SEATTLE | Downtown Projects: Completed, U/C, Proposed/Approved

[BuildThemTall]

Originally Posted by GoldenBoot

No Texas cities? Miami? Atlanta?

Flawed data...

Please read the article in THE ARCHITECTSNEWSPAPER titled "Seattle overtakes New York City and Los Angeles in list ranking construction cranes" (published October 25, 2016 by Antonio Pacheco): http://archpaper.com/2016/10/seattle...n-crane-count/ . "A recently-released report by construction and building consulting agency Rider Levett Bucknall has determined that for 2016, Seattle has surpassed New York City and Los Angeles as the city with the highest concentration of construction cranes in operation".

[BuildThemTall]

Originally Posted by summersm343

It is flawed data... NYC has over 100 cranes right now, but the article claims only 28. Lol

Please read the article in THE ARCHITECTSNEWSPAPER titled "Seattle overtakes New York City and Los Angeles in list ranking construction cranes" (published October 25, 2016 by Antonio Pacheco): http://archpaper.com/2016/10/seattle...n-crane-count/ . "A recently-released report by construction and building consulting agency Rider Levett Bucknall has determined that for 2016, Seattle has surpassed New York City and Los Angeles as the city with the highest concentration of construction cranes in operation".

[mhays]

Pretty sure he already saw that. The count is clearly wrong for NY.

[chris08876]

550 ft tower, at 48 floors proposed for "8th and Pine".

Thread: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=225683

[cactus22minus1]

YES. 550ft would be extremely significant looking from most parts of Capitol Hill.

[clubtokyo]

Originally Posted by chris08876

550 ft tower, at 48 floors proposed for "8th and Pine".

Thread: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=225683

Pretty.

[hotwheels]

Perkins + Will-Designed Leaning Towers Coming Soon to Seattle

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Two Highrise Office Projects Top Out in Seattle

Two highrise projects are setting a new standard for office space in Seattle while also becoming major additions to the seaport city's skyline. Both The Mark and the Madison Centre have reached their structural peaks, and the steel-framed towers are gradually being covered in striking glazing in advance of their 2017 opening dates.

Seattle's Granite King: Views from Columbia Center

Although the Space Needle is probably the most immediately identifiable Seattle landmark to an international audience, the 76-storey Columbia Center serves as the hefty linchpin in the skyline. Designed by Chester Lindsey Architects for Martin Selig, the 1985-built office skyscraper is clad in smoked tempered glass and Carnelian granite, lending the building its unmistakable grandeur. At 287 metres, the tallest skyscraper in the city also boasts the Sky View Observatory, the highest public viewing area in the Pacific Northwest. Located 73 floors above the ground, the 360 degree panoramic view offers visitors an unparalleled look at some of the region's greatest assets, including the Cascade Mountains, Mount Baker, Elliott Bay, the Olympic Mountains, and the Space Needle.

[puerco]

In 1958 my Dad took me on the train from Portland to Seattle to visit his brother. I remember his pointing out the Smith Tower - the West Coast's tallest building - where my uncle worked. When I was 12 my newspaper - the Portland Reporter - treated us paperboys to a trip to the World's Fair & to see the tallest building on the West Coast - the Space Needle. Needless to say, Seattle's skyline has changed just about more than any other American city since that time.It's been amazing to watch!

[emathias]

Originally Posted by puerco

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Needless to say, Seattle's skyline has changed just about more than any other American city since that time.It's been amazing to watch!

Well, between 1958 and today, just about every building you currently think of as being Chicago's skyline was built, from the Hancock Center to the AON Building (originally the Standard Oil building) to the Willis Tower (originally the Sears Tower) to the Trump Tower. Not to mention dozens - if not hundreds - of other towers not famous for their names.

Chicago's skyline in 1960 - notice the tallest building then was the Prudential building, which you will barely even notice in the second photo:


Chicago's recent skyline - the greyscale portion is the area covered in the 1960 photo - practically nothing in the color portions of any significant size existed then - notice you can't even see the Hancock because of all the newer tall buildings blocking it from view:

Edited from an original by Tyler Sichelski.

Or here is Chicago's Ogden Slip, just north of the main branch of the River, in 1968:


And from the reverse angle, that area now looks like this:

[mhays]

Seattle had a legit big-city downtown in 1960, even if it seems like nothing compared to today. Plenty of other downtowns and skylines have grown at a similar percentage and probably more in percentage terms since then. Miami comes to mind.

The two periods where we grew more than most include the late 80s when three of our four tallest broke ground in a couple years (while oil cities had a bust underway) and the 2010-2017+ boom, where we're roughly doubling the number of buildings over 400'.

[chris08876]

Originally Posted by chris08876

Project: 2121 Fifth Avenue

Project Update: New Rendering for 2121 Fifth Avenue


Credit: http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/aboutus/n...t.aspx?id=6215

[mSeattle]

List moved.

[mhays]

Your two site prep jobs are fully underway. One has two tower cranes and the other is shoring.

I'm not looking at the rest.

[mSeattle]

Thanks.

[JiminyCricket II]

2&U @ 527ft tall, has demolition going on at the site.

[mSeattle]

Okay. Thanks. Updated.

[mhays]

The first two Onni towers are in site prep. They fenced the site and look like they might have a shoring permit in a few weeks. They're more like 420'. (In this zoning, they can go to 400' with habitable space, then can use whatever portion of the next 10% or 40' for architecture, amenities, mechanical, etc.)

Likewise the 300' and 500' zones allow 10% more for residential under similar rules. Some sites might get HALA bonuses along with that, which would allow more habitable space. The other common height limit is 240', which I think gets up to more like 255' with mechanical etc.

1808 Minor (aka 1806) could start at any moment as far as I can tell. They seem to have everything for a shoring permit except dotting the i's.

2401 3rd is in demo and appears to be a start.

[mSeattle]

Thanks. I updated the Onni heights.
There's a "2403 3rd Ave" in the "Old Proposal" group. Is that the project?

[mhays]

Yes, the permit is under 2401.

[mSeattle]

Thanks. Also, that will be nice if 1806/1808 Minor starts soon.