Seattle Tower (Northern Life Tower 1929) Seattle, WA. Ceiling inside north side entrance.
Seattle Tower (Northern Life Tower 1929) Seattle, WA. Looking out north side entrance. Ceiling lights are reflected in door window.
Seattle Tower (Northern Life Tower 1929) Seattle, WA. The lobby was conceived as a tunnel carved out of solid rock, the side walls polished, the floor worn smooth, and the ceiling "decorated as a civilized caveman might do it."
Seattle Tower (Northern Life Tower 1929) Seattle, WA. Gilt ceiling decorations in low-relief abstract patterns combine references to Northwest Coast Indian feather, textile and painted motifs, repeated use of the evergreen tree and water images, and references to Mayan, Asian and Pacific Oceanic cultures.
Seattle Tower (Northern Life Tower 1929) Seattle, WA. Built at the height of the Art Deco movement the detailing shows the recent influence of George Oakley Totten's compendium of Maya architecture published in 1926 and the 1922 discovery by Howard Carter of Tutankhamun's intact tomb.
Seattle Tower (Northern Life Tower 1929) Seattle, WA. The lobby was conceived as a tunnel carved out of solid rock, the side walls polished, the floor worn smooth, and the ceiling "decorated as a civilized caveman might do it."
Seattle Tower (Northern Life Tower 1929) Seattle, WA. The president of the Northern Life Insurance Company wanted a building with "lofty aspirations, strength, durability and solidity." In 1928, the firm of Albertson, Wilson and Richardson responded with a 27-story tower suggestive of the rock masses and spires of the nearby mountain ranges.
Seattle Tower (Northern Life Tower 1929) Seattle, WA. Cover overhanging the north side entrance.
Seattle Tower (Northern Life Tower 1929) Seattle, WA. Looking down from north side entrance into the lobby designed as a dark and opulent cave.
Seattle Tower (Northern Life Tower 1929) Seattle, WA. At the far end of the lobby is a map of the Pacific in brass relief with Mayan temples, biplane, sailing ships, California Mission, dirigible, elephants, camels, pagodas, palm trees and much more. At its bottom right is a motto: "Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way."
Seattle Tower (Northern Life Tower 1929) Seattle, WA. Gilt ceiling decorations in low-relief abstract patterns combine references to Northwest Coast Indian feather, textile and painted motifs, repeated use of the evergreen tree and water images, and references to Mayan, Asian and Pacific Oceanic cultures.
Seattle Tower (Northern Life Tower 1929) Seattle, WA. The lobby was conceived as a tunnel carved out of solid rock, the side walls polished, the floor worn smooth, and the ceiling "decorated as a civilized caveman might do it."
Seattle Tower (Northern Life Tower 1929) Seattle, WA. Built at the height of the Art Deco movement the detailing shows the recent influence of George Oakley Totten's compendium of Maya architecture published in 1926 and the 1922 discovery by Howard Carter of Tutankhamun's intact tomb.
Seattle Tower (Northern Life Tower 1929) Seattle, WA. The lobby was conceived as a tunnel carved out of solid rock, the side walls polished, the floor worn smooth, and the ceiling "decorated as a civilized caveman might do it."
Seattle Tower (Northern Life Tower 1929) Seattle, WA. The lobby was conceived as a tunnel carved out of solid rock, the side walls polished, the floor worn smooth, and the ceiling "decorated as a civilized caveman might do it."
Seattle Tower (Northern Life Tower 1929) Seattle, WA. Radiator grill at side entrance.
Seattle Tower (Northern Life Tower 1929) Seattle, WA. Looking down from north side entrance into the lobby designed as a dark and opulent cave.
Seattle Tower (Northern Life Tower 1929) Seattle, WA. The building was to exude strength and permanence. At the tip of the piers, the caps are white terra cotta which is meant to resemble the snow-capped peaks of the mountains. And even the steel rods at the very top are shaped like evergreen trees. The facade ranges, in 33 shades of brick, from iron ore at the bottom to a light tan at the top
Brooklyn Building (1890) Seattle, WA. The long south wall was originally blank and was modified to match the windowed sides in 1988 during the construction of the 1201 Third Avenue Building which occupies the rest of the block.
