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I don't move much, but when I do I get an impulse to explore--to drive and walk about the area and read up on the local history. So when I heard that folks were writing up a history of my neighborhood, I knew that this was a book I had to read. (Hmmm. Now that I think about it, maybe the urge isn't tied in to moving. I've been living here for ten years and I still want to know more.) So often I think of what is as the way it always has been, but of course, even a cursory glance at history will show you how wrong that thought is. So, of course, as I read the book and looked at the many pictures, I kept being surprised at what changes have occurred here and how young some of the familiar neighborhood institutions really are. All in all, Seattle's Beacon Hill is everything I would have hoped for, except it's too darn short. Definitely one to put on my shelf. (Oh, and the church on 13th Avenue South is Byzantine Catholic, not Greek Orthodox. We made the same mistake before we visited it and found out the truth.)

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// posted by John @ 9:46 PM