Columbia Center
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The Columbia Center or Columbia Tower, formerly named the Bank of America Tower and Columbia Seafirst Center, is a skyscraper in downtown Seattle, Washington, United States. The 76-story structure is
Seen from Smith Tower in July 2026
Under construction in late 1983
The Columbia Center (then Columbia Seafirst Center) under construction c. 1983
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Safeco Plaza
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Safeco Plaza is a 50-story skyscraper in Downtown Seattle, Washington, United States. Designed by the Naramore, Bain, Brady, and Johanson firm, it was completed in 1969 by the Howard S. Wright Constru
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…short tons (15,000 t) of steel for construction. It was approximately 50% taller than the previous tallest skyscraper in Seattle, the 630-foot (190 m) Seattle First National Bank Building (now Safeco Plaza) that opened in 1969. Selig continued to own and manage the building until 1989 when financial problems forced him to sell it to…
Safeco Plaza viewed from the sundeck of Washington Mutual Tower in 2008; Columbia Center is directly behind it
The "Seattle First National Bank Building" in 1969.