This photo journal, which is part of the Seattle series, features the historic downtown Pioneer district which includes 1st Ave where there are many historic buildings, most of them well preserved & restored. A good number of these historic office towers have been converted to condo buildings.
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"Pioneer Building" (1892) located on the NE corner of 1st Avenue & James Street, just yards from where...
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Elaborate ornamentation Although the original tower is gone (it was damaged in the 1949...
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The south (Yesler Way) side of the build showing the round cast iron bays.
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The "Iron Pergola" (1909) in front of the Pioneer Building is also part of its NRHP listing. Located at the...
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The Victorian-style, cast iron-and-glass structure, about 60 feet long and 16 feet high, was built in 1909 as a...
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It's a National Landmark The pergola, the square's Tlingit totem pole, and the adjacent Pioneer...
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Tlingit Indian "Totem Pole" The Totem Pole first appeared in 1899 after members of the Chamber of...
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"Federal Office Building" (1932), aka Old Federal Building, located at 909 1st Ave, is an historic...
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Art Deco style It was one of the earliest federal buildings in the Art Deco style & the...
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Apparently, the interior public spaces, which we didnt visit (waaaaaaa) are also heavily ornamented with...
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Cast-bronze urns Two five-foot-tall, cast-bronze urns with stylized geometric...
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Henry M. Jackson Federal Building, aka the new' Federal Building, is a 37-story skyscraper...
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The distinctive "Smith Tower" (1914), also located in Pioneer Square, is the oldest skyscraper in Seattle....
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Smith Tower (c) with Lowman Building on the right. The tower is crowned by an 8-foot-wide glass dome which is...
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The elegant main floor lobby. The detailed plaster and woodwork ceiling provides a colorful backdrop...
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View looking north. The wraparound public observation deck & the Chinese Room are on the 35th...
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View of Safeco Field, home of the Seattle Mariners baseball team, QWest Field behind it, home of the Seattle...
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Another angle Admission to the observation deck is $7.50 for adults, $6 for seniors.
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Another view
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Wish I knew what those two interesting buildings are.
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Lovely brick accents. I think this was near or adjacent to the Pike Place Market.
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Glass art
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Appealing round bays on the corners
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Seattle Art Museum on 1st Ave. with the Hammering Man in front. The giant mechanized Hammering Man was...
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Eye-catching high rise building
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