Wednesday, July 2, 2008

215 Columbia

In my wanderings this afternoon, I saw this building located at 215 Columbia and it's interesting embellishments. It reminds me a bit of some European buildings.










8 comments:

Rob said...

These embelishments add so much depth and character to the buildings.

Janet Kincaid said...

Wow! What beautiful details. I wish they still built buildings like this.

Maya said...

dusty: I agree. That is why I had to stop and take the shots. It's all in the details!

d.c.: Yes, it would be nice to see some of this work on modern buildings. Though I do like some of the modern buildings too with their reflections!

Kim said...

Maya, you've found a real gem in this building's architectural details. These are amazing and seem to be historical references specific to Seattle. The archway motif is repeated with the figures from history, and the rose window motif makes me really wonder what the story might be. Since "Seattle" is carved over the entry way, 215 Columbia must be or have been a city building of some sort. I'm going to have to visit this! Lovely photos you've made of these,
-Kim
Seattle Daily Photo

Kim said...

PS, I forgot to say thank you for your comment on Coffee & Salmon, and that I hadn't heard of the Friday spiral challenge at all. . . Seems like I'm always out of the loop :-)
-Kim
Seattle Daily Photo

Maya said...

kim: I was wondering about the history of the building as well. I didn't find much online.

The photo friday challenge is quite fun, but you have to join the group to get the weekly announcements:
http://groups.google.com/group/photo-friday-announcements/browse_thread/thread/a9dd41439563fea0?hl=en

Maya said...

Oops, that link got cut off. Let me try again:

http://groups.google.com/group/photo-friday-announcements

Maya said...

OK, lets try it this way:

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