Seattle Then and Now (Then & Now) | Jim Collins | A book about a town that literally recreated...

Seattle Then and Now (Then & Now) | Jim Collins | OK book, but don't pay full price

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	Seattle Then and Now (Then & Now) Jim Collins Thunder Bay Press, 2002 - 144 pages average customer review:based on 8 reviews view larger image
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Celebrating America's favorite cityscapes, this series combines historic interest and contemporary beauty. Then And Now features fascinating archival photographs contrasted with specially commissioned, full-color images of the same scene today. A visual lesson in the historic changes of our greatest urban landscapes.

A book about a town that literally recreated itself

This is a really interesting coffee table book with great historical photographs. This book illustrates how ambitious the city & urban planners were remaking the difficult hilly terrain often interrupted with water into what is today the Seattle & the "Eastside." I disagree with the other negative reviews of this book who claim to speak from a native Seattle-ite point of view. Lets face it, the only native Seattle-ites are Norwegians & native americans. The dark nostalgic genre of illustration aptly captures Seattle's "dark" historic cultural spirit comprising "skid-road," logging, & prostitution. Today Seattle enjoys that same spirit as manifested in its rich modern culture of "depression", "non-traditional life styles", grunge and the birth place of more serial killers per capita than anywhere else. Viva Seattle !

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OK book, but don't pay full price

Like many of the other reviewers, I found it frustrating that the descriptions lacked depth and that the "now" photos were taken from different angles entirely.
Interesting coffee table book to flip through casually.

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