West Seattle Christmas lights: Historic Station 37’s last holiday?

Quality’s not big enough to blow it up full width, but while heading home from downtown on 35th SW (no sign of The Missing Totem Pole yet), we passed historic Fire Station 37 and noticed it’s got Christmas lights again this year – so we stopped for a quick photo. Not a giant display, but this is probably the last year that the landmark building will be in service as a fire station, as the new one (under construction a few blocks south) is scheduled to be finished in the middle of next year, at which time the old one will be put up for sale. FS 37 is at 35th/Othello; here’s a map. And we’re ready to showcase YOUR Christmas light photos – editor@westseattleblog.com or add ’em to the WSB Flickr group – what we have so far (plus past years) is archived here (and find other holiday haps here).

Ken December 3, 2009 (9:59 pm)

Anyone see if the Menashe lights are up yet?

jeannie December 3, 2009 (10:08 pm)

I’ll miss the Christmas lights in the shape of the firefighters. This is a cool building; I hope it has a happy future.

WSB December 3, 2009 (10:26 pm)

Ken – they are. We were over there earlier tonight for a story I am going to publish by 11 pm if no more late night political announcements break. They also were being videotaped/filmed for a cable TV special that will air NEXT holiday season – so it was a totally cool twist on our usual annual tour of their lights. Stand by for video & a bit o’text!….TR

OP December 3, 2009 (10:50 pm)

Why would they stop putting up Christmas lights just because they moved. Unless the new building doesn’t allow them to display Christmas lights (entirely possible in today’s PC-you’re-offending-me-wha! age)….