The Smith Tower, located in Pioneer Square, is the oldest skyscraper in Seattle, Washington, USA. Completed in 1914, the tower is named after its builder, firearm and typewriter magnate Lyman Cornelius Smith. Containing 38 floors, it was the tallest office building west of the Mississippi River until the Kansas City Power & Light Building was built in 1931. It remained the tallest building on the West Coast until the Space Needle overtook it in 1962.
The Smith Tower, located in Pioneer Square, is the oldest skyscraper in Seattle, Washington, USA. Completed in 1914, the tower is named after its builder, firearm and typewriter magnate Lyman Cornelius Smith. Containing 38 floors, it was the tallest office building west of the Mississippi River until the Kansas City Power & Light Building was built in 1931. It remained the tallest building on the West Coast until the Space Needle overtook it in 1962.
The Smith Tower, located in Pioneer Square, is the oldest skyscraper in Seattle, Washington, USA. Completed in 1914, the tower is named after its builder, firearm and typewriter magnate Lyman Cornelius Smith. Containing 38 floors, it was the tallest office building west of the Mississippi River until the Kansas City Power & Light Building was built in 1931. It remained the tallest building on the West Coast until the Space Needle overtook it in 1962.
Smith Tower (1914) Seattle, WA.
Frye Apartments (Frye Hotel 1908) by Bebb and Mendel in the Beaux Arts style. It was one of the tallest steel frame buildings in Seattle and one of its most elegant hotels. During WWII the Frye was festooned with flags—the mounts are still there—and housed military before shipping off to the Pacific. They danced behind blackout curtains at the USO club in nearby Smith Tower. The Frye changed from hotel to senior housing in 1972. Tonkin Hoyne Lokan Architects rehabilitated the Frye for the Low Income Housing Institute 1998-2001.
Smith Tower (1914) Seattle, WA.
Smith Tower (1914) Seattle, WA.
Smith Tower (1914) Seattle, WA.(1914) Seattle, WA. Lobby with Mexican onyx.
Smith Tower (1914) Seattle, WA.(1914) Seattle, WA. Lobby with Mexican onyx.
Smith Tower (1914) Seattle, WA. Chinese Room with carved blackwood furniture given to the building's owner by the Empress of China.
Smith Tower (1914) Seattle, WA. Chinese Room's porcelain ceiling detail.
Smith Tower (1914) Seattle, WA. Chinese Room's porcelain ceiling detail.
Smith Tower (1914) Seattle, WA. Chinese Room's porcelain ceiling detail.
Smith Tower (1914) Seattle, WA. Chinese Room's porcelain ceiling detail.
Smith Tower (1914) Seattle, WA.(1914) Seattle, WA.
Southeast upper corner of the Hartford Building (1929) John Graham, Sr. 208 James St, Seattle
MoveOn rally for Health Care Reform in front of the 1974 Brutalist achitecture of Henry M. Jackson Federal Office Building , Seattle, WA. January 26, 2010
Henry M. Jackson Federal Building (1974) with arch from the entrance to the Burke Building (1889) that formerly stood on the site.
1201 Third Avenue Building (Washington Mutual Tower 1988) Seattle, WA.
Frye Apartments (Frye Hotel 1908) by Bebb and Mendel in the Beaux Arts style. It was one of the tallest steel frame buildings in Seattle and one of its most elegant hotels. During WWII the Frye was festooned with flags—the mounts are still there—and housed military before shipping off to the Pacific. They danced behind blackout curtains at the USO club in nearby Smith Tower. The Frye changed from hotel to senior housing in 1972. Tonkin Hoyne Lokan Architects rehabilitated the Frye for the Low Income Housing Institute 1998-2001.
