Take a look for yourself. This is a great series of photos that we dug up in the University of Washington digital archives.
The one below is a great one showing Pioneer Square in Seattle. Make sure you click on it for a larger version to see some incredible details.

Source: University of Washington Digital Collections
Here is another great one of Pioneer Square, this time from 1912, the same year Titanic sank (check out these amazing photos).

Source: University of Washington Digital Collections
Here’s a show showing Hotel Seattle at the corner of James St. and Yesler Way, looking east.

Source: University of Washington Digital Collections
And here is the same corner today using Google Maps.
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