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DG: So now all of these hotels were built in what era do you think?

ET: New Central and the Eclipse were built 1908. They were both same time so the Presley must have been built about the same time.

DG: And so this was --

ET: That was after the wash down. You know, Seattle got all that mountain or hills.

DG: The Denny Regrade.

TH: No. Around Jackson Street too.

DG: Oh, that other.

ET: Jackson was a hill, huh, at one time.

TH: Seems that way.

DG: So this was all between 1850 and 1900, right?

TH: No, I think that happened after 1900, I think. Well, I mean I'm not too sure, but...

YM: When I was a kid all the streets used to be dirt and sidewalks were planks, had wooden planks, even Jackson Street.

ET: Well, into the 1930s, I believe, Jackson Street between 6th and Maynard was plank.

DG: This was mostly south of Yesler according to Yoshito.

TH: Yes.

DG: But you were mentioning one or two hotels on James, which is north, but mostly south of Yesler.

TH: Well, the Japanese would concentrate either in skid row or areas south of Yesler.

YM: Main Street was a quite a place for Japanese.

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