Talk:Yesler Terrace, Seattle, Washington
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[edit] Minoru Yamasaki
Cut (by me) from article: "A famous person to come from Yesler Terrace is Minoru Yamasaki, the architect of the Rainier Tower and Pacific Science Center in Seattle, and the World Trade Center in New York."
Minoru Yamasaki was born in 1912, so cannot be from Yesler Terrace, which was built in 1941. Several places on the web say that Minoru Yamasaki was raised on "Yesler Hill"; that's a term no longer in use; it referred to the southern part of First Hill and included the area of the Yesler Terrace project [1], but also extended farther north. There is probably something here worth getting into the article, especially if someone can find out precisely where Yamasaki grew up and whether it is part of what was razed to build Yesler Terrace. But it's not accurate to say he was from Yesler Terrace. -- Jmabel | Talk 06:43, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
