Seattle’s Skyline and Space Needle
May 15, 2009 by Jon Rochetti
Filed under Home & Living
Location: The skyline
Destination: Seattle, Washington
Country: United States
Year Taken: 2008
Photographer: Mary Jo Manzanares
Blog: The Seattle Traveler
Built built for the World’s Fair in 1962, the landmark Space Needle is the prominent building of Seattle’s skyline. The needle, the tallest building west of the Mississippi River when it was built, offers visitors an observation deck and restaurant, all at heights over 500 feet.
The needle was designed as a combination of two ideas, first a flying saucer and the second, a balloon on a string.
After 36 years without a serious power-washing, this past fall, the entire 605-foot high exterior of the Space Needle was cleaned.
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