From the creators and curators of Urban Light Studios comes a second venture into a multi-use creative space, preserving the former Elliott Bay Book Co. and turning the 122-year-old, 6000-square-foot space into an axis point for history, art, culture, photography and events. Opening July 2013 in the heart of Pioneer Square, owners and Northwest natives Kevin and Julie Law introduce AXIS Pioneer Square.
Inscape: noun [ in'ska¯p'] The essential, distinctive, and revelatory quality of a person, place or object; the distinctive, dynamic design that constitutes individual identity, especially as expressed in artistic work. Inscape: verb [ in'ska¯p'] To bring together the unique, essential qualities of many individuals to form a cohesive, distinct community. Inscape: building [ in'ska¯p'] A collaboration of creative people and organizations, brought together by a vision of artistic and cultural expression in all disciplines, to form a community that expresses its essential nature through culture, arts, preservation and engagement. With upwards of 125 tenants in 77,000 square feet of historic space, INSCAPE is the largest arts and culture enclave in Seattle. Small, creative businesses, individuals and non profit organizations with a focus in arts and culture use the space to facilitate and fabricate artistic work as well as design, build, and present creative and cultural endeavors. Artists and artisans of all disciplines are working throughout the building, bringing each individual’s dynamic energy to the space and collaborating to manifest a community born of creativity and steeped in a rich cultural history. Work spaces range in size from a few hundred square feet up to a few thousand, with an indeterminate amount of variation based on the configurations in place as well as the redesign of some spaces for the specific needs of tenants. We continue to bring as many unique disciplines into the building as possible, including performance art and theatre, music and dance, sculpture, painting and photography, architecture and design, digital media and a wide variety of other mediums of creative expression. With a collective of such magnitude and interest, we engage the greater community with performances, exhibitions, events and open houses, inviting the public to come and experience the arts in the place where they are made.
The Piranha Shop is a vibrant creative space located in Seattle’s SODO neighborhood. A cultural hub and private event venue, The Piranha Shop is Seattle’s premier DIY location. With a unique aesthetic and vision we pride ourselves on being able to curate some of the Northwest’s most prominent shows while maintaining a cool professionalism that caters to our private event clients. Join our school.
Purveyors of Fine Pop Surrealism and Contemporary Art Since 1998. www.roqlarue.com
Founded in 1972 Glasshouse Studio is the oldest glassblowing studio in the Northwest. Located in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square, the studio does daily glassblowing demonstrations. The gallery houses a large selection of glass art with an emphasis on custom lighting, featuring work by Glasshouse owner and artist Christopher Sternberg Powidzki as well as guest artists from around the Northwest. Glasshouse Studio's work can been seen at over 300 galleries in the US as well as numerous public and private collections.
In addition to gallery updates on new artists, new work, or gallery exhibitions, we also enjoy posting various arts-related articles or videos and encourage feedback; important dates in the history of Modern Art; artists birthdays; and anything else we feel adds to the awareness, deeper understanding, and collecting of the visual arts. We are a for-profit gallery and depend on collectors to support the business and our artists. And while profit is the purpose, passion is the process...
Located in the heart of Seattle's historic Pioneer Square, Davidson Galleries has since 1973 exhibited antique, modern, and contemporary works on paper--original fine prints, drawings, paintings and mixed media, as well as works in other media by select artists. We have the largest inventory (ca. 18,000 items spanning more than five centuries) of original works on paper in the Pacific Northwest. Each month we mount new exhibitions from with work timed to open the evening of Downtown Seattle's First Thursday Art Walk. We are a proud member of the Seattle Art Dealer's Association (SADA) and a charter member of The International Fine Print Dealers Association, the professional organization par excellence for fine print dealers dedicated to maintaining high ethical standards. Follow us on Twitter! @davidsonprints
Glass Box is a gallery and workspace founded by artist Weston Jandacka, located in Seattle's International District. Our approach is guided by the idea that art exists in everything imagined. Glass Box is proud to join the ever-developing narrative of Seattle’s arts communities by presenting contemporary arts and styles that give voice to our surroundings both globally and locally. Founder/Director Weston Jandacka Co-Director Lauren Bishop Writer in Residence Matt Gano
Stonington Gallery exhibits unparalleled contemporary masterworks from the Pacific Northwest Coast and Alaska. With a special emphasis on spectacular carved sculpture--including masks, totem poles, and panels--we also highlight fine art glass, prints, jewelry, bronzes and paintings. Our mission is to provide the ideal environment for the presentation, enjoyment and understanding of premier contemporary art of the Pacific Northwest Coast and Alaska, and to foster greater appreciation for these artforms. Serving Seattle since 1979, the gallery is respected for the depth and quality of its collection, exceptional service and knowledgeable staff. Full custom framing and shipping services are available. The gallery is a part of the Seattle Art Dealers Association and participates in the downtown art walks each First Thursday of the month. Artists represented include Preston Singletary, Marvin Oliver, Joe David, Robert Davidson, Susan Point, Larry Ahvakana, Raven Skyriver, Hib Sabin, Thomas Stream, Scott Jensen, Shaun Peterson, Nikki McClure, Rick Bartow, Isabel Rorick, and other contemporary masters of the Northwest Coast.
