From the materials for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska-Yukon-Pacific_Exposition" class="extiw" title="en:Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition">Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition</a> of 1909, held in Seattle. Tinted photo captioned "Upper Second Avenue. New Washington Hotel and other buildings, all constructed in the past 18 months." The reason these buildings were all newly constructed was that the area had just undergone a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regrading_in_Seattle" class="extiw" title="en:Regrading in Seattle">major regrading project</a>, one of the early regrades of part of Denny Hill, although this area is a bit south of anything commonly thought of today as the Denny Regrade. The building at left is now the Broadacres Building (home of Nordstrom Rack); the Moore Hotel and Theatre is still going strong, and the New Washington Hotel is now the Josephinum. The nearest building at right was demolished decades ago.
Photo by Webster &amp; Stevens. Scanned by the Seattle Public Library.
Edition dated 1909-02-20. Photo 1909 or slightly earlier.
<i>The Argus</i> Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition special issue, plate facing p. 40. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://cdm200301.cdmhost.com/cdm4/browse.php">[1]</a> (see filename for exact location)