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This is an artist’s conception of Seattle, drawn back in 1914, of what our city would look like in the now not-so-distant future of 2014. Notice that the airships are clearly designed for mass transit and that there is nary a Model-T fouling the streets. Do we really want to be the generation that fails to realize this artist’s vision? Click here to see a larger version. Photo courtesy of VintageSeattle.org.
did they use the same artist that did the new waterfront drawings?
…that is SO pre-Hindenburg.
what the fuck? this isn’t final fantasy.
it looks like something hitler would have had done up
how much would a waterfront condo, overlooking the lion statues cost?
@4 Hitler invented the interstate system and the export-oriented auto industry. The drawing has no cars.
http://www.aeroscraft.com/
OK Paul Allen – WHY DOESN’T VULCAN HAVE ONE OF THESE? You are such a disappointment.
I love that by 2014, the technology for airships is well underway, but the buildings are the same style–masonry with giant cornices–and they’re all 50 stories tall. Kinda wish that was actually the case…
Airships are back actually.
Gotta love the Space Needle.
@10: You mean that giant penis-shaped thing in the back? It’s like the Eiffel Tower got pregnant.
Meh, airships are tired. I’m more excited about the Viking longships that will replace the ferry system.
@11,
I like to think that it’s an airship parking lot.
@8 – My thoughts exactly.
The streets too wide, the sidewalks are too narrow, and the aren’t any setbacks on the buildings. You can keep your future 1914 guy.
Where in Seattle is this supposed to represent? It’s flat, from the water on. This isn’t Seattle. It’s just some random futurescape.
what photo will you rape for this weeks cover?
What, no tunnels?
smartly
I place it at my LJ blog Aerocrat Concept (Russian original – here: http://aerocrat.livejournal.com Or the web-translater’s keep there)