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Old Posted: Sep 1, 2008, 8:16 AM
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Nice. Are the panels see-through? They look like they're made out of plastic. I imagined them to be made out of blue metal.
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Old Posted: Sep 1, 2008, 2:02 PM
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They are-- there are going to be lights shining at/through them at night.
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Old Posted: Sep 2, 2008, 12:16 AM
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Woah! Great update! I counted 20 cranes! Those are the only ones I can see/know about. Anyone see more? I'd like to see more areals! Poor little Space Neddle, it no longer dominates the skyline.

Even more updates! Most from yesterday. The Escala and 1521 updates are from last Wednesday though.

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Escala:




Harborview Expansion:


Skyline at First Hilll:




7th and Madison:


Better look at the glass:


West 8th:


Olive 8:


And lastly 5th & Yesler:
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Great pics. A couple should be relabeled "7th & Madison" and "5th & Yesler".
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Woops, you're right. I was in a hurry. Thanks for pointing that out. Gonna go up to the Columbia Tower tomorrow. I'll try to get some pics of as much construction as I can.
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Haha, I just noticed the Honey Bucket at the top of 1521.
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Nice job on the photos.
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Old Posted: Sep 3, 2008, 5:30 AM
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1521 from Benaroya Hall today. The night was wonderful. It looked even better from West Seattle. And I got more pictures from the Columbia Tower observation deck but I'll post them tomorrow.
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I love how the fin goes through the entire building.
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I can't wait for these new projects to be complete so that the rich folks can move in and open up previously unaffordable units in the city which will hopefully become affordable.
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Great updates. Seattle is just looking amazing. Very Nice. 1521 just shines...

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Old Posted: Sep 4, 2008, 8:09 AM
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So the pictures from the Columbia Tower. I wish the observation deck took a whole floors. That way I could get more pictures. The pictures have links to other pictures since I didn't want to post all of them.

Anyways, here's 5th & Yesler. It looks pretty nice from the top and will be a nice addition to that part of the city. Has anybody noticed that there's a happy face on the South side of the core? I have a couple pictures but I didn't feel like looking them up.



Then there's the Harborview Expansion which should be completed by this year. There's a lot of ground work and stuff. I wonder if more buses will pass by Harborview? Everytime I take the 4 or the 3 it's crowded in that area. The sidewalks are pretty wide now which is nice.


Skyline at First Hill seems to be on it's final floor and will soon top out. There's a lot of action going on at the top. This building went up fast.



And the main tower. Workers looked like busy little ants.



Escala will be a nice buildings once it's finished. I love how it just terminates the roadway [visually] as mhays pointed out. Glass is being installed in the 5th or 6th floors. You can see a bit of the Insignia site on the top of the picture.


Olive 8 again. Nice to see this building nearly completed. You can't see much of the crown from this angle but I imagine it will look awesome at night.


Now you can see the core of 1918 from the CT. The crane is pretty tall. Does the top of the crane seem to be at the 500 foot level?


No. Privacy. 1521 is too pretty for me not to be taking pictures. I'm gonna feel weird when I take pictures knowing that there are people probably watching me from inside.


Finally the Four Seasons. I like it. It's not that bad. And I passed by it today and there are some wood panels on the side next to the Lusty Lady. Looks nice. It will sure look pretty at night from West Seattle.


Does anybody know what's going on with Hotel 1? I saw some people [professional looking] talking today in the corner of that site but I'm not sure if they were talking about Hotel 1 or about 1521.

And I was looking at the skyline and thought about how Seattle would look so nice if low-rise buildings had green roofs. Pioneer Square would look beautiful. It's time to restore it to it's original beauty. Well, not too much because I wouldn't want to get rid of historic things.
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A few updates...

Gallery Belltown (08/26):









Mirabella (08/22):











Rollin Street (08/22):



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Old Posted: Sep 4, 2008, 3:32 PM
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The suits have been wandering around Hotel 1 for a couple of weeks. I don't think they're going to have good news.
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Old Posted: Sep 4, 2008, 4:33 PM
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Great updates guys!

Looks like I'm moving into Gallery in late October... They've delayed things but not that badly. (My Ellington place sold in one day at full price with a 30 day close, and I'm living in a hotel.)
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Old Posted: Sep 4, 2008, 8:54 PM
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Congrats on buying a condo at Gallery!

Anyways, did anybody else hear about the guy in Skagit country? He shot 8 people, 6 died and injured a total of 4 people. Not construction related but it's something important. In Seattle we don't have many murders but when we do they seem to be big. Green River Killer, Jewish Federation Shootings, Capitol Hill Massacre, Carnation Family Massacre, Wah Mee Massacre, Ted Bundy now this..
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