Smith Tower has been a recognizable element in the Seattle skyline since its construction. The white tower with a pyramidal top at the southern end of downtown is visible from northbound I-5 as soon as you pass that curve near Boeing field, and from Elliot Bay with its dozens of daily ferries, cruises, and cargo ships.… Read More Atop Seattle’s Oldest Skyscraper
I’ve never met a National Park I didn’t like, but I admit it, I have a favorite: Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Woodstock, Vermont. To celebrate the centennial of the National Park Service (that’s today!), I thought I’d share a little bit about the park at the top of my list. Here, five reasons it’s my… Read More NPS Centennial: Meet My Favorite National Park
The Pioneer Building is located at the south end of downtown Seattle in the aptly named Pioneer Square neighborhood. Pioneer Square was once the heart of Seattle and due to the shift of downtown to the north, the neighborhood has retained a number of historic buildings. Several blocks around the Pioneer Building make up the Pioneer Square-Skid… Read More Building Feature: Seattle’s Pioneer Building
The arches found over entrances of many old buildings are often set apart from the building both stylistically and structurally. Sometimes they symbolically announce the building you’re entering, and sometimes literally. And in the case of a number of historic arches across the country, they have outlived their buildings. The first case of this that I knew… Read More When All That Remains is an Arch
Chicago is an architecture enthusiast’s dream city. From Burnham & Root and the White City, to Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie School, to the glass skyscrapers of Mies van der Rohe, a dozen nationally-significant trends had a role or got their start in the Windy City. I visited Chicago again recently and, as always, I couldn’t… Read More Building Feature: Chicago’s Fisher Building
Susie Trexler 