Art and signage commemorating the history and contributions of Spokane’s early Japanese residents installed at Saranac Building

Erick Doxey photo

Renowned ceramic artist Patti Warashina inside Marmot Art Space, where her art is on display this month.

A map of downtown Spokane’s east end, circa 1910, would be barely recognizable to most locals today.

Even though all the familiar street names are there — Riverside, Main, Bernard, Browne, Howard and Sprague — little else from that era remains. Narrow rectangles on each block are neatly labeled in compact script. Businesses like the Raymond Hotel and Seattle Cafe are noted alongside the Nishikawa Grocery, Yokohama Laundry, Saeki Dye

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