Frye Apartments (Frye Hotel 1908) by Bebb and Mendel in the Beaux Arts style. It was one of the tallest steel frame buildings in Seattle and one of its most elegant hotels. During WWII the Frye was festooned with flags—the mounts are still there—and housed military before shipping off to the Pacific. They danced behind blackout curtains at the USO club in nearby Smith Tower. The Frye changed from hotel to senior housing in 1972. Tonkin Hoyne Lokan Architects rehabilitated the Frye for the Low Income Housing Institute 1998-2001.
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Eleven stories up, the Frye's grandly ornamented cornice overflows like a fountain at the cap of this elegant Italian Renaissance landmark.
During WWII the Frye was festooned with flags—the mounts are still there—and housed military before shipping off to the Pacific. They danced behind blackout curtains at the USO club in nearby Smith Tower. The Frye changed from hotel to senior housing in 1972. Tonkin Hoyne Lokan Architects rehabilitated the Frye for the Low Income Housing Institute 1998-2001.
A workman and seismic bracing are visible through the lower right window.
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Frye Apartments (Frye Hotel 1908) by Bebb and Mendel in the Beaux Arts style. It was one of the tallest steel frame buildings in Seattle and one of its most elegant hotels. During WWII the Frye was festooned with flags—the mounts are still there—and housed military before shipping off to the Pacific. They danced behind blackout curtains at the USO club in nearby Smith Tower. The Frye changed from hotel to senior housing in 1972. Tonkin Hoyne Lokan Architects rehabilitated the Frye for the Low Income Housing Institute 1998-2001.
The Frye Hotel/Apartments 1908 is on the left. The Smith Tower, located in Pioneer Square, is the oldest skyscraper in Seattle, Washington, USA. Completed in 1914, the tower is named after its builder, firearm and typewriter magnate Lyman Cornelius Smith. Containing 38 floors, it was the tallest office building west of the Mississippi River until the Kansas City Power & Light Building was built in 1931. It remained the tallest building on the West Coast until the Space Needle overtook it in 1962.
400 Yesler Building (City Hall/ Public Safety Building 1909) Seattle, WA. This Beaux Arts style, reinforced concrete building has a trapezoidal plan with an engaged round tower at its apex. The penthouse was added in 1977.
400 Yesler Building (City Hall/ Public Safety Building 1909) Seattle, WA. This Beaux Arts style, reinforced concrete building has a trapezoidal plan with an engaged round tower at its apex. The penthouse was added in 1977.
400 Yesler Building (City Hall/ Public Safety Building 1909) Seattle, WA. This Beaux Arts style, reinforced concrete building has a trapezoidal plan with an engaged round tower at its apex. The penthouse was added in 1977.
400 Yesler Building (City Hall/ Public Safety Building 1909) Seattle, WA. This Beaux Arts style, reinforced concrete building has a trapezoidal plan with an engaged round tower at its apex. The penthouse was added in 1977.
400 Yesler Building (City Hall/ Public Safety Building 1909) Seattle, WA. This Beaux Arts style, reinforced concrete building has a trapezoidal plan with an engaged round tower at its apex. The penthouse was added in 1977.
Pacific Medical Center (U.S. Marine Hospital 1934) Seattle, WA.
Arctic Building (1916) Seattle, WA.
Arctic Building (1916) Seattle, WA.
Arctic Building (1916) Seattle, WA.
Brooklyn Building (1890) nestled in the northwest corner of the 1201 Third Avenue Building which occupies the rest of the block.
1201 Third Avenue Building (Washington Mutual Tower 1988) Seattle, WA. In 1990, the plaza sculpture "New Archtypes" was installed on the Second Avenue Plaza. Sculpted by renowned French sculptors Anne and Patrick Poirier, it was made specifically for this privately-owned-public-space.
1201 Third Avenue Building (Washington Mutual Tower 1988) Seattle, WA.
1201 Third Avenue Building (Washington Mutual Tower 1988) Seattle, WA. In 1990, the plaza sculpture "New Archtypes" was installed on the Second Avenue Plaza. Sculpted by renowned French sculptors Anne and Patrick Poirier, it was made specifically for this privately-owned-public-space.
