Show your pictures you've taken at the University of Washington. I got the idea from a Penn State "superthread". Why not UW; there are quite a few people in Seattle, including many Huskies. Most of the images I have were taken in July when no one was aroudn and the sun was out I'll start with Suzzallo Library for now. The grand staircase The reading... University of Washington thread ..read more

Given that almost everything runs up to the limit, we can probably guess that this will be 440' but no confirmation on that yet. We knew this was coming based on a tower spacing letter that was sent to the city on behalf of this development team. Here is our first glimpse coming to us from a site plan: http://web6.seattle.gov/dpd/edms/GetDocument.aspx?src=WorkingDocs&id=348618 ..read more

RIP, ECW The Elephant Car Wash in no longer. Very sad. The sign is still there, though ..read more

This was discussed in the Denny Triangle thread, but now that there is a design review packet out I think it deserves one of its own. As proposed, this would be a 484' / 44 story mixed use tower, with 45,000 square feet of office space and 400+ rental apartments. The site will cover what is currently three small parking lots at the corner of Boren and Lenora. Here is a sampling of images from the... SEATTLE | The Ivey (2019 Boren Ave) | 44 Stories | 484 Feet | 147 m | Complete ..read more

AKH said: I don't disagree that "cities" and WSDOT, not just Seattle, are not aggressively keeping up with this vandalism, but tagging on this scale was rare prior to 2020/Covid. Something has to be done other than pressure wash or paint over just the tagged areas (which looks terrible btw). That massive wall is a huge focal point as you drive north into the city so why not try a mural (the same argument could be made against the Waterfront mural, but... Click to expand... Graffiti, Vandalism, Litter, Grunge ..read more

Non-Northgate North Seattle stuff. 8820 AURORA AVE N - 5-story | mixed-use (warehouse/office/27 units) http://web6.seattle.gov/dpd/eplan/GetDocument.aspx?src=WorkingDocs&id=644281 ..read more

OK, time we started a thread on this one since signals point to a start next year ..read more

'Pineapple express' bringing $70 million hotel to downtown Seattle Marc Stiles Puget Sound Business Journal Pineapple Hospitality Co. President Michelle Barnet said Thursday that she plans to develop a hotel tower at Second Avenue and Virginia Street. Early plans call for an approximately 200-room Hotel Clare, named for Barnet's mom, Diane Clare Foreman. The number of stories has not been finalized. "We will probably be out of the ground in early 2016," Barnet said. The project will take... SEATTLE | 1931 Second Ave (Second and Virginia) | 43 Stories | 484 feet | 147 m | Proposed ..read more

A lid over I-5 has been talked about in the Seattle area for years. Recently there has been news of expanding the Madison street overpass and building on top of it. Has anyone found more info on this project or other potential I-5 lid projects (even if they are just talk with no definite plans ..read more

The Census Bureau has announced that Washington will be released next week! Expect lots of random facts and maps from me to be posted here ..read more