Shared walls
Subtitle: Seattle apartment buildings, 1900-1939
By: Diana E. James
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786465965
Subjects: Apartment houses; History; Apartments
Description: "The 1900 edition of Polk's Seattle City Directory listed four apartment buildings. By 1939, that number had grown to almost 1,400. This study explores the circumstances that prompted the explosive growth of this previously unknown form of housing in Seattle and takes an in-depth look at a large number of different apartment buildings"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Shared walls: a beginning; title: All the modern conveniences: electricity, radios, and ice cube trays; title: Behind the scenes: architects and builders; title: Apartment fundamentals: styles, a Seattle form, classes, and building materials; title: Downtown apartments: between the water and hills; title: First Hill and Renton Hill apartments; title: Capitol Hill apartments west of Broadway; title: Capitol Hill apartments east of Broadway; title: Apartments all around the town.