Ongoing construction for the Ken’s Market expansion is uncovering the old Greenwood Electric Bakery sign painted on a facade that probably hasn’t seen daylight in decades.
According to “Seattle’s Greenwood-Phinney Neighborhood,” by Ted Pedersen, the bakery opened in 1928.
Seeing that name makes me think of “The Electric Company.” Now how to get that song out of my head…
Update: This is what the sign looked like a few hours later when it was completely uncovered:
If you blinked, you missed it. Just a few hours after that, it was covered again by new plywood.