1201 Third Avenue Building (Washington Mutual Tower 1988) Seattle, WA. In 1990, the plaza sculpture "New Archtypes" was installed on the Second Avenue Plaza. Sculpted by renowned French sculptors Anne and Patrick Poirier, it was made specifically for this privately-owned-public-space.
1201 Third Avenue Building (Washington Mutual Tower 1988) Seattle, WA. In 1990, the plaza sculpture "New Archtypes" was installed on the Second Avenue Plaza. Sculpted by renowned French sculptors Anne and Patrick Poirier, it was made specifically for this privately-owned-public-space.
Second & Seneca Building (1992) Seattle, WA.
1000 Second Avenue Building (1987) Seattle, WA.
Sanctuary Townhomes preservation of First Church of Christ, Scientist (1904) in Seattle, WA.
Sanctuary Townhomes preservation of First Church of Christ, Scientist (1904) in Seattle, WA.
Sanctuary Townhomes preservation of First Church of Christ, Scientist (1904) in Seattle, WA.
Sanctuary Townhomes preservation of First Church of Christ, Scientist (1904) in Seattle, WA.
Sanctuary Townhomes preservation of First Church of Christ, Scientist (1904) in Seattle, WA.
Sanctuary Townhomes preservation of First Church of Christ, Scientist (1904) in Seattle, WA.
Sanctuary Townhomes preservation of First Church of Christ, Scientist (1904) in Seattle, WA.
Sanctuary Townhomes preservation of First Church of Christ, Scientist (1904) in Seattle, WA.
Sanctuary Townhomes preservation of First Church of Christ, Scientist (1904) in Seattle, WA.
Sanctuary Townhomes preservation of First Church of Christ, Scientist (1904) in Seattle, WA.
Sanctuary Townhomes preservation of First Church of Christ, Scientist (1904) in Seattle, WA.
Sanctuary Townhomes preservation of First Church of Christ, Scientist (1904) in Seattle, WA.
Sanctuary Townhomes preservation of First Church of Christ, Scientist (1904) in Seattle, WA.
Sanctuary Townhomes preservation of First Church of Christ, Scientist (1904) in Seattle, WA.
Sanctuary Townhomes preservation of First Church of Christ, Scientist (1904) in Seattle, WA.
Sanctuary Townhomes preservation of First Church of Christ, Scientist (1904) in Seattle, WA.
Sanctuary Townhomes preservation of First Church of Christ, Scientist (1904) in Seattle, WA.
Sanctuary Townhomes preservation of First Church of Christ, Scientist (1904) in Seattle, WA.
Sanctuary Townhomes preservation of First Church of Christ, Scientist (1904) in Seattle, WA.
Sanctuary Townhomes preservation of First Church of Christ, Scientist (1904) in Seattle, WA.
Sanctuary Townhomes preservation of First Church of Christ, Scientist (1904) in Seattle, WA.
Sanctuary Townhomes preservation of First Church of Christ, Scientist (1904) in Seattle, WA.
Georgetown Steam Plant built by Stone and Webster in 1906. One of the first reinforced concrete structures on the U.S. West Coast, it originally it provided power for the Interurban Railway between Seattle and Tacoma. It also provided both direct current for Seattle's streetcars and alternating current for Georgetown, then an independent city. They purchased General Electric steam turbine technology, based on patents originally held by inventor Charles Curtis.
Georgetown Steam Plant built by Stone and Webster in 1906. One of the first reinforced concrete structures on the U.S. West Coast, it originally it provided power for the Interurban Railway between Seattle and Tacoma. It also provided both direct current for Seattle's streetcars and alternating current for Georgetown, then an independent city. They purchased General Electric steam turbine technology, based on patents originally held by inventor Charles Curtis.
