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skyline
English: Aerial photograph of Downtown Seattle, 2011
English: Space Needle and Downtown
English: Skyline at dusk
English: Space Needle and Downtown by day
English: Space Needle and Downtown by night
English: Downtown from the Space Needle
English: Waterfront at night in December
English: Waterfront at night in December, wider view
English: Skyline with Harbor Island in foreground
English: Washington Talking Book and Braille Library and skyline
English: Washington Mutual Tower
English: Another angle of the Washington Mutual Tower
English: Main public library, designed by Rem Koolhaus
English: Smith Tower in the evening
English: View of downtown Seattle from Kerry Park. Mt. Rainier appears barely visible through the haze to the right of the city.
English: Downtown Seattle from Alki Point
English: Downtown and Elliot Bay (lower left)
English: South Lake Union and downtown Seattle as seen from South Lake Union park
English: Alaskan Way Viaduct, 2013; at this point, the southern portion of the viaduct had already been demolished. This portion was closed in January 2019 and demolished over the next several years.
English: King County / Elliot Bay water taxi and downtown Seattle
English: South Lake Union Streetcar headed south across Lenora Street
English: Downtown as seen from Queen Anne Hill
Panorama of Seattle skyline taken from a cruise ship in June of 2007.
The Amazon Spheres
Amazon Spheres at night
English: Bank in the lobby of the Hoge Building
English: Terracotta detail, Times Square Building
English: Terracotta detail, Coliseum Theater
English: Terracotta detail, Eagles Auditorium
English: Terracotta detail, Arctic Building
English: Entrance, Ye Olde Curiosity Shop
English: Entrance, Fifth Avenue Theater
English: An electric trolleybus connected to the powerlines
English: Political speech in the form of an art car
English: Performance art in a downtown store window
English: A shoemaker at work
Magyar: Cipész munka közben
skyline
Skyline, 2005
English: February 2010 from Queen Anne Hill
English: February 2010 from West Seattle, at night
English: A postcard view of the Market c. 1913
English: Sugar vendor: 1917
English: Vegetable vendor daystalls: 1917
Pike Place Market
English: Pike Place Fish selection
English: Pike Place Market, main arcade
English: Produce for sale
English: Salmon for sale
Magyar: Eladó lazac
English: View from Pike Place Market over Elliott Bay and the Industrial District, 2008

The Overlook Walk from Pike Place Market to the Downtown Waterfront, opened September 2024, provides numerous new vistas of Downtown and the Waterfront.

English: Elliott Bay, Seattle Aquarium, Seattle Great Wheel; stadiums in the distance at left
English: The Belltown skyline at left, transitioning into Downtown at right
English: Looking out over Alaskan Way to Downtown
English: MarketFront in the middle ground, Belltown behind that
English: Pier 62 and sunset on Elliott Bay
English: Two street grids meet at Yesler Way, the original Skid Road
English: Looking along First Avenue into Pioneer Square from the north
English: Pioneer Square Park, seen from above
English: Looking roughly east from the corner of First, Yesler, and Cherry in 1917.
English: Totem pole & Pioneer Building
English: Detail of Pioneer Building
English: Old sign on Delmar Building / State Hotel
English: Bread of Life Mission
English: The venerable J&M Cafe
English: An alley near Pioneer Square
English: The Globe Building, until 2010 the home of Elliott Bay Books
English: Terracotta detail of the Fisher Building, home of Stonington Gallery
[](/wiki/File:Seattle%5F-%5FPost%5FSteam%5FPlant%5F06.jpg "English: The Post Steam Plant ("Old Post Station", Seattle Steam Company)")
English: King Street Station
English: King Street Station, interior
English: Union Station, interior
English: The Waltham Block in 1900
English: The Waltham Block in 2008
English: Crescent Manufacturing Company / Ingels Block in 1900
English: Ingels Block in 2007
Seahawks Stadium (now Lumen Field) & skyline, 2002
Lumen Field, looking north
Lumen Field and T-Mobile Park seen from Pier 66, 2009. The now-demolished shed of Pier 48 can be seen to the right of the ferries at Colman Dock.
T-Mobile Park
T-Mobile Park
[](/wiki/File:Seattle%5F-%5FKatzenjammer%5FCastle%5Fand%5FYesler%5FHouse,%5F1899.jpg "English: "Katzenjammer Castle"—Seattle's city hall in the years after the Great Fire of 1899—and, at left, Henry Yesler's mansion, the public library until it burned in 1901.")
English: "Katzenjammer Castle"—Seattle's city hall in the years after the Great Fire of 1899—and, at left, Henry Yesler's mansion, the public library until it burned in 1901.
English: Downtown Seattle in 1880.
English: Seattle's first streetcar, 1884, corner of Occidental & Yesler.
Pioneer Place (now Pioneer Square) circa 1892.
English: The Burke Building, 1900, on the site of the present-day Jackson Federal Building.
[](/wiki/File:Seattle%5F-%5FKing%5FCounty%5FCourthouse%5F-%5F1900.jpg "English: The old King County Courthouse, 1900, atop "Profanity Hill (now Yesler Terrace).")
English: The old King County Courthouse, 1900, atop "Profanity Hill (now Yesler Terrace).
English: Interior of the Seattle Theatre, 1900.
English: Harbor panorama, 1905.
English: In 1900 this building stood at the southwest corner of First and University
English: Second Avenue, 1909
English: The old downtown Carnegie Library, 1919.
English: The County-City Building, c. 1919. As of 2010, this has had additional floors added, and is now the King County Courthouse.
English: The east side of Second Avenue between Union and Pike
English: On the waterfront c. 1935.
1917

