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O-tacular · #21 Posted **Mar 27, 2014, 9:12 PM**

Wow, way to go Seattle. One of the nicer supertall proposals for NA.

chris08876 · #22 Posted **Mar 27, 2014, 9:34 PM**

I wonder if this would have an FAA issue as mentioned in an post above? Estimating, it does look very close to 400m or about 1300 ft.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...1679817&page=3

TallBob · #23 Posted **Mar 28, 2014, 6:26 AM**

After living in Seattle back in the eighties, I hope this get's built!! CAP really screwed the DT as far as I'm concerned. Probably might be 310+ meters if it gets built!

NYguy · #24 Posted **Mar 28, 2014, 12:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by JiminyCricket II

View from over Elliott Bay, gives a perspective of the height:

That will do nicely.

Onn · #25 Posted **Mar 28, 2014, 3:45 PM**

That thing looks safely over 1,000 feet. I'm gunning for 1,100+, come on guys!

N830MH · #26 Posted **Mar 31, 2014, 11:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by Onn

That thing looks safely over 1,000 feet. I'm gunning for 1,100+, come on guys!

Yeah, they need more than 1,200 feet. There is no height restrictions. Screw the FAA!!!

Dale · #27 Posted **Apr 1, 2014, 1:05 AM**

Didn't some California transplant lead a charge, awhile back, to cap building heights ?

Zapatan · #28 Posted **Apr 1, 2014, 1:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by Onn

That thing looks safely over 1,000 feet. I'm gunning for 1,100+, come on guys!

The building to it's right is just shy of 1000 feet, so it's more in the 1350 range.

I really don't get the FAA rules, having just flown out of Vegas a couple days ago, the 1100+ foot stratosphere tower is no more than 2 miles from the airport.

I'm not sure if FAA rules would apply here though, hopefully not. It would be amazing for a building like this to happen!

Roadcruiser1 · #29 Posted **Apr 1, 2014, 1:29 AM**

No one has said this yet, but it looks like the London Shard which in itself is awesome!!!!!!!!

Zapatan · #30 Posted **Apr 2, 2014, 7:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by Roadcruiser1

No one has said this yet, but it looks like the London Shard which in itself is awesome!!!!!!!!

Yea except with much less tapering which is good... I feel like this is kind of a pipe dream (I mean is there even a real developer behind this?) or at least if built will end up shorter than this since all US buildings end up 1-200 feet shorter than originally announced. Luckily that would still leave us with a pretty tall building.

Coldrsx · #31 Posted **Apr 2, 2014, 7:58 PM**

Very impressive, jealous I be

Witty Nickname · #32 Posted **Apr 15, 2014, 9:27 PM**

Looks great, hopefully it gets built.

chris08876 · #33 Posted **Apr 15, 2014, 9:44 PM**

It would be nice to have another supertall on the West Coast. Seattle is definitely booming. Also might I add Bellevue. A very underrated city in my view along with Honolulu, but if you see the projects list for those cities, it eclipses most other cities in that population range.

chris08876 · #34 Posted **Apr 15, 2014, 9:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by Zapatan

The building to it's right is just shy of 1000 feet, so it's more in the 1350 range.

I really don't get the FAA rules, having just flown out of Vegas a couple days ago, the 1100+ foot stratosphere tower is no more than 2 miles from the airport.

I'm not sure if FAA rules would apply here though, hopefully not. It would be amazing for a building like this to happen!

I've seen some flight paths around the vicinity of downtown and it shouldn't really pose a hazard. Even at night, if they place some beacons on the top, it should be a safe zone really.

JiminyCricket II · #35 Posted **Jun 5, 2014, 6:24 AM**

New rendering from Gensler's website:

NYC2ATX · #36 Posted **Jun 5, 2014, 7:12 AM**

I would die if this gets built. It definitely elevates Seattle's up-and-coming presence as a major world city, as well as being the newly fastest-growing city in the nation. It may break into the 20 largest cities in the USA again by 2015. It deserves a showpiece building to iconize that moment.

TallBob · #37 Posted **Jun 5, 2014, 8:08 AM**

Beautiful Render!! I don't know if it needs to be 400 meters though.... but a great looking proposal none-the-less!

Onn · #38 Posted **Jun 5, 2014, 12:07 PM**

Very nice render, love it! Can they just give the award to Gensler right now and be done with it?

(I want to see the other proposals!)

chris08876 · #39 Posted **Jun 5, 2014, 3:45 PM**

That is bloody fantastic. After all of the other Seattle towers, I was starting to wonder what was up with this one.

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Originally Posted by TallBob

Beautiful Render!! I don't know if it needs to be 400 meters though.... but a great looking proposal none-the-less!

Shhhhh you'll jinx it.

Busy Bee · #40 Posted **Jun 5, 2014, 5:20 PM**

Beautiful! If this doesn't happen it's gonna REALLY hurt.