This Place Still Matters was the theme of a repeat photo taken in front of the Alki Homestead now going through a painstaking restoration process by developer Dennis Schilling.
The annual fourth of July picnic gathering at the Southwest Seattle Historical Society was marked by the "repeat" of a photograph taken in 2010 to garner public support for the preservation of the Alki Homestead, the historic structure originally built in 1905 which was the subject of much debate and concern about its future ever since a fire damaged the landmark building in 2009.
Since sold to developer Dennis Schilling the building is now undergoing a painstaking section by section restoration.
The SWSHS gathered as many people as they could, roughly 40, to retake the photo and restate again the importance of the historic structure.
The final photo, taken by Jean Sherard will be made available later.
