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Seattle was selected to host the World's Fair in 1962, revitalizing the downtown area and bringing the construction of the fairgrounds' centerpiece, the Space Needle. The 605-foot (184 m) observation tower became the symbol of the fair and a landmark for Seattle, and was the first new structure to surpass the Smith Tower in height. [15] [20]
The Space Needle is an observation tower in Seattle, Washington, United States.Considered to be an icon of the city, it has been designated a Seattle landmark.Located in the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood, it was built in the Seattle Center for the 1962 World's Fair, which drew over 2.3 million visitors.
1201 Third Avenue (formerly Washington Mutual Tower) is a 235.31-meter (772.0 ft), 55-story skyscraper in Downtown Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. It is the third-tallest building in the city , the eighth-tallest on the West Coast of the United States , and the 97th-tallest in the United States .
Columbia Center was designed by Washington architect Chester L. Lindsey. [9] The base of the building is clad in Rosa Purino Carnelian granite.The building's structure is composed of three geometric concave facades with two setbacks, causing the building to appear like three towers standing side by side.
F5 Tower (previously The Mark and Fifth and Columbia Tower) is a 660-foot-tall (200 m) skyscraper in Downtown Seattle, Washington. It consists of 44 floors [ 5 ] and is the sixth-tallest building in Seattle.
The Emerald is 40 stories tall, consisting of a two-story glass podium with 4,600 square feet (430 m 2) of retail space and 38 stories of condominiums. [14] The building's 262 condominiums include one-, two-, and three-bedroom units that range from 569 to 1,189 square feet (52.9 to 110.5 m 2). [9]
The Seattle-based architectural firm NBBJ designed the tower, which was dedicated on July 29, 1989. Two Union Square has 56 floors with 1,126,428 square feet (104,649 m 2) of rentable space, and an underground concourse connecting to the Seattle Hilton Hotel, [12] and shopping at Rainier Square.
The Northern Life Tower was the first building in Seattle to illustrate this style, now known as Art Deco or Art Moderne. Derived from Eliel Saarinen's famous, second-place proposal for the Chicago Tribune contest, the Northern Life Tower building beautifully illustrates the increasing popularity of a simple, smooth, almost machine-like ...