I am russian . I was here aug-nov 1995 , when i worked on american crab boat JUNO ...We fixed a boat on Foss ship yard ....it was a very good time ! ! Seattle , this best what i saw in my live .. Salute from Russia !
I lived in Ballard been to Hatties and used to play piano at the Ballard Bait Shop been to the Fire House and used to Eat at that old Denny's Now at 61 I'm in Copenhagen the one in Denmark
Ballard is not the same place where I grew up. It was hard when Olsen’s closed. I went there all the time. Now Scandinavian Specialties is in danger. We Norwegians miss old Ballard. Even though I have move away I still do business with Scandinavian Specialties. I miss hearing the language spoken and being able to greet the shop keepers på norsk.
Coming here from Minnesota in the late 90's, I was delighted to find Olsen's had lefse! I am grateful for Scandinavian Specialties and brought my bestie from MN when he visited. We got lingonberries (and other fun things) to make Swedish meatballs together.
I went with my boyfriend to the Nordic Heritage Museum recently, and it made me think a lot about my family (my great grandparents moved to Ballard from Norway), but when I was going through the gift shop there it made me almost angry. It was so sanitized and clinical and felt nothing like what I expected. I dragged him to Scandinavian Specialties in a manic huff and felt immediately some emotional relief. The fact is there are simply too many people who have flooded this place to maintain a coherent local culture. I don't blame them, I would want to move here too, but it has overwhelmed any hope of assimilation to the point of achieving the opposite. I still love the Puget Sound region, but in every dimension its culturally alien to what I was born and raised in, and I can't help but have a sense of loss. At some point a new equilibrium will come and give rise to some new kind of local culture, but I'm afraid it will only have the faintest echoes of what gave us identity in the 20th century.
There was a certain smell to the Scandinavian shop that was on Market St (I don’t remember the name) maybe pickled or salted meats or fish. I would recognize it immediately.
Over 60 years ago my dad owned a Richfield service station in historic Ballard and worked on Stan Borsons Volkswagen bus ,I remember when Stan gave me one of those giant Sugar Daddy's that came in a cardboard box and the wood handle was the size of a broomstick he gave my dad his Scandinavian Christmas record.
I delivered the Ballard tribune , Larson's bakery probably isn't there anymore. Just learned they knocked down mom and dad's behind Safeway on 15th. Norse blood all gone !
They have been "sanitizing" B-lard for a while. I remember when they closed The Backstage there years ago. Now Bop Street Records is gone along with many other fun/arty places too. How many folks remember Nix Auto Wrecking, or even Ballard Auto Wrecking? Places you could find cool old stuff CHEAP. All gone! No-Mo (think about that reference!) Ya Sure Youbetcha! Bub-eye!
Great editing! How you managed to get so many shots of Ballard without a single tent city, junkie on the nod, or meth head smashing windows is impressive!
The surprising thing is, that most Swedish people have left. And the proper pronunciation has been forgotten. Ballard uses the Dark A which sounds more like an o. My grandmother and great grandmother would always correct me when I said it wrong. Like the new bar Skal the a is an o sound.
Of course it's an "o" sound, the bar is called SkÅl! :). My Norwegian great-aunt moved there in the 50's. She died a couple of years ago, but her children still live in Seattle and Portland. We visited Seattle and Portland from Norway in 95', it was an amazing experience; Supersonics game, helicopter tour over the skyline, Space Needle, Mt. Rainier +++. Sad to see that some of the staples are being pushed out, or going out of business. You could always come visit, though. Scandinavian countries are very safe and with very high living standards, but I'm sure you already know this. :)
I am russian . I was here aug-nov 1995 , when i worked on american crab boat JUNO ...We fixed a boat on Foss ship yard ....it was a very good time ! ! Seattle , this best what i saw in my live .. Salute from Russia !
I lived in Ballard been to Hatties and used to play piano at the Ballard Bait Shop been to the Fire House and used to Eat at that old Denny's Now at 61 I'm in Copenhagen the one in Denmark
Thank you for making this video and sharing the often untold stories.
This is very well produced and well filmed! Thank you again!
I used to work there and make those fish cakes. Two of those fresh out of the fryer with mustard cures ANY hangover, trust me!
