Pioneer Square station, Seattle WA | Nearby Businesses

• Community and Government
• Historical Place
• Landmark
• Park
• Train Station
• Travel and Transportation

3rd Ave
Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 340-1151

Columbia Center is the tallest skyscraper in the downtown Seattle skyline and the tallest building in the State of Washington. At 287.4m it is currently the second tallest structure on the West Coast . The tower has the tallest public viewing area on the West Coast and west of the Mississippi. It occupies most of the block bounded by Fourth and Fifth Avenues and Cherry and Columbia Streets. It contains 76 stories of class-A office space above ground and seven stories of various use below ground, making it the building with the most stories west of the Mississippi. Construction of this building began in 1982 and finished in 1985. It was designed by Chester L. Lindsey Architects who also designed the Fourth and Blanchard Building in the Belltown neighborhood, and was built by Howard S. Wright Construction.

The International District/Chinatown Station is a Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel station. It is served by Metro and Sound Transit buses and Central Link light rail trains. Though it is several levels below the street, it is a roofless below-grade station located at the intersection of 5th and Jackson, with entrances on 5th between Jackson and King, and on Jackson just west of 5th. 3,300 daily Link light rail boardings are predicted for the year 2020.The station entrances are laid out to be complementary to the restored Union Station.The station was called (and is still commonly referred to as) the International District Station until the Metropolitan King County Council renamed it International District/Chinatown Station on October 19, 2004.Transit ConnectionsInternational District/Chinatown Station is part of a cluster of transit facilities. It is across 4th Avenue from King Street Station, where Amtrak and Sounder commuter rail trains stop.The International District/Chinatown Station is the connection point to the First Hill Streetcar which runs between Pioneer Square, Central District, First Hill and Capitol Hill.

Seattle Municipal Tower is a 62-story, 220.07m skyscraper at 700 5th Avenue at the corner of 5th Avenue and Columbia Street in downtown Seattle, Washington. It is the fourth tallest building in Seattle. At its completion in 1990, the building was named AT&T Gateway Tower and later changed to Key Bank Tower reflecting the names of former anchor tenants AT&T and Key Bank.The City of Seattle purchased Key Tower in early 1996 to house utilities and general government functions. The purchase price was $124 million, or $124 a square foot. The City purchased the property during a downturn in the economy, citing recommendations from two panels: the citizens' group, Capital Finance Review Board, concluded that purchasing the building would cost a minimum of $47 million less than constructing new facilities new construction and a minimum of $121 million less than renovating existing city facilities; and the Citizens Advisory Panel concluded that the building "(met) the great majority of the city's space needs."On May 17, 2004, the tower's name was officially changed to the current moniker.The building is attached to the Seattle Civic Center complex and is owned by the city, and houses several government offices including the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections, Seattle City Light, Seattle Public Utilities, the Department of IT, Human Services Department, and the Office of Economic Development.The Seattle City Council and offices of the Mayor of Seattle are located in the nearby Seattle City Hall.

The Henry M. Jackson Federal Building (JFB) is a 37-story United States Federal Government skyscraper in downtown Seattle, Washington. Located on the block bounded by Marion and Madison Streets and First and Second Avenues, the building was completed in 1974 and won the Honor Award of the American Institute of Architects in 1976. It received its current name after the death of U.S. Senator Henry M. Jackson in 1983. Architects for the project were Bassetti/Norton/Metler/Rekevics and John Graham & Associates.Among the structures torn down to build the federal building were the Richardsonian Romanesque Burke Building (built 1889–91), the Hotel Stevens, and the Tivoli Theater, a burlesque house. It is located across from the Old Federal Building.The building serves as a courthouse for the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Other occupants of the building include the U.S. Treasury Department, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Thirteenth U.S. Coast Guard District.

