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61-428: The Nippon Kan Company was formed on January 30, 1908 by several leading businessmen of Seattle's Japanese community, including banker Tatsuya Arai and shipper Heiji Okuda, to fund the construction of a building that would serve as a meeting hall, theater and dormitory for new immigrants. The building, had it been completed on time, would have also served as an information center and rest stop for Japanese tourists coming to

122-501: A joint operating agreement (JOA) whereby advertising , production , marketing , and circulation were run for both papers by The Seattle Times company. They maintained separate news and editorial departments. The papers published a combined Sunday edition, although the Times handled the majority of the editorial content while the P-I only provided a small editorial/opinions section. The JOA

183-421: A 1947 readers' contest to determine a new symbol for the paper. Out of 350 entrants, the winner was Jack (known as Jakk) C. Corsaw, a University of Washington art student. The globe was manufactured in 1948 and was placed atop the paper's then-new headquarters building at 6th Avenue and Wall Street (now City University of Seattle ). When the newspaper moved its headquarters again in 1986 to its current location on

244-743: A city ordinance that had been passed by the Seattle City Council on December 17, 2015, that designated the globe as an official city landmark. In March 2012, the globe was donated to the Museum of History and Industry , which planned to refurbish and relocate it, but as of 2018 , this had not occurred. Notable employees of the P-I have included two-time Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist and commentator David Horsey , two-time Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter Eric Nalder , Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Timothy Egan , journalist and author Darrell Bob Houston ("King of

305-568: A few buildings on the University of Washington campus named for women. During the Exposition itself the building was clad in stucco; today it is faced in wood siding. The building now houses various educational and other programs related to women. Other buildings from the A-Y-P survived for a time, but were subsequently demolished as the university grew. The Forestry Building was demolished mid-century after

366-504: A grand reopening event, Seattle mayor Bruce Harrell declared May 23 to be Nippon Kan Theatre Day. This article about a theater building in the United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Alaska-Yukon Exposition The Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition , acronym AYP or AYPE , was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909 publicizing the development of

427-536: A long pool with a series of short waterfalls along Rainier Vista. John Galen Howard's firm, Howard and Galloway, based in San Francisco, was chosen as supervising architects for the Exposition buildings. They designed several buildings and supervised construction of those designed by other architects. The fairgrounds were entirely ready for the June 1, 1909 opening. The only foreign countries to erect entire buildings at

488-418: A new chemistry building named Bagley Hall opened. The older building then became the home of Architecture and Physiology. The building survives today, albeit with extensive renovation and restoration, and is known as Architecture Hall. The A-Y-P Women's Building also survives. During the fair it housed exhibits related to women. Today the building is named Cunningham Hall (after Imogen Cunningham ), one of only

549-469: A protest march outside the grounds on Labor Day . The Seattle Socialist editorialized that the Exposition was, "a great fantastic monument to the brutal avarice of the capitalist class." A month-old orphaned boy named Ernest was raffled away as a prize. Although a winning ticket was drawn, nobody claimed the prize. The ultimate destiny of the child was still being investigated in 2009. Other human exhibits included displays presenting Igorot people from

610-455: The Hoo-Hoos , a lumbermen's fraternity. After the fair, this building served as the faculty club until it was replaced in 1958–60 by the current faculty club. Another legacy of the fair was the enhanced status of exposition president J. E. Chilberg. Although a respected banker, Chilberg had never really been one of the city's elite. He was drafted into his position with the fair simply as a man who

671-627: The Intelligencer as a morning daily, printer Thaddeus Hanford bought the Daily Intelligencer for $ 8,000. Hanford also acquired Beriah Brown 's daily Puget Sound Dispatch and the weekly Pacific Tribune and folded both papers into the Intelligencer . In 1881, the Intelligencer merged with the Seattle Post . The names were combined to form the present-day name. In 1886, Indiana businessman Leigh S. J. Hunt came to Seattle and purchased

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732-488: The Jamestown Exposition . This turned out to be good fortune for Seattle, because 1907 proved to be a bad year for the economy. If the exposition had been held that year it almost certainly would have been a financial failure, rather than the success it was in 1909. The Olmsted Brothers of Brookline, Massachusetts, were selected to plan the Exposition; the firm was already involved in planning parks and parkways for

793-571: The Pacific Northwest . It was originally planned for 1907 to mark the 10th anniversary of the Klondike Gold Rush , but the organizers learned of the Jamestown Exposition being held that same year and rescheduled. The fairgrounds were hosted on an undeveloped portion of the present day campus of the University of Washington . Godfrey Chealander proposed the idea for the fair. Chealander

