seattle viaduct 1966

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3 жыл бұрын

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@shaynewhite1 Жыл бұрын

I'm sure the view was really pretty for the drivers, but the viaduct was definitely an eyesore for everyone else. So glad they tore it town.

@lagunsmoose Жыл бұрын

Wow, very cool to see this! I drove it one last time, two days before they closed it for good.😢

@hotforteacher7540 Жыл бұрын

They'll never see this again.

@robertbrouillette6767 Жыл бұрын

Going northbound on what was U S 99. I-5 hadn’t been built yet. Been through the tunnel and the viaduct a gazillion times.

@Me97202 Жыл бұрын

I think I-5 was likely under construction during this period.

@bones23jones Жыл бұрын

Someone should upscale this and add color

@d.martin7692 Жыл бұрын

That was my Seattle. It always made me nervous driving into and out of the tunnel on a wet road. The marks on the tunnel walls told the story. Still a livable town back then.

@Lanternsinthesky-studios Жыл бұрын

People Sunday driving in the left lane. Some things never change, Great to see the Smith Tower passing by.

@bobk1845 Жыл бұрын

The old armory on the right, about 3:20?

@stevehirjak7824 Жыл бұрын

So neat! Just wish it were a slightly better capture! Thanks for posting.

@sopaman1234 Жыл бұрын

If you freeze it at 3:07 and look to your right you can see the space needle.. By that i can say this has to be around 1962-63

@glennulmer2636 2 жыл бұрын

Nice to see the old US HWY 99 shields instead of the funky state route signs. Make it a US HWY Again.

@BlondieSuperdog Жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this. I am not sure but it appears the Seafirst bank building is there - which was not built finished till 1969, while it may be in an in complete veiw here; i don't think it would have been there in 1966 or 67 if that is the Sea first building. Is the flim itself dated?

@ethorii Жыл бұрын

All the cars are pre 1967 in this film. If it was near 1969 there would have been some cars to show that. The 1966 seems accurate.

@sopaman1234 Жыл бұрын

@@ethorii Exactly!! the newest car i see is a 1960 Ford hard top..

@tedgemberling2359 Жыл бұрын

No not the Seafirst Building. I wondered the same thing at first. It is another skyscraper that is much older (1928). It is called the Seattle Tower. It was originally called the Northern Life Tower. You see that today it's dwarfed by other buildings around it. It's a classic Art Deco building. I remember it was included in an "Art Deco Tour" of downtown Seattle when I lived there. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Tower I think today it doesn't even make the list of tallest buildings in Seattle. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Seattle

@Me97202 Жыл бұрын

Nope. Not the SeaFirst building.

@Brandon-wo2tz 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing, people's driving habits have weren't the best back then either

@unassistedsuicide2243 Жыл бұрын

I don’t see Lexus, Volvo, BMW, Mercedes or Audi crossing four lanes w/o turn signals at 90mph to make the exit while on their f’n cell phones. Naw man what I see here is NOTHING like today. 59 year old Seattle native.

@Brandon-wo2tz Жыл бұрын

@@unassistedsuicide2243 You're absolutely right! I moved to Spokane three years ago. It's MUCH more laid back out here compared to Seattle even though it's not as beautiful as Seattle.

@unassistedsuicide2243 Жыл бұрын

@@Brandon-wo2tz plus Spokane is like Siberia in the winter

@Brandon-wo2tz Жыл бұрын

@@unassistedsuicide2243 Have you been to Siberia?

@unassistedsuicide2243 Жыл бұрын

@@Brandon-wo2tz no but I’ve been to Fargo ND in the winter. Maybe you could explain the difference to me, sport

@davisworth5114 2 жыл бұрын

This was a magnificent view on a sunny summer day, I remember my mom taking me and my sister on the viaduct in our 1937 Plymouth when it opened in the early fifties, it made it a quick way to go to the airport, I remember doing 100 mph on my '65 Honda Super Hawk before I went into the Army, where I was when this film was taken. This is typical light weekday traffic at a time when dad was at work with the car and mom was home, mostly one-car families those days, it was only busy during rush hours. Seattle has gone down the toilet since this was torn down, the tunnel is a drag!

@michelgouverneur885 2 жыл бұрын

they were driving fast ...

@robsemail Жыл бұрын

You must be the kind of person who looks at a place like, oh, let’s say Monument Valley and thinks “my god, this would look SO much more beautiful if only we could build a stack interchange in front of it.”

@bobesposito7235 Жыл бұрын

Look at all those gas guzzlers.

@richardshagrin8565 Жыл бұрын

Why A Duckt

@Jameljackson28 Жыл бұрын

Not to much has changed, I’m actually glad they maintained and built a new Seattle because when you drive to Tacoma it’s still all fucked up

@seattlebeard Жыл бұрын

Strange to not see any streetwalkers on Aurora Ave North. Does anyone miss that ugly freeway?

@hib723 Жыл бұрын

the walkers dont start until the other side of the bridge. Seattle used to have some class and culture. The viaduct was an icon and had 1000x more beauty and charm than these dystopian federal mandate monstrosities they are building today.

@jeanettegriffin2439 Жыл бұрын

So sad they tore down a piece of history.. They could have saved the taxpayers a whole lot of money if they would have retrofitted it. Lifestyles were so simple and easy back then! Such a shame 😞

@stanburdick9708 Жыл бұрын

The stinkin city couldnt give a big rats ass how anyone felt thats why its falling apart........ya get what ya give!

@deadcenterfilms3878 Жыл бұрын

They really couldn’t have it had severe earthquake damage from 2001