Not only was the lumber industry cranking out more milled boards than ever to facilitate new buildings in the Klondike, but also the ships constantly pulling into port supplied the local economy with more than enough business to establish the city as a permanent port and metropolis on the west coast (Binns 1941). VI. Seattle goes white-collar:As the population of Seattle continued to grow, the needs of the people were met with more and more services. Seattle began to cease the importing of goods from other locations and instead prided itself on the ability to produce more than enough for its own and for exporting to other parts of the country. Though lumber was and remains Seattles main export, the city also manufactured an estimate $50 million in various goods (Morgan 1951). Eventually, the city that flourished as a very much, blue-collar population, became home to more cosmopolitan people. A white-collar management level workforce took to the streets surrounding what is now known as the Pioneer Square area. The addition of new buildings to facilitate commerce brought civil engineers and architects, electrical works, and consulting and financial institutions. World War I soon brought new industry to the continually expanding city and not until the crash of the stock market in 1929, did the economic development pause. As Seattle became less of a frontier town and assumed its place as one of Americas top respectable cities, prohibition arrived. The city that once existed as a salty seaport that was built by hard living loggers and sailors began a new revolution. As one looks over the skyline of present day Seattle, the progress is amazing; but also as one looks past the sky scrappers and coffee shops of the new downtown to Yesler way and the piers on the waterfront, its roots are undeniable. Seattle was born into logging and shipping, and though these same industries might be wearing a new polish, they were in fact, rough-h...
