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U District’s Burgermaster ushers in last weekend after 73 years of meeting and eating
by Theron Zahn KOMO News Feb 22, 2025
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PREVIOUS COVERAGE | Burgermaster’s first location in University District to close after 73 years
by Theron Zahn, KOMO News Jan 18, 2025
Seattle Memories
I was a teenager in the 1970s. I went to public high school in the greater Seattle area. As a teen, going to Seattle was considered completely appropriate for a date. We would walk on the ferry. This would deliver us to the downtown waterfront area-not too far from First Ave. This was not some sort of high-end exclusive neighborhood. It was just Seattle and it was good. We could go during the day and walk to anywhere from Pike Place Market to what used to be called Chinatown and the Seattle waterfront, Ivar’s, etc. We could catch the monorail and head out to Seattle Center. When I was younger, I was in Boy Scouts and would go alone during the day to check out some of the army surplus stores on First Ave. to look for camping gear. This was the era of bicycle paper routes, also not considered to be unsafe or controversial. I had a Seattle Times and Bremerton Sun route for a total of 2 years. Not some sort of special accomplishment, just routine stuff at the time.
Beyond daytime visits-teens during that era went to concerts, movies, Sonics games and out to eat.
Possibly of interest – A 2025 update:
“…saturated in fentanyl, meth, and crack cocaine.”
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