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Paul Thiry: The Father of Pacific Northwest Modernism

April 28, 2022
Written by Kye Cardinalis and Featured image photography by Joe Mabel/CC-BY-SA 4.0

front facade of the Joel M. Pritchard Building

If you are visiting downtown Seattle, you will no doubt gravitate toward the iconic Space Needle at Seattle Center. Another prominent building nearby that will catch your eye is the…

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Pavilion of Electric Power, World's Fair, 1962

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Retro Road Trip

“A World Within a World:” The Seattle Century 21 Exposition

August 12, 2021
Written by Kye Cardinalis

World’s fairs had gone out of vogue by the time the Century 21 Exposition took place in Seattle, Washington in 1962. So, when mayor Allan Pomeroy first came up with…

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