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The Metropolitan Tract is an area of land in downtown Seattle owned by the University of Washington. [1] Originally covering 10 acres (40,000 m 2 ), the 1962 purchase of land for a garage for the Olympic Hotel [ 2 ] expanded the plot to 11 acres (45,000 m 2 ).
1200 Fifth, formerly the IBM Building, is a 20-story office building in the Metropolitan Tract, part of downtown Seattle, Washington, United States. [4] The building was designed by Minoru Yamasaki, who also was architect of Rainier Tower on the corner diagonally opposite, and the World Trade Center in New York City. [5]
Besides the offices of the Globe Navigation and Clise investment Companies, other early upstairs tenants included the Pacific Packing and Navigation Company, The Seattle News-Letter office, The New York Commercial Co. and the Centennial Mill Co. [7] Architect Max Umbrecht moved his own offices into the building upon completion.
[10] [18] By 1959, office space occupying downtown buildings had overtaken retail uses, with over 4,987,000 square feet (463,300 m 2). [19] 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 ...
Housing covenants became common in the 1920s and were validated by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1926. Minorities were effectively limited to the International District and parts of some neighborhoods in south-east Seattle for Asian- and Native Americans; or the Central District for people of African ancestry, clearly defining those neighborhoods. [18]
Seattle (/ s i ˈ æ t əl / ⓘ see-AT-uhl) is a city on the West Coast of the United States.It is the seat of King County, Washington.With a 2023 population of 755,078 [2] it is the most populous city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America, and the 18th-most populous city in the United States.
The Fourth and Blanchard Building, also known as the Sedgwick James Building or the Darth Vader building, [2] [3] is a skyscraper located in the Belltown neighborhood just north of downtown Seattle. The high-rise style construction rises to 105 meters (344 feet) and has 25 floors above the ground.
Day 1, also known as Amazon Tower II and Rufus 2.0 Block 19, [7] is a 521-foot-tall (159 m) office building in the Denny Triangle neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, located at the intersection of Lenora Street and 7th Avenue. [6] It is part of the three-tower complex that serves as the headquarters of Amazon.