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The Washington Athletic Club, founded in 1930, is a private social and athletic club located in downtown Seattle.The 21-story WAC clubhouse opened in December 1930, and was designed in the Art Deco style by Seattle architect Sherwood D. Ford.
The Seattle Aquarium is a public aquarium in Seattle, Washington, United States, located on Pier 59 on the Elliott Bay waterfront. The aquarium opened in 1977 and is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). The aquarium consists of three buildings. Its original buildings at Pier 59 and Pier 60 have six major exhibits.
In 1968, King County voters approved Forward Thrust, a series of bond ballot initiatives to fund various improvements in Seattle and the surrounding King County.Park and recreation improvements in Seattle were funded by $65,000,000 (equivalent to $569,500,000 in 2023) in bonds, with almost 200 distinct recreation projects included within the program.
The Green Lake Aqua Theater was an outdoor theater located at Green Lake in Seattle, Washington. [1] The Aqua Theater was built in 1950 for the first Seafair Summer Festival in order to house an attraction called the Aqua Follies and their "swimusicals" - a combination of aqua ballet, stage dancing, and comedy. The first ever performance at the ...
The Rainier Club is a private club in Seattle, Washington; it has been referred to as "Seattle's preeminent private club." [3] [4] Its clubhouse building, completed in 1904, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was founded in 1888 in what was then the Washington Territory (statehood came the following year). As of 2008, the ...
Belltown is the most densely populated neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, United States, [1] [2] located on the city's downtown waterfront on land that was artificially flattened as part of a regrading project. Formerly a low-rent, semi-industrial arts district, in recent decades it has transformed into a neighborhood of trendy restaurants ...
The Arctic Club Building is a ten-story hotel in Seattle, Washington located at the Northeast corner of Third Avenue and Cherry Street. Built in 1914 for the Arctic Club, a social group established by wealthy individuals who experienced Alaska's gold rush (Klondike Gold Rush), [3] it was occupied by them from construction until the club's dissolution in 1971.
WB1200, also known as 1200 Stewart, is a future twin skyscraper complex in the Denny Triangle neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States.The project is located at the intersection of Stewart Street and Denny Way and comprises 1,014 apartments and retail space in two 48-story buildings.