697 - Denny Hill Regrade (Lake Union in Background)

Image 697 - Denny Hill Regrade (Lake Union in Background)
Image 697 - Denny Hill Regrade (Lake Union in Background)

This is one of a number of images of Seattle street regrade projects. Hills near downtown Seattle were washed away or dug out to level the streets in hopes of increasing property values. Existing homes and businesses were forced to move, not always agreeably.

The closing parenthesis of the caption is missing. Otto was writing captions backwards on the glass negatives, and sometimes missed letters or strokes within letters.