I-90 construction in west Spokane, 1962 (image L87-1.1812-62 courtesy of the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture)
This file appears in: Neighborhoods Matter: The Impact of the I-90 Freeway on the East Central Neighborhood, an Oral History - Introduction
This aerial view shows construction of the strip of I-90 that cut through the lower South Hill, just south of downtown Spokane.
This file appears in: Neighborhoods Matter: The Impact of the I-90 Freeway on the East Central Neighborhood, an Oral History - Introduction
Neighborhoods Matter: The Impact of the I-90 Freeway on the East Central Neighborhood, an Oral History - Introduction
Spokane's East Central neighborhood is located just east of Division street and north of Sprague avenue, a stretch of mostly flat land that tapers into the Spokane valley as one moves east and winds up a rocky basalt hill as one goes south. It…