We’ve seen it recently with E Pine on Capitol Hill. Now we can also watch as the older buildings giving South Lake Union its industrial soul slowly disappear. Last month I updated on the C.B. Van Vorst Building’s
“new life,” but that new life won’t be much like the old life apparently.
Check out these photos sent in by VS reader John Methot, who works across the street from the Van Vorst. Mike Nelson, senior vice president and investment director at developer Schnitzer Northwest was quoted as saying “One of our challenges was how to incorporate that historic landmark into a biotech project in a meaningful way that would give it new life.” Give me a break.
Looks like the challenges were too much for them, since they’re going all “Burke Building” on us, saving
only the front face. Thanks to John Methot for sending in the photos.
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What remains of the south and east faces of the Van Vorst Building? Only Nelson. Photograph courtesy John Methot.
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The building to the north of the Van Vorst has already been demolished. Photograph courtesy John Methot.
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The wood-frame Seattle Glass Company building has also bitten the dust. Photograph courtesy John Methot.
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Alternate angle of the building destruction. Photograph courtesy John Methot.
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I photographed this block a few weeks ago in interactive full-screen VR for my VRSeattle website- (requires quicktime)
http://tinyurl.com/2p3cy4
More VRs of development in S. Lake Union Area-
http://www.vrseattle.com/pages/browse.php?cat_id=540
Hey Bradford,
Really cool! What kind of equipment do you use to capture these?
Cliffe
Most of those particular shots were captured using my Panoscan MK3. Though I also use a Nikon DSLR as well.
See: http://www.panoscan.com/ for more info.
Anyone else notice the new street signs they’ve put up in the neighborhood are missing the “N” at the end of avenues’ names? I told SDOT but they haven’t fixed yet.
““One of our challenges was how to incorporate that historic landmark into a biotech project in a meaningful way that would give it new life.â€
These bozos just pluck stuff like that out of the BS data base they keep in the mouths all the time.
Well said, Vanderleun. Bozo indeed.
Cliffe