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ROTHERMEL • NORTHINGTON

HISTORICAL

detail of interior

Times Building, Seattle
oil on wood with beveled mirrors
30 H x 12 W x 12 D

THE TIMES BUILDING IN SEATTLE:"BEGUN AS THE TIMES PRESS IN 1886 AND TAKEN OVER BY COLONEL A.J. BLETHEN IN 1896, THE TIMES BECAME THE LARGEST CIRCULATION DAILY IN THE REGION. THE SITE BECAME KNOWN AS TIMES SQUARE, DUE TO THE BUILDINGS RESEMBLANCE TO THE FAMOUS NEW YORK TIMES BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY" (L. KREISMAN, HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN SEATTLE, 1985). HANGING OFF THE WALL SO THAT THE PROW SHAPE IS FEATURED RATHER THAN ONLY A SINGLE FACADE, THE CABINET OPENS FROM EITHER SIDE.