Did You Work At Sea-Tac? Highline Historical Society Seeks Airport Memories

Our friends at the Highline Historical Society (we’re members, are you? Join here) are looking for people who worked at Sea-Tac Airport or for an airline or airport vendor between 1930 and 2000. If... [Read more]

Classic Triumph Cars Will Cruise To Poverty Bay Wine Festival March 6th

The Tyee Triumph Car Club will be displaying their classic Triumph cars at this year’s Poverty Bay Wine Festival on Saturday, March 6th. “At last count it appears we will have 17 or 18 cars... [Read more]

Residents’ Historical Book On Three Tree Point To Be Released March 8th

Longtime Burien residents Doug Shadel and Pam and Guy Harper have written a historical book about Three Tree Point, which is being released March 8th by Arcadia Publishing. This new book, which is priced... [Read more]

Actress Will Portray Suffragette In Historical Society’s “Soldiers In Petticoats” Feb. 21st

The Highline Historical Society will be presenting “Soldiers in Petticoats: The Struggle of the Suffragettes” at the SeaTac City Hall on Sunday, Feb. 21st, beginning at 2pm. Local actress Tames... [Read more]

PHOTOS: Old Bowling Lanes Lie Under Discount Furniture

Photos and Story by Scott Schaefer At 14920 Ambaum Blvd. lies an aging, one-level, yellow cement/brick building that currently houses “Paty’s Furniture,” a discount “Mexican Furniture”... [Read more]

Highline Historical Society Meeting Is Sunday Nov. 23rd

The Highline Historical Society will hold its annual meeting on Sunday, Nov. 23rd at 2pm at the SeaTac City Hall, which is located at 4800 South 188th Street (see map below). This meeting will also feature... [Read more]

EXCERPT: “Growing Up In Rat City And Beyond”

Alexander Sasonoff grew up in "Rat City" and lived to write about it. by Scott Schaefer Alexander Sasonoff is a longtime Burien resident whose acronym could easily be “AAA” –... [Read more]

PHOTO: Rare Artifact Price Tag From “Bells Of Burien”

Courtesy BTB Reader Maureen Hoffman comes this interesting artifact from days gone by – an old price tag from a long-gone store called “Bell’s of Burien” which used to exist where... [Read more]

Past And Present Photos:Tradewell Building In Olde Burien

Courtesy of the Highline Historical Society comes this week’s B-Town Blog Past and Present Photo Series, this week featuring pics of the Tradewell Building, located at the corner of SW 152nd and... [Read more]

Historical Photo Series Debuts: Lou’s Diner/Taco Bell

Courtesy of the Highline Historical Society comes this new B-Town Blog Historical Photo Series, this week featuring Then and Now pics of the now-gone Lou’s Diner, once located at the corner of SW... [Read more]

B-Town’s Own “Antiques Roadshow” Is This Saturday

The Highline Historical Society is presenting its own version of “Antiques Roadshow” this Saturday, April 5th, from Noon – 5pm at Karuna Arts Yoga Center, which is located at 819 SW... [Read more]

Oral History Of Early Burien By Robert Lynch

The Highline Historical Society has a great page chock full of amazingly interesting oral history audio recordings about these here parts. Here’s one of our favorites, of long-time B-Town resident... [Read more]