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Jesse Tinsley

Jesse Tinsley

Current Position: photojournalist

Jesse Tinsley joined The Spokesman-Review in 1989. He currently is a photojournalist in the Photo Department covering daily news and shoots drone photography.

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News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Aubrey L. White Parkway

The road through Riverside State Park was named the Aubrey L. White Parkway in 1936 after a bookish young man from New Jersey with a head for business and a love of gardening.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Post Falls Lumber Co.

For most of the 20th century, there were several lumber mills along the Spokane River in Idaho. Tugboats would tow rafts of logs to the mills. One of the first mills was built by Frederick Post in the late 1880s at Post Falls.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Logsdon IGA Foodliner at 29th and Regal

Family-owned grocery stores banded together in the early 20th century to compete with larger national chains as part of the Independent Grocers Alliance, or IGA. Foodliner was added later as a name for a particularly larger IGA store, including the shop on East 29th Avenue that had previously operated under the name Harrington’s Mercantile.
A&E

Smartphone and internet are all it takes to get streaming

Musicians who earn a living by performing live music in the Spokane area have found themselves stuck at home just like waiters, store clerks and bartenders. One outlet for musical extroverts is performing live on Youtube or Facebook. Instagram Live is becoming popular, as well.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Union Pacific rail yard

Now the site of the Kendall Yards mixed use development, the area northwest of downtown Spokane and the river was once home to the Union Pacific rail yard. The railroad moved out of the area in 1955, but development of new housing, retail and commercial businesses did not proceed in earnest until after the economic downturn of 2008.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Edgecliff Hospital

Edgecliff Sanitarium opened in 1915 to treat tuberculosis patients. Several additions were made throughout the years, and it closed in 1978. A senior living facility called Park Place opened on the site in the 1990s.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Low Cost Food Market

Roy L. Stone built, and rebuilt, chains of grocery and drug stores in the region from the 1920s through the 1960s. That included the Low Cost Food Market, which opened with a large location at Division and Baldwin in Spokane.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: The Spokane Falls Review tower

Opened in October 1891, the 10-story, 146-foot tower at the corner of Riverside Avenue and Monroe Street nearly put the publishers of the Review out of business, financially. William H. Cowles, the 24-year-old son of an executive at the Chicago Tribune, proposed a merger with his Spokesman newspaper.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Aviation in Spokane

Boosters have long pushed for economic development in the Lilac City, and in the early 20th century that included the booming business of aviation. National races were hosted in the city at its new air field, renamed Felts Field in 1927, and Spokane even hosted early aviation giant Charles Lindbergh.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Old City Hall

Built in 1912, Old City Hall was actually the second permanent home for city offices after a building in Riverfront Park was sold to the railroads for $352,000. When it opened, Mayor W.J. Hindley promised that the structure at the corner of Spokane Falls Boulevard and Wall Street would be a temporary home for city offices until a more grand structure could be built. City operations remained headquartered there for another 70 years.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Riblet Mansion

Built in the Italian Renaissance style in 1924, the expansive mansion was once a showplace home for Royal Riblet, who worked for the tramway company that bore his surname. The building was purchased by Arbor Crest Wine Cellars in 1984 and rebuilt after a fire more than a decade ago.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Greenacres, Washington

The planned settlement 10 miles east of Spokane was envisioned as a fruit-growing paradise. Irrigation canals were dug to draw water from Liberty Lake, but after several decades, the number of apple orchards in Greenacres dwindled.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Sunset Trailer Park

The 1940s and ‘50s saw a whole class of transient workers dragging their homes behind their cars. The Sunset Trailer Park was counted by its residents as one of the best in the nation, welcoming weary travelers coming to Spokane from the West Plains.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Sears, Roebuck and Co. warehouse

Leased in the 1930s as the retail giant was ramping up brick-and-mortar operations after decades in the mail-order business, the warehouse that once housed merchandise destined for retail stores or homes is now home to the Pride Prep charter school.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: NorthTown Mall

Eastern Washington’s largest mall began as a cluster of shops surrounding an Albertson’s grocery store in the 1950s. Today, it houses a movie theater and several remaining department stores after years attracting businesses away from the downtown core.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: TraveLodge River Inn

Much of Spokane’s downtown railroad and industrial infrastructure was removed in preparation for Expo ’74. But some areas weren’t ready for redevelopment until after Spokane’s big moment on the world stage.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Operation Walkout

During the Cold War, atomic bombs were on everyone’s mind. Spokane was chosen as the first city in the nation to attempt a complete evacuation of its downtown area, about 70 square blocks, to see if it were feasible.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: South channel

From drinking water to electricity generation to Expo ‘74, the south channel of Spokane River has fed the region’s growth and boasts a history of prominent names in development, including James Glover and Washington Water Power. Now the channel is surrounded by a redesigned Riverfront Park.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Thor/Ray arterial

City Engineer A.M. Eschbach called Freya on the South Hill as “one of the most excessive grades in the city.” The solution was to use Thor Street and tie it into Ray Street between 11th and 14th Avenues, which was completed in 1966.
News >  Spokane

Then and Now: Wilson’s Waffle House

Stuart Wilson isn’t only remembered for his string of waffle houses. He saw the value of bacon grease – enough to apply for a patent in 1932 that kept it separate from other waste oils. Wilson’s Cafe, now the site of a parking lot, used to serve customers inside the former White’s Hotel at Stevens Street and Sprague Avenue.