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The Volunteer Park Conservatory is a botanical garden, conservatory, and Seattle landmark located in Seattle, Washington at the north end of Volunteer Park on Capitol Hill. Made up of 3,426 glass panes fit into a wood and iron framework, this Victorian-style greenhouse structure is modeled on London's Crystal Palace. Inside, the Volunteer Park ...
Amazon began planning a large Seattle headquarters campus in the early 2010s, acquiring three blocks in the Denny Triangle area in 2012. [16] The original design for the second tower included a six-story building with flexible workspaces and a meeting center, but was later changed to a spherical conservatory. [ 17 ]
The Lake Washington Ship Canal and Ballard Locks (a.k.a. Hiram M. Chittenden Locks), opened in 1917, were funded by Washington state but built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. [174] The Administration Building for the locks was designed by prominent Seattle architects Bebb and Gould and completed 1916.
This list of botanical gardens and arboretums in Washington is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the U.S. state of Washington. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Name
The flag of Washington, the state's flag. The U.S. state of Washington has 21 official emblems, as designated by the Washington State Legislature.These symbols, which reflect the history and culture of the state, are often opportunities for politicians to "tie themselves to popular symbols", for teachers to highlight the legislative process to their students, and for lobbyists to "have their ...
Sonic Bloom is a 2013 solar-powered sculpture by Dan Corson, installed in Seattle's Pacific Science Center, in the U.S. state of Washington. [1] [2] [3] Bellamy Pailthorp wrote, "It looks a bit like something you might find in a book by Dr. Seuss: five huge sculpted sunflowers with striped green and orange stems."
The Arboretum Sewer Trestle (also known as Arboretum Aqueduct, [2] Arboretum Aqueduct and Sewer Trestle, [3] or Wilcox Footbridge [3]) is a historic multiarched concrete-and-brick trestle and footbridge [3] in the Washington Park Arboretum in Seattle, Washington.
The Ellsworth Storey Cottages (1910-1915) near Colman Park in Seattle's Mount Baker neighborhood are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The heavy masonry pylons of Sigma Nu fraternity house, University of Washington, are similar to those found in Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple and Larkin Building.