63 - Regrade at 2nd Ave. & Virginia St. Seattle

Image 63 - Regrade at 2nd Ave. & Virginia St. Seattle
Image 63 - Regrade at 2nd Ave. & Virginia St. Seattle

Note the man posed at the front of the locomotive. He appears in several O.T. Frasch photos, but we do not know who he is.

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.