![]() ![]() (FYI the Columbia Center is the tallest black building in the second photo above, the Smith Tower at the extreme right edge, almost off the picture. To me, the combination of the Smith Tower, Kerry Park - and West Seattle - give the best set of views of Seattle, two of them free. It's a minimum $25 food and bev charge, but they waive the admission/elevator charge, so it nets out to a $6+ lunch, which is a good deal. I tell visitors who want to visit the Space Needle that the best deal is to buy lunch. The manned elevators and the history of the Chinese Room are big bonuses IMO. ![]() I find that more interesting than the Space Needle, which of course is quite some distance from those things. The Smith Tower is also closer to the stadiums and the "working" waterfront - ferries, ships being loaded/unloaded in the port, things like that. A trend has emerged in which cities across the world are utilizing technology to build upwards rather than outwards to boost inner-city populations and offices for successful enterprises. Looking down, believe me, if feels plenty high up. The 38-story 149 m tall building was completed in 1914 and named after its builder, magnate Lyman Cornelius Smith. The Smith Tower is an iconic building that has stood for 100 years, providing the Southern bookend to Seattles skyscrapers. Introduction The Smith Tower, a skyscraper in Washington, D.C., will demonstrate how external factors influence a construction project implementation process. In the Smith Tower, while you're certainly not as high up, you have a great view of the Space Needle centered in the middle of the Second Avenue "canyon" - it's a great endpoint on the vista.Īnother great thing about the Smith Tower is that, unlike the Columbia Center, you can actually go outside and walk around the entire perimeter of the building on a (fenced) balcony. The reason is that the Space Needle is such an emblem of Seattle, but when you're in it you can't see it, if you get my meaning. In November 2012, the tower was sold to TIAA-CREF for $165.7 million, setting a new regional record with a per-unit price of $509,760.I'm quite familiar with all three, and the Smith Tower is my choice. The project was completed in late 2009 and opened to tenants in March 2010. Urban Partners first proposed a 37-story residential and retail tower on the parking lot of the Gethsemane Lutheran Church, located south of the intersection of Stewart Street and Terry Avenue, in July 2006. The building is located on Stewart Street at Terry Avenue. Since its construction in 1914, the Smith Tower has maintained one piece of now-century-old technology: manual elevators, controlled with handles and throttles by trained operators. Out of the Seattle projects catalogued in USGBC. ![]() With Seattle’s boom in new office construction, we’re seeing an amenity race. The Smith Tower was built between 19, but achieved a higher LEED status than most, new construction or no: platinum, or basically an A+. Helper service on the A&S continued well past that time. It was a Saturday, and throngs explored the wedding cake-tiered building during a daytime open house. Owen, Great drawing of SMITH I would take exception to the caption though, as I believe that SMITH was taken out of regular service with the 1938 electrification. Construction began in 2007 and was completed in late 2009. How Millennials and creative and technology companies are looking for really unique office space. On June 1, 1929, the Smith-Young Tower formally opened to the public. It has 37 floors, and mostly consists of apartments, of which there are 325 units. Space Needle: 605 feet Sky View Observatory: 967 feet Smith Tower: 484 feet. 47☃6′58″N 122☂0′01″W / 47.616047°N 122.333473°W / 47.616047 -122.333473Īspira is a 400-foot-tall (122 m) skyscraper in the Denny Triangle neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. Architects Keith Bradbury & Henry Greybrook practiced in both Oregon and Washington, but they operated primarily out of their Vancouver office opened in 1964 to oversee the construction of Smith Tower. How tall are they Glimpse a striking Seattle panorama from these lofty perches. ![]()
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