Talk:List of tallest buildings in Seattle

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Proposed Move

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I have listed this page at WP:RM as an uncontroversial move, with the goal of moving the page to List of tallest buildings in Seattle.

Per this FL discussion related to the List of tallest buildings in Dallas page, it was decided that United States building lists that contain only one freestanding tower (with all other entries habitable buildings) should not be dubbed with "and structures" in the title. The change would be consistent with other U.S. tallest buildings lists, and reduce confusion, as "structures" more or less implies multiple structures, not just one observation tower. As long as a note is added to the observation tower entry, the clarification in the title is not needed. Rai-me 01:48, 3 November 2007 (UTC)Reply


The two towers in the Proposed at 1901 Minor have been Approved, I would move them but it is locked. Here is a source.
http://news.theregistryps.com/miami-based-crescent-heights-approved-move-forward-737-unit-residential-project-seattles-denny-triangle — Preceding unsigned comment added by IanScott1337 (talkcontribs) 17:18, 9 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

@IanScott1337:   Done Please put comments at the bottom of the talk page next time and use {{Edit semi-protected}}. SounderBruce 17:32, 9 March 2017 (UTC)Reply

Pictures

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I just wanted to mention: there are pictures of most of these on the Commons. Someone might want to add a column to the tables with a 100 px picture of each (perhaps rather than having quite so many larger images in the article). - Jmabel | Talk 05:47, 26 November 2007 (UTC)Reply

I've changed the list to this format. It's consistent with list of tallest buildings in New York, Chicago, Miami, etc. Doing this also fixed the whitespace below the table and removed the need to keep the captions up-to-date (One Union Square was called 17th tallest in the caption even though it's 18th in the list, presumably due to the later addition of 1918 Eighth Avenue). —Mrwojo (talk) 22:52, 23 May 2012 (UTC)Reply

Timeline of tallest buildings

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The succession box at the bottom of the Alaska Building article lists the Hoge Building as its successor for the tallest building in Seattle, while Timeline of tallest buildings lists King Street Station (Seattle) as having this distinction. This apparent conflict should be resolved or explained. — Myasuda (talk) 03:57, 10 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

Old Tall Buildings

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This list excludes interesting buildings that were very tall for their time, such as the 1927 Seattle Tower (347 ft), while including comparatively uninteresting buildings of our own time, as 400ft is not especially tall by today's standards.

Rather than a blanket cap of 400ft, it would be more interesting to have a moving cap based on building completion date. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Greglovern (talkcontribs) 17:39, 28 August 2010 (UTC)Reply

Dependent and dated information

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The information in this list seems highly dependent on other information. For example, I've tried to fix issues where values in feet didn't match the given values in meters by using {{convert}}. There were numerous statements that were out of date (simple things like "the list below contains 22 buildings" when it has 24 now). Some of the proposed buildings haven't been talked about for years, so who knows when those should be considered "not proposed". The statement that the "skyline is ranked [1st, 3rd, 11th]" is based on looking at the Emporis lists for the major cities of the US – so if any of those cities change, the statement can become out-of-date. Some simplification might be in order. —Mrwojo (talk) 23:26, 23 May 2012 (UTC)Reply

Space Needle not a Building?

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Can someone provide some context for the Space Needle not being a building? That seems at least contentious enough to require a cite. The nearest footnote to the claim ( http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1294 ) refers to it as a building. Wikipedia's 'Building' page defines a building as "Any human-made structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or continuous occupancy". The 'any use' certainly seems to apply, since there's a restaurant that's being both supported and sheltered. The implication seems to be that it's not continually occupied, but of course that applies to office buildings as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Simianvector (talkcontribs) 00:53, 24 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

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37 or 39 buildings

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I'm not 100% certain because I haven't compared side by side all the entries for all 37 (or 39) buildings, but from what I can tell, The Skyscraper Center has 37 buildings over 400 ft, and Emporis has 39. From what I can tell the Hayatt Regency, 520 ft, 45 floors, completed 2018) is missing. So I'm not sure who we're matching our sources. Emporis has precedence, and the Center only verifies some of them, without contradicting the other? --Dennis Bratland (talk) 02:34, 14 September 2018 (UTC)Reply