La Biblioteca Centrale di Seattle è la struttura più importante del sistema bibliotecario pubblico di Seattle. L'edificio, alto 11 piani e realizzato in vetro e acciaio, fu aperto al pubblico il 23 maggio 2004. La biblioteca ha una superficie di 34.000 m2 e può contenere fino a un milione e quattrocentocinquantamila libri. Nel primo anno di apertura fu visitata da oltre 2 milioni di persone.StoriaSin dal 1891 c'è sempre stata una biblioteca nel centro di Seattle, tuttavia inizialmente questa non aveva degli spazi dedicati e fu spesso costretta a cambiare edificio. La Seattle Carnegie Library fu la prima biblioteca permanente ad essere collocata in un edificio specifico; inizialmente aveva una superficie di 5100 m2 e fu ingrandita nel 1946. Nonostante i lavori di espansione, la biblioteca si rivelò progressivamente troppo piccola per una città che, nel frattempo, aveva aumentato notevolmente la popolazione. Una seconda biblioteca di 19.100 m2 fu costruita al posto della vecchia Carnegie Library nel 1960 ma verso la fine degli anni '90 anche questa nuova biblioteca cominciò ad essere troppo piccola e iniziarono i progetti per costruirne una nuova.Realizzazione e DesignI fondi per la costruzione della nuova biblioteca furono trovati tramite l'emissione di una obbligazione per un valore complessivo di 196,4 milioni di dollari, inoltre anche Bill Gates, fondatore della Microsoft contribuì con 20 milioni di dollari. L'edificio fu progettato da Rem Koolhaas e Joshua Prince-Ramus in collaborazione con lo studio di architetti di Seattle LMN Architects. La biblioteca fu concepita come un'opera di celebrazione dei libri e la sua forma dall'esterno è inusuale poiché si è scelto di assoggettare la struttura dell'edificio alle funzioni che dovevano essere svolte all'interno piuttosto che il contrario.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Union Square - wieżowiec w Seattle, w stanie Waszyngton, w Stanach Zjednoczonych, o wysokości 226 m. Budynek został otwarty w 1989, posiada 56 kondygnacji.Zobacz też Lista najwyższych budynków w Seattle

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 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.

The Washington State Convention Center is a convention center in Seattle, Washington. The convention center notably is built bridging over Interstate 5.Planned expansionThe convention center is planning a $1.4 billion expansion that includes 440,000sqft of exhibition space in a new five-story building to be located at the site of the Convention Place transit station, part of the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel. The station is expected to close to buses in 2017 in preparation for the opening of the Northgate Link Extension and construction is expected to begin shortly thereafter, with a potential opening in 2020.EventsAAI Immunology Annual Meeting 2016Emerald City ComiCon 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. 2015, 2016. Will return in 2017.Penny Arcade Expo 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010. 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. Will return in 2017.Sakura-Con 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. Will return in 2017.The 41st annual TESOL Convention.WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999NECA Show 2009Phi Theta Kappa Convention 2011International Conference on Robotics and Automation in 2015

Westlake Park is a 0.1acre public plaza in downtown Seattle, Washington, USA. Extending east from 4th Avenue up to and including a former portion of Westlake Avenue between Pike and Pine Streets, it is across Pine Street from the Westlake Center shopping mall, which is the southern terminus of the Seattle Center Monorail and the main station of the Central Link light rail. The park and mall are named for Westlake Avenue, which now terminates north of the mall, but once ran two blocks farther south to Pike Street through the present site of the mall and park. Westlake Park is considered Seattle's "town square" and celebrities and political figures often make appearances or give speeches from the four-story shopping center's balcony.The southernmost block of Westlake Avenue (between Pike and Pine) was closed to traffic in the early 1960s to construct the original southern terminus of the Monorail. This arrangement continued from the time the Monorail opened in 1962 (in conjunction with the Century 21 Exposition) until the construction of the current mall and park.The park and mall were proposed by the Central Association (now Downtown Seattle Association) in 1968; they took 20 years to come to fruition, with multiple lawsuits along the way. When the park first opened in 1988, Pine Street was closed to through traffic, making it effectively part of the park, and tying the park to the open area on the south side of the mall. However, Seattle citizens voted in 1995 to reopen the street, as part of a deal under which Nordstrom took over the flagship store of the former Frederick & Nelson department store chain, a Seattle landmark half a block from the park. For several years in the mid-1990s Westlake Park was the site of a string of guerrilla art pranks led by Jason Sprinkle and the Fabricators of the Attachment, culminating in an infamous bomb scare incident that closed off several downtown blocks.

Westlake Center is a four-story shopping center and twenty-five story office tower in Downtown Seattle, Washington, USA. The southern terminus of the Seattle Center Monorail, it is located across Pine Street from Westlake Park, between 4th and 5th Avenues. It is named for Westlake Avenue, which now terminates north of the mall but once ran two blocks farther south to Pike Street. Westlake Park is considered Seattle's "town square" and celebrities and political figures often make appearances or give speeches from the building's balcony.The structure was designed by RTKL Associats on 11,000 square meters. Opened in 1988 by The Rouse Company, since 2004 it has been owned by Real Estate Investment Trust General Growth Properties.