I-90 under construction just east of the East Central area, 1964 (image L87-1.1978-64 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
It is difficult to nail down the completion of I-90 with any precision because crews were building from the west and the east and planning to meet somewhere in the middle. This section, for example, was under construction at the same time as the portion that ran by the South Hill.
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…