I generally prefer The Skyscraper Center, since it's maintained by the CTBUH (an organization that, among other things, decides what qualifies as a "skyscraper"). Emporis is fine, but it's a looser database and often gets details wrong because it's partially fed by user data. Skyscraper Center is slower to update as a result, but has more consistent data. The Hyatt Regency has not been completed (and thus not eligible for the Skyscraper Center listing), given that the sidewalk hasn't re-opened and the roof isn't fully furnished. It's only topped out at this point. SounderBruce


# The Skyscraper Center # Emporis # List of tallest buildings in Seattle
#Tallest completed buildings
1 1000 Second Avenue 1 1000 Second Avenue 1 1000 Second Avenue
2 1201 Third Avenue Tower 2 1201 Third Avenue Tower 2 1201 Third Avenue
3 1918 8th Avenue 3 1918 8th Avenue 3 1918 8th Avenue
4 2nd & Pike Tower 4 West Edge Tower 4 West Edge Tower
5 2nd and Pine 5 Helios 5 Helios
6 901 Fifth Avenue 6 901 Fifth Avenue 6 901 Fifth Avenue
7 Amazon Tower I 7 Doppler 7 Doppler
8 Amazon Tower II 8 Day One 8 Day 1
9 AMLI Arc Tower 9 AMLI Arc Tower 9 AMLI Arc
10 Aspira Apartments 10 Aspira 10 Aspira
11 Bank of America Fifth Avenue Plaza 11 Bank of America Fifth Avenue Plaza 11 800 Fifth Avenue
12 Cirrus 12 Cirrus 12 Cirrus
13 City Centre 13 City Centre 13 U.S. Bank Centre
14 Columbia Center 14 Columbia Center 14 Columbia Center
15 Eleven-Eleven Third Avenue 15 Eleven-Eleven Third Avenue 15 1111 Third Avenue
16 F5 Tower 16 F5 Tower 16 F5 Tower
17 Fifteen Twenty-One Second Avenue 17 Fifteen Twenty-One Second Avenue 17 Fifteen Twenty-One Second Avenue
18 Fourth and Madison Building 18 Fourth and Madison Building 18 Fourth and Madison Building
19 Henry M. Jackson Federal Building 19 Henry M. Jackson Federal Building 19 Henry M. Jackson Federal Building
20 Insignia North Tower 20 Insignia North Tower 20 Insignia North Tower
21 Insignia South Tower 21 Insignia South Tower 21 Insignia South Tower
22 Kiara 22 Kiara 22 Kiara
23 Kinects 23 Kinects 23 Kinects
24 Madison Centre 24 Madison Centre 24 Madison Centre
25 Olive 8 25 Olive 8 25 Olive 8
26 One Union Square 26 One Union Square 26 One Union Square
27 Premier on Pine 27 Premiere on Pine 27 Premiere on Pine
28 Qwest Plaza 28 Qwest Plaza 28 1600 Seventh Avenue
29 Rainier Tower 29 Rainier Tower 29 Rainier Tower
30 Russell Investments Center 30 Russell Investments Center 30 Russell Investments Center
31 Safeco Plaza 31 Safeco Plaza 31 Safeco Plaza
32 Seattle Municipal Tower 32 Seattle Municipal Tower 32 Seattle Municipal Tower
33 Smith Tower 33 Smith Tower 33 Smith Tower
34 Two Union Square 34 Two Union Square 34 Two Union Square
35 Wells Fargo Center 35 Wells Fargo Center 35 Wells Fargo Center
36 Westin Building 36 Westin Building 36 Westin Building
37 Westin Seattle North Tower 37 Westin Seattle North Tower 37 Westin Seattle North Tower
38 Hyatt Regency Hotel
39 McKenzie Apartments 38 McKenzie Apartments
40 Stratus 39 Stratus
40 Space Needle[C]
OK, I think I was able to match them all up and compare the three lists, Emporis, The Skyscraper Center, and our first list here. Quite a few have different aliases to unmask. I don't have a problem with the criteria for any of these three versions, but if the lead says 39 buildings, we should have a list of 39. Or if The Skyscraper Center is the best source, then the first table, Tallest completed buildings should say 37 and we should have a table of 37 items. In that case, Hyatt, McKenzie, Stratus and Space Needle can still be included in the page, just not on that first table. Any version is good; I only want to be consistent. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 18:32, 14 September 2018 (UTC)Reply

"Tallest seattle" listed at Redirects for discussion

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  A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Tallest seattle. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 September 25#Tallest seattle until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Regards, SONIC678 16:30, 25 September 2020 (UTC)Reply