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🏛️📏 Smith Tower: Seattle’s First Skyscraper? 🏗️🎨

🏛️ Who’s That? Pioneer Square’s mysterious tower… 🏛️🔍 Seattle’s first skyscraper! 🏙️🏛️ Built 1910-1914 by Gaggin & Gaggin… NYC firm! 🏗️🎨 Never designed above 5 floors before! 😮🏗️ 📐 The Stats: Named after Lyman Cornelius Smith… guns + typewriters tycoon! 🔫📠 38 floors… 159m tall! 🏙️📏 West Coast’s tallest… until Space Needle (184m) in 1962! 🗼🏙️ 🎨 Design: Neoclassical style… granite base, terracotta upper! 🎨🏛️ Trendsetter in Seattle! 🏙️🎨 🏗️ Structure: 3 parts… bulky base (20 floors), narrow mid (21-33), pyramid top (34+)! 🏗️📐 🌸 Mysteries: Chinese Room (35th floor): Decor from Empress Dowager Cixi! 🏛️🇨🇳 Teak ceiling, ebony furniture, dragon-phoenix wish chair! 🐉🪑 Single folks marry within a year… Smith’s daughter did! 💍👰♀️ Antique Elevator: Brass, manual gates, operator… spooky vibes! 👻🛗 🏡 Pyramid Penthouse: Water tower + apartments… now a 2-story pad! 🏡🚰 Rented in 2021 for $17k/month! 💸🏡 🏷️ #Architecture #Seattle #CityNotes

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🏛️📏 Smith Tower: Seattle’s First Skyscraper? 🏗️🎨

🏛️ Who’s That? Pioneer Square’s mysterious tower… 🏛️🔍 Seattle’s first skyscraper! 🏙️🏛️ Built 1910-1914 by Gaggin & Gaggin… NYC firm! 🏗️🎨 Never designed above 5 floors before! 😮🏗️ 📐 The Stats: Named after Lyman Cornelius Smith… guns + typewriters tycoon! 🔫📠 38 floors… 159m tall! 🏙️📏 West Coast’s tallest… until Space Needle (184m) in 1962! 🗼🏙️ 🎨 Design: Neoclassical style… granite base, terracotta upper! 🎨🏛️ Trendsetter in Seattle! 🏙️🎨 🏗️ Structure: 3 parts… bulky base (20 floors), narrow mid (21-33), pyramid top (34+)! 🏗️📐 🌸 Mysteries: Chinese Room (35th floor): Decor from Empress Dowager Cixi! 🏛️🇨🇳 Teak ceiling, ebony furniture, dragon-phoenix wish chair! 🐉🪑 Single folks marry within a year… Smith’s daughter did! 💍👰♀️ Antique Elevator: Brass, manual gates, operator… spooky vibes! 👻🛗 🏡 Pyramid Penthouse: Water tower + apartments… now a 2-story pad! 🏡🚰 Rented in 2021 for $17k/month! 💸🏡 🏷️ #Architecture #Seattle #CityNotes

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