Comet-Star-Apts-11th-&-Spruce-THEN-MR November 1, 2014 2250 × 1528 Seattle Now & Then: Comet becomes Star THEN: Faced, in part, with brick veneer and stucco, and opened in 191l, the Comet Apartments at 170 11th Avenue have made it nicely through their first century. (Courtesy, Lawton Gowey)