3. HS-Alaska-Viad-up-Madison-1953-WEB March 30, 2014 1300 × 870 Seattle Now & Then: Madison’s Lost Poplars Most likely Robert Bradley took this look east on Madison from the Alaskan Way Viaduct before it was opened to traffic in the spring of 1953. Here, as well, no poplars are showing above Madison’s distant horizon.