z-aerial-first-hill-1929-10k-j5-copyweb October 9, 2016 1400 × 727 Seattle Now & Then: ‘The Sunset Board Room’ A ca. 1929 snap of the waterfront, the lower business District and the profanity hill part of First Hill. The twin towers of St. James on the upper-left will easily lead you to the Kitty-corner block now home to Skyline.