35 results for: Armbruster, Kurt E.
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Love Battery playing at RKCNDY, Seattle, September 1992
RKCNDY (pronounced "rock candy") opened in 1991 at 1812 Yale Avenue as an all-ages music venue. Operating during the height of grunge, RKCNDY largely hosted rock and punk acts, but was also an important venue for hip-hop. At the time Seattle's Teen Dance Ordinance severely limited all-ages venues, making RKCNDY one of the few places that allowed entry to under-21s.…
ID Number:2014.43.1.1.MUSIC333
Date:1992
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Supersuckers performing at Neumos, Seattle, June 6, 2006
Neumos (officially "Neumos Crystal Ball Reading Room") is a music venue located at E. Pike St. and 10th Avenue in Seattle. Opened as Moe’s Mo’Roc’N Café in 1992, it reopened as Neumos ("New Moe's") in 2003, 6 years after Moe's closed. In 2017, Neumo's was renovated, with new state-of-the-art lighting and sound systems installed. As of 2024, Neumo's continues as…
ID Number:2014.43.1.1.MUSIC610
Date:2006
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Chin Gee Hee Building, Seattle, circa 2018
Local Chinese merchant and labor contractor Chin Gee Hee (1844-1929) and a partner built two commercial buildings on the northeast corner of Washington Street and Second Avenue, in Seattle’s original Chinatown. After these were destroyed by Seattle’s 1889 Great Fire, the partners rebuilt them in brick. These were the Phoenix Hotel, facing Second Avenue, and the neighboring Chin Gee Hee…
ID Number:2014.43.2.2.ARCH121
Date:Circa 2018
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Chin Gee Hee Building, Seattle, circa 2018
Local Chinese merchant and labor contractor Chin Gee Hee (1844-1929) and a partner built two commercial buildings on the northeast corner of Washington Street and Second Avenue, in Seattle’s original Chinatown. After these were destroyed by Seattle’s 1889 Great Fire, the partners rebuilt them in brick. These were the Phoenix Hotel, facing Second Avenue, and the neighboring Chin Gee Hee…
ID Number:2014.43.2.2.ARCH121B
Date:Circa 2018
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Open Books poetry shop, Seattle, February 2018
In 1995, Open Books: A Poetry Emporium opened in an extended bungalow at 2414 N 45th St in Seattle’s Wallingford neighborhood. It was, and continues to be, one of the few poetry-only shops in the nation. Open Books relocated to the corner of First Avenue and Cherry Street in Pioneer Square in 2022. This image shows Open Books in its…
ID Number:2014.43.2.2.ARCH360
Date:2018
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Exterior of the Lava Lounge, Seattle, 2016
The Lava Lounge was a popular beer joint and tiki bar on Second Avenue in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood. Outside décor included a palm tree and a mask mounted on a colorful mural. The lounge closed in January 2022 ahead of a redevelopment project, and it and neighboring structures burned down the following June.Here, on a summer day in 2016, patrons…
ID Number:2014.43.2.2.MISC163
Date:2016
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Mama's Mexican Kitchen, Belltown, Seattle, 2016
Mama's Mexican Kitchen, a popular restaurant at the corner of 2nd Avenue and Bell Street, was well known for its eclectic decorations, longtime staff, and comfort food. The owner, Mike McAlpin, had inherited recipes from his grandmother, the eponymous "Mama." Open from 1974 to 2016, the restaurant was a popular neighborhood fixture. Among its most notable features were its "Elvis…
ID Number:2014.43.2.2.MISC165
Date:2016
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Ichiban restaurant at 6th Ave. S. and S. Main St. , Seattle, 2008
Koji and Mayumi Ogawa opened Ichiban restaurant at 601 Main Street, in the Panama Hotel building, around 1983. The small restaurant served homestyle Japanese food to its customers in the Nihonmachi or Japantown area in Seattle’s Chinatown - International District for 27 years. In early May 2010, the Ogawas posted a “Farewell letter to our loyal customers and friends” announcing…
ID Number:2014.43.2.2.MISC178
Date:2008
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Crocodile Cafe exterior, Seattle, 1992
The Crocodile Cafe opened in 1991 at 2200 2nd Avenue at Blanchard Street in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle. The popular music venue featured many well-known acts, such as Nirvana, MudHoney, Pearl Jam, and Death Cab for Cutie. The Crocodile Cafe closed in December 2007, but was reopened under new ownership as The Crocodile in March 2009. In 2021, the…
ID Number:2014.43.2.2.MUSIC36
Date:1992
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Elephant Super Car Wash sign, Battery Street and Denny Way, Seattle, April 2017
When the first Elephant Car Wash opened at Fourth Avenue and Lander Street in Seattle in 1951, it was the first automatic car wash in Washington State. For the first time, cars received hands-free treatment. The owners opened additional car washes in the region, all with the eye-catching neon signs designed by Bea Haverfield, an area neon designer. This image…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.ARCH130
Date:2017