The Blue Moon is a tavern located on the west edge of the University District in Seattle, Washington, United States. It opened in April 1934, four months after the repeal of Prohibition, and has been visited by many counterculture icons over the years.
Main sign of the Blue Moon Tavern in 1993
The "Hammered Man" sculpture in front of the Blue Moon, a parody of "Hammering Man"
A poster for Albert Rosellini's successful 1960 re-election campaign on display inside the Blue Moon
University District, Seattle
The University District is a major district in Seattle, Washington, comprising several distinct neighborhoods. The main campus of the University of Washington (UW) is located in the district, lending its name to both the district as well as University Way NE.
Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern train wreck in the University District, August 20, 1894.
University Bridge and U District, Looking North from I-5 Ship Canal Bridge (1963)
Graduate Hotel Seattle
This 1980s sign painted on the side of the 1934 Blue Moon Tavern commemorates its association with the counterculture of the 1960s; the small street sign at upper right declares the alley to be "Roethke Mews" after poet Theodore Roethke, a regular at the tavern when he was a professor at the University in the 1950s and early 1960s.