854-524: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer , which he owned and published until he was forced to sell in the Panic of 1893 . At this point the newspaper was acquired by attorney and real estate developer James D. Hoge under whom it was representative of an establishment viewpoint. It was the state's predominant newspaper. Circulation was greatly increased by coverage of the Klondike Gold Rush in 1897. Hoge, who

915-595: The Times from claiming losses in 2000 and 2001 as reason to end the JOA, because they resulted from extraordinary events (in this case, a seven-week newspaper strike ). Each side publicly accused the other of attempting to put its rival out of business. The trial judge granted a summary judgment in Hearst's favor on the force majeure issue. But after two appeals, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled in favor of

976-515: The Times on June 30, 2005, on the force majeure clause, reversing the trial-court judge. The two papers settled the issue on April 16, 2007. The JOA ended in 2009 with the cessation of the P-I print edition. The P-I was notable for its two-time Pulitzer Prize -winning editorial cartoonist , David Horsey . Investigative reporting on King County Superior Court Judge Gary Little 's out-of-court contact with juvenile defendants revealed accusations that Little molested young boys while he

1037-464: The 60-day deadline, the P-I reported that the Hearst Corporation had given several P-I reporters provisional job offers for an online edition of the P-I . On March 16, 2009, the newspaper posted a headline on its front page, followed shortly after by a short news story, that explained that the following day's edition would be its final one in print. The newspaper's publisher, Roger Oglesby,

1098-778: The Army and the Navy. Many sat in the fair's amphitheater, awaiting a signal scheduled to be given in Washington, D.C. At 3 p.m. East Coast time (noon in Seattle), in the East Room of the White House, President Taft sent the signal. He "opened...the Exposition...by touching a gold [telegraph] key, studded with gold nuggets taken from the first mine opened in the Klondike region." The telegraphic spark that Taft sent

1159-620: The City of Seattle. John C. Olmsted visited Seattle in October 1906 and saw the dominant form of Mount Rainier toward the southeast. He selected the mountain as the focus of the primary axis of the Exposition. This axis later became the Rainier Vista of the University of Washington campus. The principal landscape architect for the fair was the Olmsted firm's James Frederick Dawson . His design centered on

1220-648: The Drumheller Fountain on the campus of the University of Washington on July 16, 2009. Seattle Post-Intelligencer The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (popularly known as the Seattle P-I , the Post-Intelligencer , or simply the P-I ) is an online newspaper and former print newspaper based in Seattle , Washington , United States. The newspaper was founded in 1863 as the weekly Seattle Gazette , and

1281-729: The Philippines as dog-eating, primitive people; the "Alaskan Siberians — Eskimos"; and a Chinese village depicting opium dens and recounting the recent Boxer Rebellion . The Igorot exhibit spawned a letter of protest to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer signed by over 100 Filipino merchant marines, although some local resident Filipinos responded to the letter by defending the exhibit. Premature babies were also displayed in French physician Alexandre Lion 's incubators , decades before such systems were commonplace in hospitals. This display

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1342-599: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Strike of 1936 on the topic. Anna Roosevelt Halsted , the daughter of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt , began working as the editor of the women's page at the P-I after her husband Clarence John Boettiger took over as publisher in 1936. Boettiger left Seattle to enter the United States Army in April 1943, while Anna stayed at the paper to help keep a liberal voice in

1403-536: The backing of Times publisher Alden J. Blethen —remarkably, for the time, without gaining the opposition of the rival Seattle Post-Intelligencer . Among other early proponents of the exposition was John Edward Chilberg, one of a line of prominent Seattle merchants in the Chilberg family, who was president of the Alaska Club, and was then given the title of president of the Exposition. Edmond S. Meany proposed that

1464-545: The city to visit the Alaska-Yukon Exposition . The Nippon Kan commissioned architects Thompson & Thompson to design a 4-story (including basement) building, containing retail facing Washington Street on the ground floor, a theater and more retail facing Maynard Avenue on the second floor and hotel rooms above. The same firm would be responsible for many buildings throughout the International District. By

1525-515: The decreasing number of people of Japanese descent in Seattle. The theater's original stage curtain (used 1909–1915) survives, and now serves a similar purpose on the stage of the Tateuchi Story Theater of the nearby Wing Luke Museum . The curtain covered with advertisements was rediscovered in the 1970s. Because it used an asbestos material, it is now encased in a resin . In 2024, during

