OLLI 0469 - The Denny Regrade Walking Tour
Course Description
Between 1898 and 1930, Seattle completed its most audacious engineering change by eliminating Denny Hill at the north end of downtown. By the end of the project, Seattleites had washed and scraped more than 11 cubic million yards of landscape, reducing the previously 240-foot-high mound to its present pancake topography. David will discuss the full scope of this massive regrade project, point out often overlooked but still existing evidence of the topographic changes, and explain how this reshaping of the Seattle’s landscape continues to shape Seattle and those who call it home.
The walk covers about two miles of flat terrain and lasts between 90-120 minutes, depending on how many questions you ask. Tour meets at the southwest corner of 2nd and Pine Street and end up two blocks north at 2nd and Virginia.