1st NE and NE 174th site preparation for light rail

Photo by Seattle Poppy

By Diane Hettrick

Photographer Seattle Poppy took this photo of the site prep work being done on 1st Ave NE in the neighborhood behind the Shoreline Library.

Her vantage point is the intersection of 1st NE and NE 174th, looking southeast. There is a freeway sound wall immediately to the right, out of frame.

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For reference, her location is marked on the map above.

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Here's what it looked like in August of 2018.

Interestingly enough, when I went to look for the map, I discovered that when the Google camera truck was going through Shoreline in August of 2018, they captured photos of the street when the demolition crews were working on the houses.

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Dickson is a demolition company. "Since 1937, Dickson Company, a general contractor based in Seattle and Tacoma, has earned a reputation for safe, quality projects in building demolition, hazardous materials abatement (asbestos, lead, mercury, PCBs, radiological, etc), and civil construction."