This is absolutely mind-blowing. Just moved to Seattle from St. Louis for work and the amount of construction here is just insane.

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/re ... r-us-city/


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I love Seattle. I would expect cranes to be a visible in their skyline frequently.
That is one amazing city. Not crazy about the weather, but the natural beauty within hours to a day is unreal. I think being a coastal city, the gateway to Western Canada, Alaska and the Far East doesn't hurt. Cities like Seattle are on that higher tier and get there simply based on their coastal location and natural amenities. Not saying your making a comparison, but since you posted this, it came across that way. Not sure your post is relevant to us here in STL. Most large coastal cities, east or west, are seeing a lot of construction.

I spent 4 days in Seattle this past summer and really enjoyed it. My friends live in the South Lake Union Area and pay $3k/mo plus 298/mo for a parking spot for a small 1 bedroom.

We went in late June and it was 58 and raining when we landed but the next 3 days it warmed up into the 70s and one day we saw the sun.

Our view from our hotel



That beautiful dark glass skinny building in the center of the shot is the Cirrus Seattle residential tower near the Amazon HQ.

Cirrus
41 stories
http://www.seattletimes.com/business/re ... -is-extra/



Some tower cranes

Seattle is a wonderful city


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DogtownBnR wrote: I think being a coastal city, the gateway to Western Canada, Alaska and the Far East doesn't hurt. Cities like Seattle are on that higher tier and get there simply based on their coastal location and natural amenities. Not saying your making a comparison, but since you posted this, it came across that way. Not sure your post is relevant to us here in STL. Most large coastal cities, east or west, are seeing a lot of construction.

Haven't read it yet, but your comment reminds me vox has a piece on how the federal government should move more agencies from the coasts where they need the federal jobs and construction less... not sure how that might impact Seattle but I;d love to fill up a certain tower downtown that will be vacant soon with a federal agency or two. I'll try to post that piece when I track it down.

I haven't been to Seattle recently, but if Dallas and Houston aren't on the list, something's fishy. Cranes everywhere in both cities.

Both cities have more, I know for sure, than Phoenix, Denver, Boston, and Honolulu. In Houston's Texas Medical Center, there are easily 10 alone.

DogtownBnR wrote:I love Seattle. ... Not crazy about the weather, but the natural beauty within hours to a day is unreal.

yep, probably the most scenic city in the U.S. on a sunny day, but i would end up slitting my own throat due to seasonal depression (in this case the "season" being 9 months of overcast and rain).

Who knows, maybe Saint Louis will have 30 or more cranes by 2020


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Back in my Sim City days, my cities always ended up looking like Seattle.

A little surprised Nashville isn't on that list. There are cranes upon cranes as far as you can see there. I was told by someone who is I feel is semi reliable that they are having a shortage of them. I would say they have to at least be in the 30s.

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Met the designer and manger of this project back in school. The amount of deep thought and items accounted for in the project is absolutely remarkable.

^ Wow. So awesome. When does the elevated section of former I-70 through downtown become obsolete?

It's over 60 years old.

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Jul 24, 2020

The Seattle Trogdors! #Burninating
Saw this on Twitter, not sure who made it.
Seattle Trgdors.jpg

Odd choice, considering they are using a thatched roof for Key Arena

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Jul 24, 2020

The Seattle Trogdors! #Burninating
Saw this on Twitter, not sure who made it.
Seattle Trgdors.jpg

Odd choice, considering they are using a thatched roof for Key Arena

That’s “Climate Pledge Arena” to you!


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Incredible that Seattle added 145k people within the city limits 2010-19

quincunx wrote:Incredible that Seattle added 145k people within the city limits 2010-19

Yes. The city has been a boomtown for the last decade. And I’m not even sure it’s grown as fast as King County as a whole.

I watched North Beacon Hill (couple miles from downtown) go from $300-350k for a SFH in 2013 to $750-1M for the same homes today.

The city has way too much single family zoning for the current population leading to outrageous prices (which is why I assume we are seeing this exodus of homeowners with the added work flexibility).


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The one where the Mustang hits a bunch of people, chef's kiss emoji

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-ne ... -a-tryout/

Sound Transit to study adding fare-gates.