Seattle is a city on the Puget Sound, in the Pacific Northwest of Ameirca. It is surrounded by water, mountains and evergreen forests. It has many acres of parkland. This is a view of Seattle.
Its most iconic land mark is the Space Needle which was built in 1962 for the World Fair. The antenna spire is 604 ft and the top floor is 158ft. It has an observation deck which rotates. From here the skyline of downtown Seattle can be seen as well as the Olynpic and Casade Mountains, Mount Rainier, Mount Baker, Elliott Bay and surrounding islands.
There is a monorail which was built for the Worldfair is now consisdered the moto rail to nowhere as it travels 3 minutes from the end of the inner city back and forth to the Space Needle.
Some of the items for purchase in the gift shop.
It is located near the Museum of Pop Culture. Its mission is to make creative expression a life- changing force by offering experiences that inspire and connect to their community. It is built like a music note hence the curves to th building.
As we contiune to travel up the west coast of the USA we have seen more and more homlessness. This fountain is turned off in the evenings as the homlessness were using it to wash in.
Seattle has a large Tech industry in the city with both Microsoft and Amazon being headquatered in the metroplotian area. There is a big need for many condiminiums to house the workers. Amazon employs 45,000 people downtown. The workers are easily identified as they all wear the tag around their necks. Amazon also has a shop which sells to the public, puchases made here are via an app which you can download before entering the store. On completion of shopping the app bills your Amazon account. No cashiers, no waiting in line at a checkout.
This bubble building is the city library. The money was donated by the Gates Foundation and has the most books for a library in the USA.
There are many very high buildings in the city.
Mirosoft is located in Seattle and this is the main headquaters belonging to the Gates family.
Many people live by the water and these homes which are referred to as floating homes. They are very expensive and costs arond a 1 million.
There are some grand buildings.
Many huge and expensive homes.
More to follow.
Cheers,
Ross and Beverley
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