West Seattle author/historian Clay Eals on KUOW today

[WSB]

Just got this note from KUOW, can’t put it on the top page because the breaking news about Blackbird needs to stay at top for a while:

>>I’m running an interview today at 2:20 with Clay Eals…West Seattle historian, writer and my neighbor in the Admiral District. Folks might want to check it out…fun (and sort of creepy) recounting of the story of the ramming of the West Seattle bridge in 1978….and its aftermath….great overview of transportation efforts in West Seattle dating back to the first ferry from West Seattle to the city in 1888…the establishment of West Seattle’s once elaborate street car system in 1902……it’s a fun and informative chat (Clay sings a bit of a West Seattle neighborhood song from the 1910’s!)…..nice chat and I think WS folks would enjoy it.

Tune in live at 2:20 today at KUOW…94.9….or download it from our archives or podcast….www.kuow.org…search for information on today’s Sound Focus Broadcast….<<

Clay Eals also is one of the main people responsible for THE West Seattle history book, West Side Story, if you didn’t already know that.

-TR

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[Diane]

thanks for the heads up on the main page; the program was fantastic; with my love of history, some really fun new stories revealed about West Seattle and the bridge; I’d never heard the story about the murder, and the burgers

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after listening to Clay today, realized he’s the best source for info re the history of Ferry Ave trolley line near the new playscape park; do you have contact info? does he have a website?

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[Trick]

Just listened to the re-run a few minutes ago.

Very fascinating actually.

“West Seattle is still very much similiar to Seattle from the 30’s and 40’s” due to it’s careful development.

Loved the program!

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[Diane]

yes, I also loved his very positive perspective on development in West Seattle

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[WSB]

He does!

http://clayeals.com

I’m still getting over having seen him make a cameo at the Dr. Demento performance we attended downtown earlier this summer. Since he wrote what’s considered to be the definitive biography about Steve Goodman, he was there to help introduce a funny Goodman video. Team WSB went to Dr. D not expecting to write about it here, since it wasn’t in WS, but because Clay suddenly appeared, we did:

https://westseattleblog.com/blog/?p=9459

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