🌲 Architecture Meets History: Seattle’s Smith Tower 🏙️🏯

Address: 506 2nd Ave Built: 1914 Height: 141m (but who’s counting? 😉) Style: Beaux-Arts drama! Architect: Gaggin’s magic ✨ They claim it’s 42 floors… but just look up 👀. Math says otherwise. But who cares? 🏯 Head to the 35th-floor Chinese Room—a cloud-level oasis ☁️🍵 with views of Puget Sound + Mount Rainier.🏛️ 🖨️ Fun Fact: Built by typewriter tycoons! Lyman Smith started with shotguns in Syracuse. 🌊💥 When Remington dropped the first typewriter, Smith’s gunsmiths pivoted—adding lowercase keys (genius!). Peaceful profits funded this beauty.🏯 💘 Smith’s wife & son fell for Seattle in 1888, so he invested in “invisible” downtown plots. By 1909, he announced an 18-story skyscraper at the World’s Fair. 🏛️🎨 His son dared him to make it the West Coast’s tallest—until the Space Needle stole the crown in 1962. 📍 Pro Tip: Snap a sunset pic from the observation deck. 💥 #OldSchoolCool #SkyscraperLegends #SeattleHistory