x.-CBD-and-Smith-Tower-from-GN-Tower-ca-1930-center-of-pan-WEB September 14, 2014 1500 × 1067 Seattle Now & Then: Third Avenue South The Central Business District recorded from the Great Northern Railroad Depot’s tower about 1930, and certainly after the Second Avenue Extension, south of Yesler Way. Third Avenue leads up from center-bottom of the photograph.