Mary Ann Conklin, also known as 'Madame Damnable,' ran Seattle's first hotel, the Felker House, which burned to the ground in the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. The Rainier Hotel was erected quickly following the Great Seattle Fire but razed around 1910. The Denny Hotel, an architectural masterpiece later known as the Washington Hotel, was built in 1890 but torn down in 1907 during the massive regrade that flattened Denny Hill. Upon opening in 1909, the Sorrento Hotel was declared a 'credit to Seattle' by the Seattle Times. The Olympic Hotel was the place for Seattle's high society throughout the 1920s. The Hotel Kalmar was a workingman's hotel built in 1881 and was razed for the Seattle tollway. The Lincoln Hotel was destroyed by a tragic fire in 1920, along with its rooftop gardens. The famous and grand Seattle Hotel in Pioneer Square was replaced by a 'sinking ship' parking garage, thus sparking preservationists to band together to establish Pioneer Square as a historic district.

Robin Shannon is the author of two previous books in Arcadia's Images of America series: Cemeteries of Seattle and Seattle's Historic Restaurants. In this volume, Seattle's historic hotels are preserved in more than 200 vintage photographs, postcards, and memorabilia, allowing readers to revisit visionary hoteliers and magnificent architecture of the past.

The Images of America series celebrates the history of neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the country. Using archival photographs, each title presents the distinctive stories from the past that shape the character of the community today. Arcadia is proud to play a part in the preservation of local heritage, making history available to all.

The Aldens search for carousel horses that have disappeared from an amusement park.

The Alden children have another mystery to solve when they visit a castle and must figure out which of the guests has stolen the Stradivarius violin.

Around the globe the importance of infrastructure as the motor of economic development rising owing to increasing mobility and the need to make urban territories accessible. As a result, infrastructure networks are among the most complex and significant design tasks today.

This book investigates how the design of infrastructure actively influences the organization of the inhabited landscape. Works of infrastructure are analyzed as footprints of civilization, as physical presence, as transformers of perception, and as new vessels of collective life. The authors identify these characteristics, together with the conditions that influence them, and suggest a typology of design attitudes as revealed in recent practice around the world.

Each chapter is illustrated with key works by some of the world's most inspiring designers, including Vito Acconci, Paul Andreu, Benthem Crouwel, Dietmar Feichtinger, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Terry Farrell, Norman Foster, Nicholas Grimshaw, Antoine Grumbach, Zaha Hadid, Arata Isozaki, Bruno Mader, Maxwan, Montgomery Sisam, OMA, Tonkin Zulaikha Greer, UN Studio, and Zwarts & Jansma.

The authors demonstrate how the combined creative potential of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design is essential to putting into place an efficient, modern infrastructure. The result is an indispensable instrument for everyone involved in the design of infrastructure, and for all observers of the contemporary city.

Thousands of Americans enjoy birds, both as companions and as wildlife to be appreciated in their natural habitats. People of all ages get hooked--some enjoy a canary's song or love the challenge of teaching a parrot to speak, while others take solace in the serenity of bird watching and love learning to identify the more than 800 species of birds in North America.

Readers will enjoy stories about the third most popular American pet (after dogs and cats) as well as tales of birders on the lookout for those elusive sightings to add to their lists. Astonishing photos of vibrantly colored birds are interspersed, and experts weigh in on everything from the pros and cons of clipping a companion bird's wings to making the most of an afternoon of birding in the wilderness. Birds have always delighted people because of their beauty and power of flight, and The Ultimate Bird Lover is the perfect book for anyone who wants to celebrate these fascinating creatures in a very special way.

Everyone knows that little boys + big trucks = a match made in heaven. Who can argue with math like that? And so, in the tradition of the New York Times bestselling Bee &and Me comes another AniMotion adventure, this time in a pint-sized, high-octane package. Trucks has all of the moving-picture action of its bigger cousins, this time with words and pictures specially geared toward all the little truckers out there. From monster trucks romping over hapless cars to fire engines performing daring rescues and dump trucks dropping their loads, preschool readers will be in for the ride of their lives.

A proud hare brags that he is the fastest animal in the world, and so when a tortoise challenges him to a race, the hare is confident that he will win.

When the Aldens visit their cousins, they're in for a surprise—there's an amusement park nearby! It has everything they could ask for, with plenty of rides and games. But the children see strange lights coming from the closed park at night. And then a mysterious phone call warns them to stay away! Just what is going on at the amusement park? Graphic Planet is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades 2-4.

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny have a fun new job: fixing up an old castle! The spooky old place will be turned into a museum, but first the Aldens must figure out why so many odd things keep happening. Keys go missing, strange music comes from a deserted tower, and soon the Boxcar Children discover the castle has an amazing secret! Graphic Planet is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades 2-4.

When the tiny mouse is caught by the huge lion, he begs to be freed. The lion laughs and lets him go, not knowing that his tiny captive will later save him! Find the moral to Aesop's fable in the easy-to-read, brilliantly illustrated Short Tales Fable The Lion and the Mouse. Short Tales is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Publishing Group. Grades 1-4.

This inspirational diary helps you achieve your wellness goals by giving you a place to record your physical activity and dietary intake. The handy journaling pages let you track the total amount of calories, fat, carbs, protein, and fiber you consume---along with the calories you burn while working out. Illustrated with inspirational artwork and sprinkled throughout with uplifting messages on goal-setting, mindfulness, patience, persistence, and dozens of other uplifting themes.

Describes the function of skin as part of the human body, discusses its layers and parts, and includes information about hair and nails.

Receiving a mysterious valentine from an unknown sender, a fretful Melvin searches throughout Trucktown to discover the sender's identity, an effort he nearly abandons before hearing a beeping sound in the distance. Simultaneous.

Receiving a mysterious valentine from an unknown sender, a fretful Melvin searches throughout Trucktown to discover the sender's identity, an effort he nearly abandons before hearing a beeping sound in the distance. Simultaneous.

How does a Middle Eastern community create a modern image through its expression of heritage and authenticity? In Among the Jasmine Trees: Music and Modernity in Contemporary Syria, Jonathan H. Shannon investigates expressions of authenticity in Syria's musical culture, which is particularly known for embracing and preserving the Arab musical tradition, and which has seldom been researched in depth by Western scholars. Music plays a key role in the process of self-imaging by virtue of its ability to convey feeling and emotion, and Shannon explores a variety of performance genres, Sufi rituals, song lyrics, melodic modes, and aesthetic criteria. Shannon shows that although the music may evoke the old, the traditional, and the local, these are re-envisioned as signifiers of the modern national profile. A valuable contribution to the study of music and identity and to the ethnomusicology of the modern Middle East, Among the Jasmine Trees details this music and its reception for the first time, offering an original theoretical framework for understanding contemporary Arab culture, music, and society.

Come along on a snow-filled adventure with Payloader Pete and Dump Truck Dan! Each spread includes a die-cut that gradually reveals a big, gigantic pile of sparkling snow on the last page! With an addtional acetate window filled with fluffy snow embedded on the cover, Trucktown fans will have endless winter fun scooping up snow again and again with everyone's favorite trucks.

Everyone in Trucktown wants to know what is inside Kat's beautifully wrapped box. But will she ever take a peek at her mystery gift?

Everyone in Trucktown wants to know what is inside Kat's beautifully wrapped box. But will she ever take a peek at her mystery gift?