Seattle Center is a fairgrounds park on the former site of the Century 21 Exposition, the 1962 World's Fair

Space Needle
English: Pacific Science Center at night
Kobe Bell
English: Local band The Lashes perform at Bumbershoot
English: Sitting on the lawn during a fair
Music on Bastille Day
Breakdancer at Festival Sundiata
Hawaiian dancers at Center House during Festál's API (Asian Pacific Islander) Heritage Month Festival
Japanese dancers prepare to perform during Cherry Blossom Festival
Mixing music at the Vera Project
English: Riding the roller coaster at the Fun Forest, 1995; demolished 2010
English: Children playing in the International Fountain
English: Kreielsheimer Promenade and Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle Center
KEXP Gathering Space
View from the top of the Space Needle (Puget Sound to the left and right, Lake Union in the Center)
Seattle Great Wheal

MoPOP (formerly EMP Museum)

View from roughly the southwest
Overhead aerial view
Sky Church
[](/wiki/File:Al%5FKooper%5F02A.jpg "Interviewing Al Kooper as part of the "Sound + Vision" series")
Interviewing Al Kooper as part of the "Sound + Vision" series
[](/wiki/File:Krist%5FNovoselic%5F15A.jpg "Interviewing Krist Novoselic as part of the "Sound + Vision" series")
Interviewing Krist Novoselic as part of the "Sound + Vision" series
Janelle Monáe appearing on a panel at the 2010 Pop Conference

From List of tallest buildings in Seattle.

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Monuments and memorials

Leif Erikson memorial statue at Shilshole Bay Marina
Statue of William Henry Seward in Volunteer Park
Bergen Place Monument
United Confederate Veterans memorial, Lake View Cemetery, Capitol Hill
Monument to the International Brigade
Chief Seattle's bust
Nisei War Memorial, Lake View Cemetery

Inner neighborhoods

Counterbalance Park by night
Chinatown Gate, International District
Chong Wa Benevolent Association, International District
Seattle Buddhist Church, International District / Central District
St. James Cathedral, First Hill
St. Ignatius Chapel, Seattle University, First Hill
Lake Union Steam Plant, Cascade / South Lake Union
The schooner Wawona on South Lake Union and, behind it, Capitol Hill. The Wawona was taken away to be dismantled March 2009.
R Place, Capitol Hill, 2009 probably the city's largest gay bar at the time
Bullitt Center, 1501 East Madison Street
Tibetan prayer wheel on Broadway, Capitol Hill
Sunset seen from Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery Park, Capitol Hill
Front building of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Outer neighborhoods

Kubota Garden, Rainier Valley
Wat Lao Dhammacetiyaram (Lao Buddhist temple), Rainier Valley
Boiler, Georgetown PowerPlant Museum
Art exhibit in the Malt House of the former Seattle Brewing and Malting Company, Georgetown
General Offices, former Seattle Brewing and Malting Company, Georgetown
Alki waterfront
Alki Beach
West Queen Anne Walls
Body-painted cyclists prepare for Fremont Solstice Parade
Raven costume, Fremont Solstice Parade
Northwest African American Museum (former Colman School), Judkins Park
University of Washington quad at cherry blossom time
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, Montlake
Gargoyle in the University District
Ravenna Park
Picardo Farm (allotment gardens), Wedgwood
A funeral bouquet at the Fishermen's Memorial, Ballard/Interbay
Hulking ruins at Gas Works Park, Lower Wallingford
Paraglider at Golden Gardens Park
Flutist at Golden Gardens Park
The spillway at Ballard's Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, fresh water pouring into salt
The Ballard Building, Market Street in Ballard
Ballard, Fremont, Phinney Ridge and Greenlake neighborhoods; Salmon Bay
Duwamish Head, West Seattle

Industrial District

English: Aerial view of barges and warehouses on Duwamish Waterway
English: Aerial view of south tip of Harbor Island
English: Seattle City Light south service center
English: Former Rainier Brewery
English: Duwamish Railroad Bridge

On the Lake Washington Ship Canal

English: Salmon Bay Bridge seen from Chittenden Locks
English: Ballard Bridge seen from Seattle Maritime Academy
English: Operator's tower, Fremont Bridge
English: Aurora Bridge during 1992 Fremont Solstice Parade
English: University Bridge and Interstate 5 Ship Canal Bridge
English: Montlake Bridge opens for a sailboat
English: Another view of the Montlake Cut and bridge
Cowen Park Bridge
Bicycle on Ravenna Park Bridge
Jose P. Rizal Bridge
Underside of Jose P. Rizal Bridge
West Seattle Bridge
South Park Bridge, over the Duwamish River