Seattlest: Is Seattle Disposable?

gabbneb

Sun, 28 May 2006 10:08:20 -0800

in addition to the aforementioned, a fair amount of Seattle Center, especially the Pacific Science Center, and Pioneer Square, especially the Fuller Building

Matt Westervelt

Fri, 26 May 2006 16:50:21 -0800

From what I understand, the new plan for the Tunnel will ruin Victor Steinbrueck park.

Robin

Wed, 24 May 2006 13:36:46 -0800

This is a young city so it can't claim the long architectural traditions of east coast places, but the huge civic effort led by Victor Steinbrueck to save the Pike Place Market from being replaced by a ring freeway shows that the same kind of fire can be generated here about architecture. (http://www.historylink.org/_output.cfm?file_id=2126) I imagine that any plan that violated the original Olmsted Brothers world's fair layout of UDub's Rainier Vista would generate similar opposition.

COMTE

Wed, 24 May 2006 11:29:03 -0800

The Skinner building at 5th & Union, more well-known as the home of the 5th Avenue Theatre. Remarkable example of 1920's American fascination with Chinese culture, containing historically accurate architectural features depicting elements of Beijing's Forbidden City. Also the original home of Eddie Bauer (where Brooks Brothers is now).

Cam

Wed, 24 May 2006 10:42:59 -0800

Definitely the Olmstead parks. Can you imagine the ruckus if the old Volunteer Park Conservatory were to be taken down and replaced with lighted astroturf ball-fields? Another icon might be the Pioneer Square pergola.

Seth

Wed, 24 May 2006 10:02:27 -0800

Never thought of the Olmstead parks as a architectural icon, but they really are. Hard to imagine Seattle if they'd drained Green Lake.

Jason

Wed, 24 May 2006 08:17:35 -0800

Denny Hall on campus? The original Dick's?

Bradford Bohonus

Wed, 24 May 2006 00:31:50 -0800

Though they aren't buildings, the parks designed and brought to us by the Olmstead brothers are held in a similar regard as to what you are talking about. You can read more about them here: http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/parks/parkspaces/olmsted.htm

Ali Marcus

Tue, 23 May 2006 22:50:50 -0800

Seattlest is a Wahoo? We are everywhere. I spent countless hours in Old Cabell and cannot imagine the lawn without it, much less UVA. But there is something neat about adhering to TJ's original plan. Also, a walkway over JPA is a fantastic idea. I also think the article made a key point when it talked about the fact that TJ was about innovation and it's more in the spirit of the man to endorse this conceptually than with the "jeffersonian" aesthetic. More glass! More metal! I have to admit though, in these forward-thinking northwestern parts where contemporary sheen abounds, I miss the red brick walls.

me

Tue, 23 May 2006 19:39:03 -0800

It is the fact that it is Thomas Jefferson's vision that sets this apart. There is nothing in Seattle with that lineage. It has ZERO to do with architecture.

mike

Tue, 23 May 2006 17:50:08 -0800

Virginian, take a stroll down Broadway and turn left toward the Harvard Exit, but keep going until you reach the corner. Turn right, to face the restaurant on the lower level of the Loveless Building (one of seversal 1920s structures on the Hill that ought not e lost). Now look to the left of the stone fronted entrance to the nosh palace. The white building you lay eyes on is the DAR hall, a vintage 1920s EXACT FULL SCALE REPRODUCTION OF MOUNT VERNON, externally, anyhoo. I'm thinking that rates, based on the criteria listed above, even though there is something undeniably wierd about exact copies executed at full scale. I guess that's the part that makes it part of the West, and of the Seattle that I love, as it vanishes.

donte

Tue, 23 May 2006 17:43:46 -0800

Thanks Matt. I never even knew about the Fox Theatre. Sounds like it was quite the grand building.

Matt Westervelt

Tue, 23 May 2006 16:52:16 -0800

The Smith Tower possibly, but after they tore down the Emerald Palace (Fox Theatre) to put in a mall, it's really anybody's guess.

i d i o t

Tue, 23 May 2006 16:43:14 -0800

EMP

Seth

Tue, 23 May 2006 16:03:32 -0800

The Smith Tower.