Seattle - That one you still think about...

[plinko]

I’m not sure I can easily describe my love affair with Seattle. I live in sunny coastal southern California and yet we talk about moving to Seattle constantly. If not for a few twists and turns, we probably would have on a few occasions. We were up in the Pacific Northwest in April (Vancouver, Seattle, Astoria, Portland) and yet again she showed me what an amazing city she is. This was the first time my wife and I had taken our children there since they were babies so the majority of our time spent was doing typical touristy things (Pike Place, Space Needle, etc), but I did my best to snap photos when I got the time. I have noticed that there is some sort of fuzziness to my walk-around lens (it may be that it’s just dead after 10 years and tens of thousands of photos) so apologies if some of the images are rough around the edges.

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Seattle’s Big Dig…

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That time when the actual AirBnB was even better than the description…

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Bellevue getting thick…

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Watching the seaplanes come in was so cool…

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Snoqualmie…

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The new Rainier Square shows up in many of my photos…it’s stunning in person…

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I know everybody likes this building, but I find it really fussy…

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My kids were totally baffled…

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There she is…that big marvelous beast of a mountain…

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This federal building was designed by Fred Basetti, who also 7 years later designed the AT&T Gateway (now Seattle Municipal) Tower. You can see some of the same design cues…

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Slope density…

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The removal of the 99 viaduct has made some really nice older buildings suddenly visible…

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I’m sure there’s some sort of Fibonacci sequence to this…

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The crown in particular pays such a nice homage to Yamasaki’s original…

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2U2 is my favorite tower in Seattle…so many subtleties…

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Until next time…

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[plinko]

And one panoramic just for fun...

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[Architype]

Absolutely great. You style of photography shows off the city buzz well.

[mthq]

Great pics of a great city. Love the 'Hong Kong' sign pic. Saw that building when I was in Seattle in March and fell in love with it.

[Coldrsx]

Nice tour of a fine city.

[craigs]

Excellent photography as always, with a focus on skylines, high-rises, and architectural details that forumers can appreciate! I especially like the 'urban canyon' photo taken from the Space Needle.

I share your love of Seattle, and I'd move there in a heartbeat under the right circumstances.

[geomorph]

Originally Posted by plinko

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Pristine!

Thank you for the tour!

[Evo5Boise]

Fantastic photo tour. I was actually just in Seattle all of last week. I love it there and we had absolutely amazing weather. I, too, really love the city and area. It's a gorgeous city with an incredible skyline. Even Bellevue has a nice skyline.

We stayed in Kirkland. Such a nice suburb with some lakefront parks that have a nice view of Lake Washington, the Seattle skyline peeking over the hills, and the Cascade mountains.

[Murphy de la Sucre]

Wow trust me that skyline view from motor boats yard is a never-seen angle of Seattle, never saw such angle.

[EastSideHBG]

Beautiful!

[cabasse]

i've always loved the look of columbia center but i think municipal center is my new favorite after seeing the facade details; it has such a unique shape as well. agree about 1201, it doesn't do it for me even though i appreciate pomo. also not sure about ranier square. the height is great but there's something off about the facade to me...

seattle's skyline is just ridiculous.

[destroycreate]

I loved my 3 years there. What I did hate was the super introverted social culture, and the exclusionary nature of many natives. People in SoCal are way more bubbly and open to making new friends. That said, I loved the quality of life in Seattle...and it's so clean (comparatively so to most West Coast cities) and walkable.

I'm turning 35 soon and still want to enjoy my time in LA...but I could definitely see myself living there 40 onward. The PNW is simply amazing.

[mhays]

Great pics!

The stacked boat yard has an interesting past. Someone proposed a multistory building, maybe offices iirc. The neighbors protested because of the lost views. But maritime uses get priority...so instead the owners built a similar-height metal frame for stacked boats, complete with frequent forklift back-up-alarms.

[OhioGuy]

Great photos! Loved my month up there last year... such a beautiful area!

Originally Posted by mhays

The stacked boat yard has an interesting past. Someone proposed a multistory building, maybe offices iirc. The neighbors protested because of the lost views. But maritime uses get priority...so instead the owners built a similar-height metal frame for stacked boats, complete with frequent forklift back-up-alarms.

Haha, love it!

[summersm343]

Lovely!

[thomyorke26]

Thks for the photos, keep it up, Seattle looks so great, my lil sister used to live in Bend Oregon and often she used to send me souvenirs from her Seattle Trips, is a shame that i havent got the chance to know Seattle and surroundings.

[SLO]

Excellent job, it would be fun to live there for a while.

[Coldrsx]

Just booked a trip for March to see the Kraken and look forward to exploring one of my favourite cities.

[OakAngeles]

That view from Lake Union never dissapoints!! Seattle is really an amazing city and you did a great job capturing its grandiose but elegant cityscape

[xzmattzx]

Nice pictures! I missed this the first time around. Where was the AirBnB?