Our studio/gallery is a place where you can create your own art piece to keep, while having fun and learning new techniques. Meet new people or bring your friends, and share an uplifting creative experience. We can help guide you through the process to put your artistic energy into your creation. Whether you are an absolute beginner or have been dabbling all of your life, our events are designed to put you at ease, relax and just have fun. We encourage explorations in the process, so that ultimately you leave with a piece which is unique and comes from within.
ArtXchange Gallery is a contemporary intercultural art gallery that inspires cultural exploration, the expansion of global community and the exchange of ideas through art. We exhibit art from around the world that reflects the diversity of influences shaping the Seattle community and contemporary global culture.
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Welcome to Arundel Books, offering rare, antiquarian and fine books for readers and collectors. Our Seattle store is located in historic Pioneer Square (between Washington and Main). Visit in person or online at www.arundelbookstores.com Our store has an independent mindset, and a select, diverse stock that is constantly changing and growing. In addition to the books displayed in our retail store, we have well over 100,000 books available for sale from our internet bookstore. No matter where you order from, we can assure you that your order will be handled promptly and professionally, and that we pack and ship every order with care.
About Flatcolor Gallery Flatcolor Gallery features local and national underground contemporary artists. From designers and illustrators, to street artists and tattoo artists, Flatcolor Gallery is dedicated to bringing a fresh perspective on art and creativity. In addition to original artwork, Flatcolor Gallery features a growing line of affordable fine art prints and products.
Gallery I|M|A is a place to experience inspiration and pleasure through the visual arts. We are dedicated to providing outstanding customer service and maintaining an extensive and varied collection of artwork for collectors. Situated in historic Pioneer Square, the long established location of the Seattle arts community, Gallery I|M|A is committed to the exposure of artists who create exceptional contemporary works of art. Our mission is to enliven and enrich an individual's relationship to culture through the visual arts by providing a direct experience with the art of our time. As a premier Northwest art venue, we carry a broad range of original paintings, glass, ceramic, fiber, and sculptural works created by local Northwest, national and international artists. Our roster includes a diverse group of artists at different stages of their careers; from emerging to mid-career artists, as well as established masters. Our newly designed location now offers a wider range of gallery space for our exhibitions. Gallery I provides a street level view with the new glass and steel architecture combined with larger walls and a more intimate space attached, Gallery II. Gallery III, on our lower level, provides exposed wood post and concrete floors and is suitable for all exhibition uses as well as installations and video work. Gallery I|M|A represents artists with distinct creative expression whose work enhances the collective signature of the gallery through quality, original art. The Gallery I|M|A is a member of the Seattle Art Dealers Association.
Stadium Place, also known as the North Lot Development, is a mixed-use development project in the Pioneer Square neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, replacing a parking lot north of CenturyLink Field.The first phase of the project, located on the west side of 2nd Avenue South, was completed in 2014 and consists of The Wave, a 26-story residential high-rise building, and The Nolo, a 10-story apartment building. The second phase, on the east side, will be completed in 2017 and consist of an office building named Hawk Tower and a Embassy Suites hotel.BuildingsStadium Place consists of four buildings on two blocks along South King Street:The Wave: a 26-story, 260ft residential high-rise with condominiums (opened in 2014)The Nolo, a 10-story apartment building (opened in 2013)Hawk Tower: a 21-story office building partially leased by Avalara, to open in 2017FinancingDaniels Real Estate and R.D. Merrill have partnered to develop the almost $200 million project. As of February 2009, $20 million in a $51.5 million securities offering had been raised for the initial phase. The construction lender is Pacific Life Insurance Company.The project also used $300 million in EB-5 visa financing from foreign nationals.