Georgetown Steam Plant built by Stone and Webster in 1906. One of the first reinforced concrete structures on the U.S. West Coast, it originally it provided power for the Interurban Railway between Seattle and Tacoma. It also provided both direct current for Seattle's streetcars and alternating current for Georgetown, then an independent city. They purchased General Electric steam turbine technology, based on patents originally held by inventor Charles Curtis.
Georgetown Steam Plant built by Stone and Webster in 1906. One of the first reinforced concrete structures on the U.S. West Coast, it originally it provided power for the Interurban Railway between Seattle and Tacoma. It also provided both direct current for Seattle's streetcars and alternating current for Georgetown, then an independent city. They purchased General Electric steam turbine technology, based on patents originally held by inventor Charles Curtis.
Georgetown Steam Plant built by Stone and Webster in 1906. One of the first reinforced concrete structures on the U.S. West Coast, it originally it provided power for the Interurban Railway between Seattle and Tacoma. It also provided both direct current for Seattle's streetcars and alternating current for Georgetown, then an independent city. They purchased General Electric steam turbine technology, based on patents originally held by inventor Charles Curtis.
Georgetown Steam Plant built by Stone and Webster in 1906. One of the first reinforced concrete structures on the U.S. West Coast, it originally it provided power for the Interurban Railway between Seattle and Tacoma. It also provided both direct current for Seattle's streetcars and alternating current for Georgetown, then an independent city. They purchased General Electric steam turbine technology, based on patents originally held by inventor Charles Curtis.
Georgetown Steam Plant built by Stone and Webster in 1906. One of the first reinforced concrete structures on the U.S. West Coast, it originally it provided power for the Interurban Railway between Seattle and Tacoma. It also provided both direct current for Seattle's streetcars and alternating current for Georgetown, then an independent city. They purchased General Electric steam turbine technology, based on patents originally held by inventor Charles Curtis.
Georgetown Steam Plant built by Stone and Webster in 1906. One of the first reinforced concrete structures on the U.S. West Coast, it originally it provided power for the Interurban Railway between Seattle and Tacoma. It also provided both direct current for Seattle's streetcars and alternating current for Georgetown, then an independent city. They purchased General Electric steam turbine technology, based on patents originally held by inventor Charles Curtis.
Georgetown Steam Plant built by Stone and Webster in 1906. One of the first reinforced concrete structures on the U.S. West Coast, it originally it provided power for the Interurban Railway between Seattle and Tacoma. It also provided both direct current for Seattle's streetcars and alternating current for Georgetown, then an independent city. They purchased General Electric steam turbine technology, based on patents originally held by inventor Charles Curtis.
Georgetown Steam Plant built by Stone and Webster in 1906. One of the first reinforced concrete structures on the U.S. West Coast, it originally it provided power for the Interurban Railway between Seattle and Tacoma. It also provided both direct current for Seattle's streetcars and alternating current for Georgetown, then an independent city. They purchased General Electric steam turbine technology, based on patents originally held by inventor Charles Curtis.
Georgetown Steam Plant built by Stone and Webster in 1906. One of the first reinforced concrete structures on the U.S. West Coast, it originally it provided power for the Interurban Railway between Seattle and Tacoma. It also provided both direct current for Seattle's streetcars and alternating current for Georgetown, then an independent city. They purchased General Electric steam turbine technology, based on patents originally held by inventor Charles Curtis.
Georgetown Steam Plant built by Stone and Webster in 1906. One of the first reinforced concrete structures on the U.S. West Coast, it originally it provided power for the Interurban Railway between Seattle and Tacoma. It also provided both direct current for Seattle's streetcars and alternating current for Georgetown, then an independent city. They purchased General Electric steam turbine technology, based on patents originally held by inventor Charles Curtis.
Galland Building (1906) Seattle, WA.
Seattle Art Museum (1991) and WAMU Center (2006) Seattle, WA.
Seattle Art Museum (1991), Seattle Art Museum Expansion (2007) and WAMU Center (2006) Seattle, WA.
