This photograph was taken in 1909 during the regrading project on Third Avenue in the Denny Triangle area of downtown Seattle.  Men using high power hoses to blast away the hillside can be seen in the foreground, and the Washington Hotel is on the hill in the top left of the frame.
<p>Otto D. Goetze (b. 1871) was an American photographer who owned the Alaska Photo Studio in Seattle from 1909 to 1912.  He also photographed the Alaska Gold Rush from 1891 to 1908, the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle in 1909, an other subjects in California, Utah, Texas, and Colorado.
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<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): 	Denny Regrade (Seattle, Wash.); Grading (Earthwork)--Washington (State)--Seattle; Hotels--Washington (State)--Seattle</li></ul><hr>
Same "pinnacle house" can also be seen at <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Denny_Regrade_project_in_progress,_Seattle,_1909_(MOHAI_8642).jpg" title="File:Denny Regrade project in progress, Seattle, 1909 (MOHAI 8642).jpg">File:Denny Regrade project in progress, Seattle, 1909 (MOHAI 8642).jpg</a>.
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56561037" class="extiw" title="d:Q56561037"><span title="American photographer">Otto Daniel Goetze</span></a>
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1909<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1909-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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