Rent a private office at Level and you get a fully-furnished experience, complete with indoor bike racks, a shower room and all the standard business amenities you would expect like high-speed (250 Mbps) direct fiber internet and building-wide WiFi, 24×7 secured access, mail service and receptionist. We offer an abundance of other features, like company logo display, dedicated phone number and VOIP phones, a beautiful amenity space and included utilities and taxes with your regular rental fees. And yes, we’re dog friendly! We offer small businesses cutting-edge design, affordable rents, and a dynamic environment to take your business to the next level. If your business has between 1 and 50 people, call or email us to take a tour today and learn how you can have a great experience at a low price, whether you have a coworking need, choose a private office or our custom-designed office suites (suitable for larger organizations). Coworking is a hot term in the business world today, as are shared office spaces. With Level Office, you can focus on your business and eliminate worry over all the traditional hassles with finding and leasing an office space. In fact, we are perfect for individuals seeking coworking memberships, daily offices or private offices for rent, and for larger organizations looking for Seattle office suites for rent.
Pioneer Square is a Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel station located in Pioneer Square, served by Sound Transit Central Link light rail trains, Sound Transit buses and King County Metro buses. It is completely underground, with entrances in the former Public Safety and Lyon buildings and next to Prefontaine Place on 3rd Avenue. 3,300 daily Link light rail boardings are predicted for the year 2020.Originally constructed as a bus-only station by Metro and opened in 1990 for use by dual-mode buses/trolleybuses, it was rebuilt in 2005-2007 by Sound Transit for eventual use by light rail trains. Light rail service at this station started on July 18, 2009, with the opening of the Link system.There are entrances to the underground station at 3rd & James and 3rd & Cherry. There is also an accessible entrance along 3rd between Cherry and James.
Chinese Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church at 925 S. King Street in Seattle, Washington.It was dedicated on October 12, 1922, and was added to the National Register in 1986.The church had its origin in the late nineteenth century, when the First Baptist Church of Seattle established missionary churches for several of the ethnic groups of foreign laborers in the area, including a Scandinavian Baptist Church (1883) and a Japanese Baptist Church (1899). A Committee on Chinese Work was established in 1892. It conducted a school and worship services in a house at 5th and Yesler, then moved to a larger building in the Chinese district. In 1902 funds were raised to construct a church at Washington and Maynard streets. No longer a "mission church" dependent on its sponsor, from that point on the church had Chinese pastors and was admitted to the Western Washington Baptist Convention. The church served as a focal point for the Chinese American community until 1977, when the congregation moved to a larger facility in Beacon Hill. The building is now the home of the Chinese Southern Baptist Church.
The Federal Office Building, Seattle, Washington is a historic federal office building and courthouse located at Seattle in King County, Washington. It is the courthouse for the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.Building historyAccording to local tradition, the Federal Office Building in Seattle is located on the site where city founders A.A. Denny, William Bell, and C.D. Boren docked their boat after making initial surveys of Puget Sound and its harbors in 1851. On June 6, 1889, the Great Seattle fire, which destroyed more than 64acre of the commercial district, started in a cabinet shop at the site of the Federal Office Building.Seattle rebuilt after the fire, and in 1897 its port became the "Gateway to Alaska" for steamships bearing prospectors bound for Alaska and the Klondike Gold Rush. The city's population burgeoned, and the federal government decided to consolidate the location of its services. In 1928, Congress approved more than $2 million for site acquisition and construction. Officials selected a site bounded by Madison and Marion streets and First and Western avenues. The building was designed between 1930 and 1931 by the office of James A. Wetmore, acting supervising architect of the U.S. Treasury Department. One of the earliest federal buildings in the Art Deco style of architecture, the building's design was a departure from the more traditional styles of Classical Revival and Beaux Arts Classicism and a step toward more modern architectural styles that were gaining popularity. However, the building retains conventional symmetrical massing and proportion.