1586-445: The duration of the fair, some were more permanent. The Fine Arts Palace was designed by Howard and Galloway as a chemistry building. It was used during the A-Y-P for the exhibit of art. After the Exposition was over, chemistry lab tables and other furnishings were moved in and it became the University's primary facility for teaching chemistry. The building was named Bagley Hall (after Daniel Bagley ) and retained that name until 1937, when

1647-475: The exposition be held on the then largely forested campus of the University of Washington , which in 1905 had exactly three buildings and little deliberate landscaping. At the time, this was considered rather far from the center of town, but Meany eventually sold the others involved on the idea that the forested campus could, itself, be an attraction for out-of-town visitors and that the trolley ride from downtown would not be an obstacle to attendance. Of course, he

1708-507: The fair were Japan and Canada, but their presence was enough to validate the "Pacific" theme along with the US territory of Hawaii and the Philippines , recently ceded to the US by Spain. Other foreign countries were represented on a smaller scale. The very popular King County exhibit included a scale model of the coal mine at nearby Newcastle, Washington and dioramas of several Seattle scenes,

1769-463: The fair which continues to shape the University of Washington campus. The Rainier Vista and Geyser Basin, presently known as Drumheller Fountain , were central features of the exposition and now serve as the focal point of the Science Quadrangle within the university's comprehensive plan. Although most of the Exposition's buildings were designed as temporary structures, intended to last only for

1830-571: The fair, now stands in Volunteer Park . William Boeing , founder of Boeing , stated that it was during the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition when he saw a manned flying machine for the first time and became fascinated with aircraft. Because the Exposition buildings were built with non-union labor, various unions protested against the exposition in actions ranging from pamphleteering to boycotts. The Central Labor Council organized

1891-465: The hotel was renamed the Astor, which it would remain until the late 1960s. The Nippon Kan Theater served as a de facto Japanese community center in Seattle prior to World War II. It was busy several nights a week with actors and musicians from Japan, movies, concerts, judo and kendo competitions, and community meetings. The Asahi News , Seattle's only Japanese daily, was published in the building. The theater

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1952-549: The natural logs of the structure proved difficult to maintain and few alternative uses for the structure were found. It stood on the site of the current Husky Union Building (HUB). The original Meany Hall, the AYP Auditorium Hall, was damaged by an earthquake in 1965 and subsequently demolished. Another example is the Hoo-Hoo-House, designed by architect Ellsworth Storey , a clubhouse with reception spaces constructed for

2013-400: The newspaper during their stay at the exposition and their medical state followed throughout. A specific point of interest was the range in ethnicity of the infants. No deaths were experienced amongst the babies at the exhibit. The year 2009 was the centennial of the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition. The City and University held various activities to celebrate this anniversary. A documentary

2074-624: The newspaper had unfairly disparaged the Sheriff's Office. The P-I declined to participate in the proceedings, and opted instead to give a detailed reply on its website. The P-I is known for the 13.5-ton, 30-foot (9.1 m) neon globe atop its headquarters on the Elliott Bay waterfront, which features the words "It's in the P-I" rotating around the globe and an 18-foot (5.5 m) eagle perched atop with wings stretched upwards. The globe originated from

2135-565: The original Klondike gold strikes had been in Canada , the concept soon evolved to an "Alaska-Yukon Exposition"; later, at the behest of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce , the "Pacific" theme was also added to emphasize the Oriental trade. The Exposition became known as the "A-Y-P" for short Although the fair almost certainly could have been ready for 1907, it was postponed so as not to conflict with

2196-723: The originals of which were only a trolley ride away. The Woman's Building emphasized the role of women in pioneering the American West and in current charity work. The Pay Streak was Seattle's answer to Chicago's Midway and featured games of chance and amusements. There was also a reenactment of the American Civil War naval Battle of Hampton Roads (the Battle of Monitor and Merrimack ). The gates opened at 8:30 a.m. on June 1, and crowds entered immediately. At 9:30 a.m., attendees watched performances by military bands from

2257-482: The paper in 1921, and the Hearst Corporation owns the P-I to this day. In 1936, 35 P-I writers and members of The Newspaper Guild went on three-month strike against "arbitrary dismissals and assignment changes and other 'efficiency' moves by the newspaper." The International Brotherhood of Teamsters joined the strike in solidarity. Roger Simpson and William Ames co-wrote their book Unionism or Hearst:

