Puget Sound & Olympic Mountains 

Puget Sound & Olympic Mountains 

Denny Regrade, 1909 - Seattle, WA  The Denny Regrade project was the removal of Denny Hill which ran east from First Avenue between Pike Street and Denny Way. From 1902 to 1911, the hill was sluiced into Elliott Bay by pumping water from Lake Union using hydraulic mining techniques, in a series of regrades along Pike and Pine Streets, Second Avenue, and the massive Denny Regrade No. 1 which regraded everything remaining between Fifth Avenue and the waterfront.  Source: Seattle Municipal Archives Photograph Collection

Denny Regrade, 1909 - Seattle, WA 

The Denny Regrade project was the removal of Denny Hill which ran east from First Avenue between Pike Street and Denny Way. From 1902 to 1911, the hill was sluiced into Elliott Bay by pumping water from Lake Union using hydraulic mining techniques, in a series of regrades along Pike and Pine Streets, Second Avenue, and the massive Denny Regrade No. 1 which regraded everything remaining between Fifth Avenue and the waterfront. 

Source: Seattle Municipal Archives Photograph Collection

life: April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King is assassinated. On April 4, 1968, LIFE photographer Henry Groskinsky and writer Mike Silva, on assignment in Alabama, learned that Martin Luther King, Jr., had been shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. The two men jumped into their car, raced the 200 miles to the scene of the crime, and there — to their astonishment — found that they had unfettered access to the hotel’s grounds; to the abandoned buildings from which the rifle shot likely came; to Dr. King’s room; and to the bleak, blood-stained balcony where the civil rights leader had fallen, mortally wounded by an assassin’s bullet, mere hours earlier. Unpublished: Outside of room 306, Theatrice Bailey, the brother of the motel’s owner, sweeps blood from the balcony. See more photos here. (Henry Groskinsky—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

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April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King is assassinated.

On April 4, 1968, LIFE photographer Henry Groskinsky and writer Mike Silva, on assignment in Alabama, learned that Martin Luther King, Jr., had been shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. The two men jumped into their car, raced the 200 miles to the scene of the crime, and there — to their astonishment — found that they had unfettered access to the hotel’s grounds; to the abandoned buildings from which the rifle shot likely came; to Dr. King’s room; and to the bleak, blood-stained balcony where the civil rights leader had fallen, mortally wounded by an assassin’s bullet, mere hours earlier.

Unpublished: Outside of room 306, Theatrice Bailey, the brother of the motel’s owner, sweeps blood from the balcony.

See more photos here.

(Henry Groskinsky—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

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occupyallstreets: Senior Citizens Owe Billions In Student Loan Debt New research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows that Americans 60 and older still owe about $36 billion in student loans, providing a rare window into the dynamics of student debt. More than 10 percent of those loans are delinquent. As a result, consumer advocates say, it is not uncommon for Social Security checks to be garnished or for debt collectors to harass borrowers in their 80s over student loans that are decades old. That even seniors remain saddled with student loans highlights what a growing chorus of lawmakers, economists and financial experts say has become a central conflict in the nation’s higher education system: The long-touted benefits of a college degree are being diluted by rising tuition rates and the longevity of debt.   Read More

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Senior Citizens Owe Billions In Student Loan Debt

New research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows that Americans 60 and older still owe about $36 billion in student loans, providing a rare window into the dynamics of student debt. More than 10 percent of those loans are delinquent. As a result, consumer advocates say, it is not uncommon for Social Security checks to be garnished or for debt collectors to harass borrowers in their 80s over student loans that are decades old.

That even seniors remain saddled with student loans highlights what a growing chorus of lawmakers, economists and financial experts say has become a central conflict in the nation’s higher education system: The long-touted benefits of a college degree are being diluted by rising tuition rates and the longevity of debt.  

Read More

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Fremont Rocket, below the belt

Fremont Rocket, below the belt

The hedgeCapitol Hill, Seattle 

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Capitol Hill, Seattle 

Architect and MIT Professor Constant-Désiré Despradelle designed the 1,500 foot stone tower which was planned for Chicago’s Jackson Park. The giant tower, which he referred to as an “altar,” would support a beacon light at its apex and have an amphitheater at its base, wherein leaders could impart “inspiring words” to assemblies in the room he called a “sanctuary.”  Source archimaps: Projected Beacon of Progress tower around 1900, Chicago

Architect and MIT Professor Constant-Désiré Despradelle designed the 1,500 foot stone tower which was planned for Chicago’s Jackson Park.

The giant tower, which he referred to as an “altar,” would support a beacon light at its apex and have an amphitheater at its base, wherein leaders could impart “inspiring words” to assemblies in the room he called a “sanctuary.” 

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Projected Beacon of Progress tower around 1900, Chicago

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npr: The view of Massachusetts Avenue - from our perch here at NPR. (Becky Lettenberger / NPR) (Taken with instagram)

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The view of Massachusetts Avenue - from our perch here at NPR. (Becky Lettenberger / NPR) (Taken with instagram)

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