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Have you ever wondered what was at the Space Needle grounds before the Space Needle? Or what Kurt Cobain's former house looked like in 1937? SeattleInsider brings you Seattle icons, now and then.

This photo of Maxwell Motors was taken in 1937. The building was built in 1935 and is now the resting spot for Seattle's famous Elephant Super Car Wash.

This is Pike Place Market circa 1917.

Here's a 2008 photo of the south end of the Pike Place Market Sanitary Market building. (Rootology/Wikimedia Commons)

And then Pike Place Market in the 21st century.

This photo was taken in 1948 of the home where Kurt Cobain was found dead in 1994.

A similar shot of the property taken in 2007.

According to the Washington State Archives, the estimated rental of Cobain's house in 1937 was $60/mos.

A memorial bench at "Kurt's Park" with the home pictured in the background.

This is the home on Lake Washington in 1958.

This photo was taken in 1951 in the Georgetown neighborhood and is now home to the famous Hat 'n' Boots sculpture.

Dick's Drive In on Broadway, circa 1955.

A 2007 shot of the same Dick's Drive In.

This was the downtown Seattle library in 1916.

And a new design in 1959.

And the most recent design of the Seattle Public Library, circa 2008.

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Have you ever wondered what was at the Space Needle grounds before the Space Needle? Or what Kurt Cobain's former house looked like in 1937? SeattleInsider brings you Seattle icons, now and then.

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