xW.E.R.A.-Wood-Yard-w.-trucks-at-32nd-and-S.Alaska-MR-THEN- July 5, 2014 1600 × 927 Seattle Now & Then: A “New Deal” for Hard Times THEN: An Emergency Relief Administration wood pile took temporary quarters on the southeast corner of S. Alaska Street and 32nd Ave. S. in 1934. (Courtesy, Northwest Collection, University of Washington Libraries.)