s, and rebuilding took a long time. In this photo, taken around 1935, the newly-extended Sixth, Seventh, and…
ID Number:1983.10.4533.1
Date:1935
Image of View southwest from Washington Hotel, Seattle, circa 1903
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View southwest from Washington Hotel, Seattle, circa 1903

Denny Hill once stood north of what is now Seattle’s central business district, between Second and Fifth Avenues. Between 1889 and 1906, the Denny (later Washington) Hotel dominated its southern slope. Workers began regrading Seattle's Denny Hill in 1898 and at first, the owners of the Washington Hotel didn't want the city to remove their part of the hill. This…
ID Number:1983.10.6036.4
Date:Circa 1903
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