2318-403: The paper's impending sale was initially broken by local station KING-TV the night prior to the official announcement, and came as a surprise to the P-I ' s staff and the owners of rival newspaper The Seattle Times . Analysts did not expect a buyer to be found, in view of declining circulation in the U.S. newspaper industry and other newspapers on the market going unsold. Five days before

2379-545: The press releases. For example, the Tampa Tribune in Tampa , Florida , printed a story about how the fair would have motor boat races: the article noted that the pavilion for the event was being built on "one of the prettiest spots on the exposition's shoreline." The article praised Puget Sound for being an area perfect for motor boating enthusiasts, and concluded by saying, "The climate is such that motor boating can be enjoyed all

2440-633: The railroads, which encouraged people to travel by rail to Seattle. One such ad, for the Great Northern Railway, promoted the train as the best way to enjoy a scenic trip: "an attractive route over the Rockies and through the Cascades" before finally arriving at what was sure to be "the World's Most Beautiful Fair." The primary physical legacy of the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition is the planning framework from

2501-594: The running of the paper. After Boettiger's absence, the paper increasingly turned conservative with Hearst's new acting publisher. Anna left Seattle in December 1943 to live in the White House with her youngest child, Johnny. This effectively ended the Roosevelt-Boettiger ties with the P-I . On December 15, 2006, no copies were printed as a result of a power outage caused by the December 2006 Pacific Northwest storms . It

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2562-577: The story – and the network of connections that protected Little – are taught in journalism classes, and led to reforms in the way judges are disciplined in Washington state. In 2006 the P-I became the subject of a complaint to the Washington News Council for its reporting on the King County Sheriff's Office . The media watch-dog group ruled against the P-I , agreeing with Sheriff Sue Rahr's complaint that

2623-517: The time construction finally started on the $ 80,000 building in 1909, the project was now under the control of the Japanese Association of Washington, with Charles T. Takahashi as president, Heiji Okuda as vice-president and S. Hyashi as treasurer. The building was officially dedicated in January 1910. Nippon Kan was initially the name of both the theater and the hotel in the building, though by 1912

2684-604: The time the fair closed on October 16, more than 3,700,000 people had visited. The fair had its own publicity department, and it used newspapers and magazines to promote the upcoming exhibition well in advance. In early 1908, Seattle newspapers reported that the publicity department was already showing positive results and the fair was earning many favorable mentions in publications all over the United States. The publicists stressed that this exhibition would be far better organized than 1907's Jamestown Exposition , and would feature entertainment. But what many newspapers found interesting

2745-518: The waterfront, the globe was relocated to the new building. Over the decades since its first installation, the globe has become a city landmark that, to locals, is as iconic as the Space Needle . A stylized rendering of the globe appeared on the masthead of the newspaper in its latter years and continues to feature on its website. In April 2012, it was designated a Seattle landmark by the city's Landmarks Preservation Board . Mayor Ed Murray signed

2806-482: The year round." By early 1909, the focus turned to who was going to attend, as many local newspapers in distant locations wrote articles about residents of their state who planned to make the trip out to Seattle. Also helpful was the fact that several major newspaper conventions were scheduled for the west coast, and the editors were said to be very interested in visiting the fair. The fair's organizers were also able to benefit from advertisements placed in newspapers by

2867-519: Was a Baby Incubator Cafe which is seen in some photos, although historians are unsure if this was an actual cafe or rather a place to view babies feeding. At the time there was little in the way of protest from either fair-goers or physicians. In fact there was already a seasonal incubator exhibit at Luna Park in West Seattle, the Infant Electrobator concession. The babies were mentioned by name in

2928-479: Was a teacher at Seattle's exclusive Lakeside School between 1968 and 1971. It also revealed inappropriate contact between Little and juveniles appearing before him after he became a judge. On August 19, 1988, after reporter Duff Wilson called the judge to advise him the newspaper was publishing the story, Little shot himself in the King County Courthouse . The ethical debates surrounding the publication of

2989-472: Was also highly aware of what the landscaping and structures could do for the campus. The state legislature endorsed the fair, with the proviso that it would produce at least four permanent buildings, and that any state monetary contribution would be focused mainly on those buildings. King County (the county in which Seattle is located) stepped up with US$ 300,000 for a forestry exhibit—the largest log cabin ever built—and $ 78,000 for other exhibits. Because

