Real Estate Layers Before Retail – Pacific Place Site Use (1909–1970)
Long before the first storefront opened at Pacific Place, the block between Sixth and Seventh Avenues in downtown Seattle had already experienced decades of commercial use.
In 1909, a six-story brick structure went up at the corner of Seventh Avenue and Olive Way.
Known as the Electric Building, it served as the headquarters for the Seattle Electric Company, a central player in the city’s early streetcar operations at the time…