Or... The story behind the story...
| This is my condo - as you look at the photo (brought
to you by may great neighbor, Lee) the Kingdome is just to your
left. That's me in the red circle.
I live across the street from Seattle's Kingdome. It's
just too good an opportunity not to take advantage of.
Several years ago, I saw the movie Smoke.
(Harvey Keitel, not naked.) A small plot point had Harvey, who plays the
owner of a smoke shop in Brooklyn, taking the same photo every single
day for years and years and years of the same scene just outside his
shop. He had volumes of photo albums of these shots which chronicled
every day. I just could never shake this. It fascinated me.
When I learned the Kingdome was going to be torn down
for a new football stadium, I decided to run my own version of Harvey's
photo journal. Since our days are quite short here for a good part of
the year, when I was commuting I was not home during daylight. So, daily
shots were out. But, I started in October of 1997, taking the same shot
of the Kingdome every Sunday morning at 9 a.m. I have an album of those
shots from October, 1997 through April 4, 1999. But, then I moved the
project to the web. I didn't go to the trouble of scanning in all the
former shots. I just picked up, with my digital camera, and
continued every Sunday.
But, in January of 2000, things just got too
interesting for just once a week. The demolition started and the
landscape changed every day. So I started shooting pictures of the
changes.
Then I started getting an audience who demanded more
and I kind of got into the rhythm of the thing and started shooting
every day. And soon the page got too big. So that's kind of
where we are now. |
| Ivar
Sandsmark's Live Cam His
shots are looking South.
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  Steve Majewski
sent me a note suggesting I add photos of the new stadium. The picture
on the left is one facing south. The one on the right is facing
north. I put red arrows pointing to my condo so you can see what
I will see. |
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A short history... I did scan in a selection of those not on the page of weekly shots so you can see the whole progression... |
October 1, 1997 |
Sept. 30, 1998 |
October, 25, 1998 |
December 24, 1998 |
April 4, 1999 |
January 30, 2000 |
There have been many outstanding events in the Kingdome over the
years. Adam Hamby was kind enough to scan in this logo for the 1987
All-Star
game which he also said was Julius Ervings last All-Star Game.
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You guys! Here you are no particular order: Mr. Ayson's 7th grade art class, Kaneohe, HI
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