Since moving to Vancouver nearly 5 years ago, I had yet to visit Seattle, having only really passed through a couple of times in the past. I finally managed to go there, only for a day, but I walked around a ton and I will be back very soon. I really enjoyed the city. Here's a glimpse of what I glimpsed that day, with minimal commentary, lots of old building pictures and some usual Seattle sights. Enjoy!
great pictures. Seattle is beautiful and unique. It is one of a few cities I considered moving to several years ago when deciding where I am going to live. But I do have one question. How did graffiti get up here to the third floor?
edit. it's an abandoned building now that I look at the pic more? I didn't notice the ground level.
great pictures. Seattle is beautiful and unique. It is one of a few cities I considered moving to several years ago when deciding where I am going to live. But I do have one question. How did graffiti get up here to the third floor?
edit. it's an abandoned building now that I look at the pic more? I didn't notice the ground level.
This was actually recently demolished earlier this week. I got the picture mere days before it bit the dust:
Photo by Rob Ketcherside: Wipe the Slate Clean by Rob Ketcherside, on Flickr
great pictures. Seattle is beautiful and unique. It is one of a few cities I considered moving to several years ago when deciding where I am going to live. But I do have one question. How did graffiti get up here to the third floor?
edit. it's an abandoned building now that I look at the pic more? I didn't notice the ground level.
As entheosfog mentioned, that building is dust (you literally saw it like a day before they started demoing the building, I bet you took the last ever picture of it intact, congrats!) and a 6ish story apartment building is going up in it's place. Over the past 4-5 years it has hosted squatter and druggies since a fire gutted the building and killed a man in the process, sad story building.
As for this thread, amazing, and as much ground as anybody I've seen in a days work. The sleepy winter Sunday vibe is relaxing.
I enjoyed seeing your very intricate perspective of the city. People have mentioned that Seattle is too polished, but these photographs prove that there is some rich grit to go along with the beauty. It's a pretty sort of ugliness that I hold close to my heart. Thanks for the production!
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Thanks for the continued comments
Blackbox, I totally agree with you about the grit (and beauty!), especially what I saw in Capitol Hill.
JiminyCricket II: the building looks like it had been renovated to look more modern at some point, a shame it had such bad luck.
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Originally Posted by mSeattle
Were you stalking that brunette wearing gray?
haha! Not quite, she was my travel companion (read: my ex, now my dear friend ) and she snuck into some of the photos inadvertently. Or not so inadvertently.