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Just off Roosevelt in the Maple Leaf neighborhood you can take a half block stroll and get a graphic novel's worth of Seattle's heritage. I have always intended to stop as I've driven past this mural, and I finally did. Seattle's history and industry from 1850s European-American settlement through about the 1970s is depicted in this huge heritage mural best visible from the QFC market parking lot across the street. Don't worry, there is no quiz, but what parts might you recognize or know the stories behind? It was painted by artist and prolific muralist Larry Kangas, with lettering by Julie King and surface prep by Claude Beal. Painted sometime in the 1990s, it is aging gracefully. Close ups of sections are at my More Seattle Stuff site. Each vignette is very special in and of itself. There has been an update at some point, as the artist's photo shows different scenes on the extreme right end. The top of the Space Needle replaces a replicated World's Fair brochure, and Jimi Hendrix has been added at the edge.
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