Harborview Hall, Seattle: Year Built: 1929-1931 Historic Name: Harborview Hospital Nurses' Residence Architect: Harlan Thomas, Harlan Granger & Thomas Historical Designation: Eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Harborview Hall: Home to Medical History For nearly 80 years, the Art Deco Harborview Hall has stood across from Harborview Hospital, playing a part in thousands of people’s personal histories as they lived and worked on First Hill. Harborview Hall represents a place in time when, under the leadership of Elizabeth Sterling Soule, UW established the School of Nursing in the 1930s as one of the best nursing programs in the nation, a ranking that continues today. She saw an opportunity and worked closely with King county commissioners who built the student residence hall at the same time as Harborview Hospital. The teaching model was a first on the West Coast and, nationally, second only to Yale University. Over a period of 30 years the building was home to thousands of nursing students, where they studied, wrote a popular weekly newsletter, staged annual plays and attended a weekly tea hosted by their house mother. In the late 1940s history was made when the first African Americans were enrolled in the nursing program, lived at Harborview Hall and worked at Harborview Hospital Harborview Hall at a Crossroads King County owns Harborview Medical Center, which is operated by the University of Washington under the direction of a county-appointed Board of Trustees. For many years the Medical Center has planned to demolish Harborview Hall. Years ago, that may have made economic sense, but several factors have changed: • Increased awareness of the environmental cost if the building is demolished • Eligibility for listing in the National Register of Historic Places allows for the use of federal tax credits. • A rehabilitated Harborview Hall will provide well over 100,000 square feet of usable space in an area expected to experience strong growth rates for the foreseeable future. • Rehabilitation creates more local labor jobs than new construction and produces fewer greenhouse gas emissions. King County, the UW, and the Harborview Board have put demolition plans on hold while King County Executive Dow Constantine works with a developer to further explore the costs and benefits of preservation. Working with a developer, King County is conducting financial and technical analysis to ensure the project will be self-sustaining from lease revenue. Rehabilitation of Harborview Hall would include seismic retrofits, updates for plumbing, heating, and electrical systems, preservation of the building’s architectural features and development of a plan to create open space on the site.
The Seattle Streetcar—First Hill Line, commonly called the First Hill Streetcar, is a 2.5mi modern-streetcar line operating in Seattle. The line connects the Capitol Hill, First Hill, and the International District neighborhoods in central Seattle. It is one of two lines in the developing Seattle Streetcar system. Construction of the line began in April 2012, and was completed in June 2014, but delays in the delivery and testing of the streetcar vehicles delayed the opening of the line to January 2016.HistoryFirst Hill is considered a regional destination due to its concentration of major medical facilities and Seattle University. It was to be served by a deep-bore Link light rail station as part of the North Link project. Due to high construction and engineering risk, Sound Transit removed the station from the North Link preferred route in July 2005. The First Hill Work Program did a study to evaluate alternative transit options to connect First Hill to the regional transit system. Neighborhood residents, institutions, and business owners strongly preferred a streetcar. Sound Transit plans to have 10 stops on the line.The $134 million line is funded as part of the Sound Transit 2 mass transit expansion ballot measure approved by voters in November 2008. It was approved by the Seattle City Council in December 2008. Sound Transit developed an interlocal agreement with the City of Seattle for the City to design and construct the transit line. Construction began in late April 2012, and the line was originally scheduled to open in 2015.
The Market Theater Gum Wall is a brick wall covered in used chewing gum, in an alleyway in downtown Seattle. It is located in Post Alley under Pike Place Market. Similar to Bubblegum Alley in San Luis Obispo, California, the Market Theater Gum Wall is a local landmark. Parts of the wall can be covered several inches thick, 15 feet high for 50 feet.The wall is by the box office for the Market Theater, and the tradition began around 1993 when patrons of Unexpected Productions' Seattle Theatresports stuck gum to the wall and placed coins in the gum blobs. Theater workers scraped the gum away twice, but eventually gave up after market officials deemed the gum wall a tourist attraction around 1999. Some people created small works of art out of gum.It was named one of the top 5 germiest tourist attractions in 2009, second to the Blarney Stone. It is the location of the start of a ghost tour, and it is a popular site with wedding photographers.A scene for the 2009 Jennifer Aniston film Love Happens was shot at the wall in 2008.On November 3, 2015, it was announced by the Pike Place Market Preservation & Development Authority that for the first time in 20 years the gum wall would be receiving a total scrub down for maintenance and steam cleaning, to prevent further erosion of the bricks on the walls from the sugar in the gum. Work began on November 10 and took 130 hours to complete, with over 2,350lbs of gum removed and disposed of. After the cleaning was finished on November 13, gum began to be re-added to the wall; among the first additions were memorials to the November 2015 Paris attacks.
St. James Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral church located at 804 Ninth Avenue in the First Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Seattle and the seat of its archbishop, currently J. Peter Sartain. The cathedral is named for St. James the Greater, patron saint of the archdiocese, and is the third church in the territory presently known as the Archdiocese of Seattle to bear the name.The need for a cathedral in Seattle arose in 1903, when Edward O'Dea, bishop of what was then known as the Diocese of Nesqually (later spelled "Nisqually"), elected to move the Episcopal see from Vancouver, Washington to Seattle. Construction began in 1905 and was completed in 1907. In 1916, the cathedral underwent major renovations as a result of the collapse of its dome; other major renovations were completed in 1950 and 1994. The cathedral, rectory, and site were designated city landmarks in 1984.