This is the Heffernan Building. From what I can gather it stood at 6th & Pine, presumably this would be at the site of the current Old Navy building(?). Chime into the comments if you have anything on when this building came down and if you remember it. Click on the thumbnail for the high res version.

Heffernan Building, Seattle, Washington. Designed by architect John Graham (1873-1955). Photographed March 24, 1966 by Marion Dean Ross. Image courtesy Visual Resources Collection, Architecture & Allied Arts Library, University of Oregon Libraries.

I’ve had a number of people e-mail me recently asking for more architectural Space Needle drawings in addition to the ones posted in May 2008. So, I went straight away to the VS.org archives and started digging. Here are some top-down schematics I found showing the restaurant, plaza, and observation levels from an old 1962 publication. Click for the high res and show us your 3d model if you build one!

Space Needle architectural diagram, Restaurant Level & Plaza Level, elevation 628.00 feet. Copyright 1962, The Craftsman Press, Inc.

Space Needle architectural diagram, Observation Level, elevation 646.75 feet. Copyright 1962, The Craftsman Press, Inc.

File this under yet another beautiful Edward Osborn watercolor rendering. The color palette and trademark cloud formations are similar to the Central Auto Stage Terminal rendering posted last month. Though these apartments were never realized, it’s more proof that the 1920′s produced some of the finest architecture in Seattle. Click for the high res copy.

Rowe Apartments, architectural rendering by Edward Osborn. Pencil and watercolor on board, 1923-1927. Born and educated in England, Edward Osborn arrived in Seattle about 1910 and worked as a delineator for several well-known architectural firms. From 1920-1930, he occasionally worked as an independant designer. Osborn was known especially for his watercolor renderings. While design specifications exist for a few of the apartments Osborn was either commissioned to design or those that he put out for speculative bids, the name Rowe apartments does not appear among them. Image courtesy University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division.

Building of the Day goes to the Hartford Building at 2nd and James. It was built in 1929 for the First Realty Company and designed by noted Seattle architect John Graham Sr. Here is the modern day street view and as you can see it needs a good, honest power-washing. Seattle’s Department of Neighborhoods also has a very nice writeup on the building here. Check out the 1974 photo below and click for the high res.

Hartford Building, 2nd & James, Seattle, Washington. Photographed May 4, 1974 by Marion Dean Ross (1913-1991), courtesy Visual Resources Collection, Architecture & Allied Arts Library, University of Oregon Libraries.