3050-575: Was boarded up in 1942 during the Japanese American internment , but reopened in 1981 through the restorative efforts of Seattle architect Edward M. Burke and his wife Betty. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . In 2005 it was sold to ABC Legal Services and was used as converted office space. A replica of the curtain hangs on the wall along with several historic photographs. Its original closure has been attributed to

3111-563: Was involved in other business, sought to find a buyer and sold in 1899. The newspaper was acquired with assistance from James J. Hill by John L. Wilson who had first started the Seattle Klondike Information Bureau. The newspaper was acquired by Hearst in 1921. Circulation stood at 31,000 in 1911. In 1912, editor Eric W. Allen left the paper to found the University of Oregon School of Journalism, which he ran until his death in 1944. William Randolph Hearst took over

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3172-476: Was known to be good at getting things done, but without consideration by the city's elite that they had just made an outsider into something tantamount to royalty for the duration of a social season. Suddenly, any party at their First Hill home became a major event in the social calendar. He and his wife found themselves dining with a close relative of the emperor of Japan and hosting a French ambassador. The statue of William H. Seward , originally erected for

3233-553: Was later published daily in broadsheet format. It was long one of the city's two daily newspapers, along with The Seattle Times , until it became an online-only publication on March 18, 2009. J.R. Watson founded the Seattle Gazette , Seattle's first newspaper, on December 10, 1863. The paper failed after a few years and was renamed the Weekly Intelligencer in 1867 by new owner Sam Maxwell. In 1878, after publishing

3294-479: Was not unique to the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition; babies had been displayed in incubators since the 1896 Berlin Exposition (and Seattle itself had seen at least two such exhibits before the A-Y-P Exposition ). Given the robustness of the infants seen in photographs, there is some question as to whether these infants actually required extra care or if they were simply used for profit. Particular to this exhibit

3355-426: Was produced by John Forsen called "AYP-Seattle's Forgotten World's Fair" for PBS . On July 4, 2009, a group of 12 cyclists set off from Santa Rosa, California , on a 1,000 mile bike ride to Seattle, Washington, to support the disease Histiocytosis . The ride, titled Wheels North , was a centennial of the 1909 adventure of Vic McDaniel and Ray Francisco who traveled on bicycles to the Exposition. The ride ended at

3416-416: Was proposed by Hearst in 1981 due to $ 14 million in cumulative financial losses incurred by the P-I . In 2003 the Times tried to cancel the JOA, citing a clause in it that three consecutive years of losses were cause for cancelling the agreement. Hearst disagreed, and immediately filed suit to prevent the Times from cancelling the agreement. Hearst argued that a force majeure clause prevented

3477-407: Was quoted saying that the P-I would continue as an online-only operation. Print subscribers had their subscriptions automatically transferred to The Seattle Times on March 18. As of 2024 , the P-I continues as an online-only newspaper. In September 2010, the site had an estimated 2.8 million unique visitors and 208,000 visitors per day. From 1983 to 2009, the P-I and The Seattle Times had

3538-496: Was received by telegraphers at the fairgrounds; as soon as it arrived, a gong was struck five times, a large American flag was unfurled, and there was a 21-gun salute, while other demonstrations of pageantry announced the official opening of the fair. Opening Day, June 1, was declared a city holiday, and 80,000 people attended. Attendance was even higher—117,013—on "Seattle Day". Other big draws were days dedicated to various ethnic groups, fraternal organizations, and U.S. states. By

3599-443: Was the assertion that this next World's Fair would not require any financial assistance or subsidies from the U.S. government; the only request made by the fair's directors was that the United States erect buildings and exhibits like any other country. Throughout 1908, as each new exhibit was built and the fair gradually began to take shape, publicity about the fair's progress was sent out, and frequently printed, nearly verbatim, from

3660-457: Was the first time in 70 years that publication had been suspended. On January 9, 2009, the Hearst Corporation announced that after losing money on it every year since 2000, Hearst was putting the P-I up for sale. The paper would be put on the market for 60 days, and if a buyer could not be found within that time, the paper would either be turned into an Internet-only publication with a drastically reduced staff, or closed outright. The news of

3721-649: Was then Grand Secretary of the Arctic Brotherhood , was involved in the Alaska Territory exhibit at the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland , Oregon . Originally, he pitched William Sheffield of the Alaska Club and James A. Wood, city editor of the Seattle Times on the idea of a permanent exhibit in Seattle about Alaska. This merged with Wood's desire for an exposition to rival Portland. They soon gained

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