Seattle 2007 Date(s): May 2007. Album by Frank and JoAnne Logan. 1 - 52 of 52 Total. 574 Visits.
1 Seattle as seen from the ship. Notice plane in upper right corner.
2 More of the skyline.
3 Still more.
4 The Space Needle's on the left.
5 We wanted to spend some time in Seattle,so we were shuttled to the downtown Sheraton from the ship.
6 We were on the 24th floor with great views of the city; our rooms were adjoining, but no fruit or wine on our bed.
7 We did a narrated tour of the city on a double decker first, then rode the monorail & walked the rest of the time.
8 Rainier Tower with concave walls @ base occupies only 25% of its ground level.
9 "The Hammering Man," a tribute to working people; the only time the hammer stops is on Labor Day.
10 We rode the high-speed monorail that whisked us from Westlake Center to Seattle Center.
11 View from the monorail; Nordstrom's flagship store is on the left.
12 Looking up @ Space Needle, 600 ft. high & part of 74-acre Seattle Center.
13 Still looking up @ Needle, built for 1964 World's Fair.
14 View of the city from the observation deck.
15 Another view. There's a revolving restaurant up top with great views too.
16 Closer view.
17 Looking down on Experience Music Project, modernist steel-skinned building designed by Frank Gehry.
18 Experience Music Project, interactive rock'n'roll museum funded by Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder.
19 Gary & Sharlyn on Needle's observation deck.
20 Frank & Jo @ another point on the deck with its 360-degree view.
21 Gary & Sharlyn in silhouette on the deck.
22 Frank & Jo in silhouette.
23 More from the deck.
24 A residential hillside.
25 The harbor.
26 There was a tugboat race on the day we were there.
27 Frank & Jo @ "Olympic Iliad" by Alex Liberman, one of the four unique pieces in Sculpture Garden @ Seattle Center.
28 Walking down one of Seattle's streets near the section where the steep streets remind you of San Francisco.
29 Smith Tower, Seattle's oldest skyscraper, once tallest building west of the Mississippi sits atop a steep street.
30 Olympic Sculpture Park is a 9-acre industrial site transformed into green space for art. "Wake" by Richard Serra is one of many sculptures in the park.
31 A stainless steel tree called "Split" by Roxy Paine.
32 "Eye Benches" by Louise Bourgeois. Unusual & functional!
33 Another seating place, "Bench" by Roy McMakin.
34 Another near-by sculpture by Roy McMakin called "Love-and-Loss" complements the previous one.
35 "Eagle" by American sculptor Alexander Calder with views of Olympic Mountains & Puget Sound in the background.
36 Our favorite sculpture, "Typewriter Eraser" by Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen reminded us of days before computers & word processors.
37 Gary, Frank, & Jo with map trying to figure out where we are & how to get to Pike Place Market.
38 We found it! Pike Place Market is country's oldest continuously operating open-air market with fruits, veggies, seafood, cheeses, coffees, teas, & spices.
39 Frank & a silver salmon like the one he caught in Sitka.
40 Gary & the salmon.
41 A variety of seafood for sale.
42 Lobster, anyone?
43 Or perhaps king crab legs.
44 Or live oysters for $6.99 per dozen.
45 Fish hanging to dry.
46 One of the fish mongers throwing a fish to be wrapped for the sale.
47 A squid sculpture hanging in one of the shops.
48 There were many reciprocating buses in the city.
49 A closer view.
50 Lots of taxis. Also lots of people walking or riding bikes.
51 The morning we left, Frank had coffee at a Starbucks near our hotel.
52 This is the original Starbucks that opened in April 1971 in Pike Place Market.
