Among the buildings torn down in the Downtown-First Hill area to build the freeway was the Hotel Kalmar at Sixth Avenue and James Street ( built 1881 as the Western Hotel , demolished 1962 ) , the last of Seattle 's pioneer-era hotels , predating the Great Seattle Fire , and Seattle 's then-oldest public building , the Seventh Avenue Fire Hall ( built 1890 , demolished c. 1962 )
Great Seattle Fire
Great Seattle Fire
Interstate 5 in Washington