Ballard is not the same place where I grew up. It was hard when Olsen’s closed. I went there all the time. Now Scandinavian Specialties is in danger. We Norwegians miss old Ballard. Even though I have move away I still do business with Scandinavian Specialties. I miss hearing the language spoken and being able to greet the shop keepers på norsk.
Coming here from Minnesota in the late 90's, I was delighted to find Olsen's had lefse! I am grateful for Scandinavian Specialties and brought my bestie from MN when he visited. We got lingonberries (and other fun things) to make Swedish meatballs together.
I went with my boyfriend to the Nordic Heritage Museum recently, and it made me think a lot about my family (my great grandparents moved to Ballard from Norway), but when I was going through the gift shop there it made me almost angry. It was so sanitized and clinical and felt nothing like what I expected. I dragged him to Scandinavian Specialties in a manic huff and felt immediately some emotional relief.
The fact is there are simply too many people who have flooded this place to maintain a coherent local culture. I don't blame them, I would want to move here too, but it has overwhelmed any hope of assimilation to the point of achieving the opposite. I still love the Puget Sound region, but in every dimension its culturally alien to what I was born and raised in, and I can't help but have a sense of loss. At some point a new equilibrium will come and give rise to some new kind of local culture, but I'm afraid it will only have the faintest echoes of what gave us identity in the 20th century.
Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar! Say goodbye to Ballard it is a long time ago over!
There was a certain smell to the Scandinavian shop that was on Market St (I don’t remember the name) maybe pickled or salted meats or fish. I would recognize it immediately.
Over 60 years ago my dad owned a Richfield service station in historic Ballard and worked on Stan Borsons Volkswagen bus ,I remember when Stan gave me one of those giant Sugar Daddy's that came in a cardboard box and the wood handle was the size of a broomstick he gave my dad his Scandinavian Christmas record.
I delivered the Ballard tribune , Larson's bakery probably isn't there anymore. Just learned they knocked down mom and dad's behind Safeway on 15th. Norse blood all gone !
Larsen's is still here! They just celebrated their 55th anniversary in May.
Fikk lyst til å ta meg en tur til Ballard
That song at the end is hilarious hahaha
I've seen this literally every city I've lived in first San Fransisco, Dallas, and Austin.
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When is the Smoke Shop going to re-open...best Dive Bar in Seattle
Musician credits? Curious about the music. Loved this.
Almost Live, did local sketch comedy for decades
They have been "sanitizing" B-lard for a while. I remember when they closed The Backstage there years ago. Now Bop Street Records is gone along with many other fun/arty places too. How many folks remember Nix Auto Wrecking, or even Ballard Auto Wrecking? Places you could find cool old stuff CHEAP. All gone! No-Mo (think about that reference!) Ya Sure Youbetcha! Bub-eye!
Great editing! How you managed to get so many shots of Ballard without a single tent city, junkie on the nod, or meth head smashing windows is impressive!
or me smoking weed.
Your point?
Maybe, the new owners would allow you to be on ground floor of the new building.
The surprising thing is, that most Swedish people have left. And the proper pronunciation has been forgotten. Ballard uses the Dark A which sounds more like an o. My grandmother and great grandmother would always correct me when I said it wrong. Like the new bar Skal the a is an o sound.
Of course it's an "o" sound, the bar is called SkÅl! :). My Norwegian great-aunt moved there in the 50's. She died a couple of years ago, but her children still live in Seattle and Portland. We visited Seattle and Portland from Norway in 95', it was an amazing experience; Supersonics game, helicopter tour over the skyline, Space Needle, Mt. Rainier +++. Sad to see that some of the staples are being pushed out, or going out of business. You could always come visit, though. Scandinavian countries are very safe and with very high living standards, but I'm sure you already know this. :)
@@Savignylol I have thought about going. I have distant cousins all around Norway and Sweden. The family farm is still running last I heard.
Not just Ballard, Seattle is done. Finished. The voters have spoken.
Very sad
Holy fucking NIMBY from every interview subject. Yikes
Yeah, how dare families who have generations of attachment to a place and its culture resent soulless development that displaces them 🙄
Dude, the history is already gone…. Sad.
oh no, things aren't the same as they were 65-75 years ago........
I thought Ballard was famous for all the homeless RV encampments and crackheads living under the Ballard bridge. Sorry, my bad.