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Donald Teskey (Irish, 1956), Thomas Street, Dublin, 2004. Oil on canvas, 66 x 83 in.

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New York 1936 - Brooklyn - Broadway & Thomas Street

Photo by Street Photographer Berenice Abbot

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The Pursuit of Robert Emmet’s Grave

O! BREATHE not his name! let it sleep in the shade, Where cold and unhonoured his relics are laid; Sad, silent, and dark be the tears that we shed, As the night dew that falls on the grave o’er his head. But the night dew that falls, though in silence it weeps, Shall brighten with verdure the grave where he sleeps; And the tear that we shed, though in secret it rolls, Shall long keep his memory…

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Last weekend, we featured Capitol Hill’s LaCrosse Apartments in our latest edition of CHS Schemata. Frequent CHS contributor and local historian Dotty DeCoster wrote this history of the capti…

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If you were new to Seattle in 1908, you might have been looking for housing on the northern part of Renton Hill, up near the exciting new Capitol Hill development.  You could have taken the #8 streetcar “Capitol Hill (Volunteer Park)” up to 15th Avenue N. and Thomas Street, walked a small block west to 302 Malden Avenue N, and talked to Mrs. Eliza J. Purdy, proprietor of the brand new LaCrosse Apartments about renting a pleasant apartment there.

Architects describe the building as “Mission style with a Beaux Arts influence”, neighbors note the entrance to the building has Corinthian capitals on square piers (an odd take on classicism), and all of us notice the square tower on the southwest corner a story above the roof.  The architect, Frank H. Perkins, who came to Seattle from southern California in1903 designed a number of commercial buildings in the area during his 20-year practice here.

To the north, along Malden Avenue East... much has remained the same. Malden Avenue was the original name of this short, interesting, street between E. Thomas Street and E. Roy.  It makes a lovely walk if one wants to see what a street on today’s Capitol Hill looked like a century ago.

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The Old Operating Theatre Museum. Southwark, South London.

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#OTD in 1803 – Robert Emmet, Irish patriot, is executed in Dublin.

O! BREATHE not his name! let it sleep in the shade, Where cold and unhonoured his relics are laid; Sad, silent, and dark be the tears that we shed, As the night dew that falls on the grave o’er his head. But the night dew that falls, though in silence it weeps, Shall brighten with verdure the grave where he sleeps; And the tear that we shed, though in secret it rolls, Shall long keep his memory…

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#OTD in 1803 – Irish Rebellion of 1803 | Following an explosion at his arms depot on this date, Robert Emmet brings forward his planned rebellion in Dublin to 23 July.

The glorious failure of the 1798 rebellion had a profound impact on the young Robert Emmet. He romanticised the nationalist ideals held by the organisers, as demonstrated by an ode he wrote to them: “And those who were laid at rest Oh! Hallowed be each name; Their memories are forever blest – Consigned to endless fame.” Today there are many reminders of Robert Emmet’s 1803 Rebellion in Dublin,…

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