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Northwestern Mutual Insurance Building

February 19th, 2008 @ 12:36 am by Cliffe | Sorted Historic Buildingsborder
Maybe I’ve been playing too much Bioshock, but I can’t get enough of that 1930’s style lately. Check out these snapshots of the Northwestern Mutual Insurance Building, an Art Deco masterpiece built in 1931. Now known as Olympic Tower, it was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and granted landmark status in 1987. If you’re downtown admiring the building, you may want to pack heat. Or just some nunchucks. Click on the thumbnails for larger images.
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2116 Northwestern Mutual Fire Ins. Bldg. Seattle, WN.
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2117 Northwestern Mutual Fire Ins. Bldg. Seattle, WN.

4 Responses:

  1. commentdude wrote:

    just noticed this building for the first time while on the bus on the way home from work today! really awesome looking building… similar to, although less impressive than the Seattle Tower.

  2. didi wrote:

    She’s a great beauty, Cliffe!

  3. Deran wrote:

    Wow, that night shot of the building is just outstanding. Talk abt shots of “glamor city.”

  4. Jack wrote:

    My Uncle, now 96 and still going strong, started there as a mail boy. Before he retired he had worked his way up to President and later Chairman of the Board. I have many great memories of visiting his office at the top of the building and sharing his afternoon break with him in the small cafe on street level.

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