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Why are the docks empty? Is this normal for that time of day?
It’s a nice city, but last time I was there the driving was impossible. Way too many cars and very little parking. Seattle was like one huge parking garage that was full. Locals from nearby towns told me they never go into Seattle any more.
If you go to the region, check out the bikini coffee shacks.
Drab skyline.
Like the first – lovely.
Interesting thoughts..
I hope the LARGER buildings are on BED ROCK..
Can you say EARTH QUAKE??
Just 1 good 6.5 and most of the Downtown area will be in rubble.
I’d like to drop my son off of this building.
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Really nice pic, John. Keep them coming.
A very typical Pacific coast city. You find these, on every shoreline. Right across the Pacific, from Vladivostok down to Auckland, Lima up to Seattle. No urban history or monumental civic pride, no buildings over 100 years old.
#8 Don’t leave out Vancouver..the best example.
My new desktop picture.
#5 We actually had a considerable quake roll through in 2000 (maybe 2001) and it didn’t do much damage at all. Something to do with the type of quakes we have here. Too deep or something, I don’t remember the details.
Beautiful city, 2nd prettiest city I’ve ever seen or lived in (current resident). The MOST civic pride and neighborhood/community oriented place I’ve ever been. I do love Chicago (grew up there) but got tired of the hundred mile stretches of ‘dead space’ of empty factories, and areas that are a death race to drive through because of violent crime…pretty much the downtown core of Chicago to Gary Indiana.
New York is bigger, so it has more ‘stuff’ but just as ugly and crime ridden packed with residents who seem to almost resent being there.
Seattle IS a new city. It doesn’t have many buildings over 100 years old because it’s NOT much over 100 years old. But it’s very particular about keeping it’s old buildings (check out Pioneer Square). We think about that kind of thing. We stopped the ‘condo trend’ from tearing down Pike Place Market, which just turned 100, and is the best and one of the largest farmers markets and small (non-chain) retail areas in the country.
Super nice city.
Visited seattle a bunch of times for work, its am interesting city. Parking is crap though, but most cities are like that to be honest, and I always thought the interstate running along the waterfront was a scenery killer, and noisy to boot.
Finally last time I was their I saw more mopeds that anywhere else in the country. Their was this one pretty girl wearing a skirt and driving a moped…. But that’s a story for another day.
Cool, we’re getting some of the clear weather here in DC as well. Bright bright sun.
I visited your fair city a few weeks ago and the weather was perfect. Here’s a skyline view from another angle.
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That’s Mount Rainier in the background, about 60 miles away.
That’s in total amazing, but I still don’t know the purpose of the orange skeletal giraffes bottom-right.