17th and Roxbury

There's a building not far from where we live that I find fascinating.  It's  boarded up and unoccupied and appears to have been unoccupied for quite a while now.   I would love to know more about it and what it was originally.

Running Girl
acrylic on canvas 18"x24"

White Car
acrylic on canvas 20"x16"

Little 17th & Roxbury 
acrylic on canvas 12"x10" 
Won "Juror's Award" at Renton River Days 2009

I liked it so much I made a bigger version:
17th & Roxbury
acrylic on canvas 30"x20"

17th & Roxbury - Looking South
acrylic on canvas 30"x20"

17th & Roxbury - Sitter
acrylic on canvas 30" x20"