Comments on: Penny Postcards

Penny Postcards

y2karl — Sun, 19 Dec 2004 13:56:56 -0800

OK, Seattleites, see the American flag here ? On the sidewalk below is where your 3rd & Pine McDonalds now sits. Man, I can see five buildings here that are still standing, but that red brick one at the lower right got replaced early. Now here's the Northern Life Tower. Note how the bricks lighten towards the top, so as to make it look taller from below--very subtle, that. It's one of Seattle's two Art Deco buildings, the other being the Exchange Building. You can cut through that one, coming off the ferry at First Avenue and take the elevator to walk out on Second Ave rather than climb that steep hill, you know.
And consider on what playground equipment our grandparents got to play. Lucky stiffs--you can't even find a decent 50s era swing set in a park in this town anymore. Penny Postcards From King County, from Penny Postcards of Washington, from Penny Postcards. Man, I loves me some vintage postcards. And if you do, too, check that last link--it's got all 50 states.

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Sun, 19 Dec 2004 14:07:51 -0800

Greetings from Historic Over There!

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Sun, 19 Dec 2004 14:10:26 -0800

(Seriously, this is cool.)

By: y2karl

y2karl — Sun, 19 Dec 2004 14:14:10 -0800

Hmm, now I see soundsofsuburbia mentioned Penny Postcards previously in a comment. All the way from Stockholm, Sweden, at that.

By: dancingbaptist

dancingbaptist — Sun, 19 Dec 2004 14:18:31 -0800

Yes I miss that vintage playground equipment, but do admit I always feared getting ground up in one of the old merry-go-rounds

By: dougb

dougb — Sun, 19 Dec 2004 14:19:29 -0800

In the future, Bostonians will all have airships of various sorts. Those who don't ride the suspended trolley cars, anyway.

By: y2karl

y2karl — Sun, 19 Dec 2004 14:28:39 -0800

Then there is the If you don't like the way I drive, stay off the sidewalk! factor with that red car.

By: SisterHavana

SisterHavana — Sun, 19 Dec 2004 15:11:10 -0800

This still exists. It's now known as Walter Payton's Roundhouse and it now looks like this. Great find!

By: astruc

astruc — Sun, 19 Dec 2004 15:30:35 -0800

Awesome! I want to go and buy all these postcards now. When I lived in Palm Beach and NYC I collected vintage postcards that I matte'd and framed.

By: seawallrunner

seawallrunner — Sun, 19 Dec 2004 15:53:48 -0800

what a beautiful site! Thanks y2karl

By: y2karl

y2karl — Sun, 19 Dec 2004 16:03:41 -0800

This still exists. It's now known as Walter Payton's Roundhouse and it now looks like this. Burlington Northern still runs one of the few working roundhouses left in the United States at its Interbay yards--not that you can readily tell, as it's added on and clad in beige colored metal siding now--that's it right there beside by the water tower. It evidently used to look like this. A bike path goes through that yard--from riding through on it, I have found that some of the switch engines are operated by remote control in the yard. Now there's a dream job for a toy train buff. I live a few blocks away from those yards. There's nothing as soothing as listening to boxcars bumping through all of a hot summer's night.

By: iamck

iamck — Sun, 19 Dec 2004 16:07:43 -0800

Thanks for the link - I was getting bored with this city...

By: y2karl

y2karl — Sun, 19 Dec 2004 16:10:15 -0800

Yes I miss that vintage playground equipment, but do admit I always feared getting ground up in one of the old merry-go-rounds. Where I went to grade school, we had one even bigger than that one, made of three inch pipes and planks, probably built in the 40s at the latest. Man, when we were little, the big kids used to stand in a relay and whip that thing around so fast while we little kids hung on for dear life. Dangerous as hell by today's standards but was it fun . Ya'd think they could at least spare the old high swing sets, but no-o-o-o, they have to replace them with these wussy little kid swings with the bucket seats.

By: Grod

Grod — Sun, 19 Dec 2004 17:39:54 -0800

Baltimore hasn't changed much. Nothing is that colorful, but I recognize most of the buildings as unchanged. Pretty cool.

By: Jumpin Jack Flash

Jumpin Jack Flash — Sun, 19 Dec 2004 19:13:37 -0800

Wonderful links!!! Thanks y2karl for the post.

By: SisterHavana

SisterHavana — Sun, 19 Dec 2004 22:57:57 -0800

I wonder whatever happened to this place. I googled and found nothing. It looks like it would have been fun!

By: roboto

roboto — Mon, 20 Dec 2004 06:44:20 -0800

The playground equipment on that postcard is insanely dangerous and I would have loved it as a kid. The super tall fireman's pole looks scary and the innovative two sided double pipe slide undoubtedly claimed many victims. [this is good]

By: Dick Paris

Dick Paris — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 04:56:37 -0800

Ahhh. Route 50. Know it well.