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
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.
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
Safeco Plaza
…since 1962, by 25 ft (7.6 m); the latter led locals to refer to the building as "The Box the Space Needle Came In". The building was surpassed by the Columbia Center in 1984; as of 2022, it is the seventh-tallest building in Seattle. The building served as the headquarters of Seafirst until the bank moved into the…
Seen from Smith Tower in July 2026
Under construction in late 1983
The Columbia Center (then Columbia Seafirst Center) under construction c. 1983
Columbia Center