Reflecting on the Demise of WAMU by auntietk
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Downtown Seattle.
The building that's reflected is one of the most popular highrises in Seattle ... the old WAMU Tower.
Washington Mutual Bank (WAMU) didn't survive the banking crises of 2008. They crashed, and were bought out by JPMorganChase. For years and years Washington Mutual was a local bank, but they eventually got too big for their britches and their headquarters actually moved to California! Unbelievable. It was probably the beginning of the end.
That beautiful building, formerly known locally as the WAMU Tower is now officially called the 1201 Third Avenue Tower. Hmmm. An accurate moniker, if somewhat pedestrian. Maybe in a few days I'll show you a picture of the actual building, not just its reflection. It's my favorite building in Seattle!
The building you actually see ... the one creating the reflection ... is the Seattle Art Museum, which is a pretty fabulous building in its own right!
Comments (32)
Faemike55
Fantastic capture, Tara! love the reflections
beachzz
OH, wow, when are we going there??? And that curve---more wow!!
Meisiekind
And this is a fabulous image Tara! I just love the reflection of one into the other! Excellent work my friend!
DAVER2112
Fantastic architectural image!!
durleybeachbum
A most marvellous Tara creation! I look forward to more!
helanker
WOW! That is a really awesome capture and I so love the reflections. But I also love this...thing belov. It looks fantastic against the tall building.
lyron
Excellent picture!!
rocserum
very well seen! great shot! RS
babuci
Cool shot Tara. Almost every window panel has a different pattern. Love the many shade of blue tone too.
faroutsider
Most appropriate - the WAMU Tower in meltdown... Great shot!
Chipka
Maybe it's me, but the idea of banks in meltdown (both visually and otherwise) is somewhat amusing, though chilling. Banks melting in the faces of museums is even more fitting in a way; but that's just me. I love this picture, all of those verticals and diagonals, and melting banks! The colors are superb, predominantly blue with that hint of earth-tone ocher! Marvelous and crisp and so deliciously detailed.
Sea_Dog
Wonderful work.
bmac62
Right Brain Tara art. You saw this at first glance and photographed ituitively. These reflections are in the abstract department. Love the WAMU reflected colors and all those SAM windows that remind me of old amusement park mirrors distorting whatever stands in front of them. Well done.
RodS
Really, really nice one, Tara! I too love to shoot those reflections in the windows of modern office buildings. Those buildings do sometimes have some saving grace, artistically speaking, anyway. There are quite a few around the Kansas City area. Wonderful composition!
blinkings
Wow I can't wait to see more shots, and great reflections BTW.
jocko500
Reflections is wonderful shot
bazza
Wonderful reflections in this building.. This building is nice but has no real character not like the older type buildings.. Great shot Tara..
EBSPhotographic
Nice shot (as usual). I so want to visit Seattle some day, looks like a really nice place and you definitely make it look good.
wysiwig
Patterns, textures, colors and reflections, this has it all! Fantastic image.
danapommet
Beautiful wiggles and squiggles in this reflection. Well seen. Dana
MrsRatbag
Wow, what a "Tara shot"! Lots of glass and reflection, and interesting lines...excellent work!
watapki66
Lovely reflection and lines, a wonderful photo!
Katraz
Great reflections.
marybelgium
wonderful work !
dochtersions
So very special!!!
debbielove
Banks! Tell me about them... The reflections on here are wonderful.. If they looked after the money as much as the windows.....well.. Nuff said! Well done Tara! Rob
cfulton
You do so well at this! Very inspiring, Clive
moochagoo
Perfect reflection :)
CoreyBlack
Great shot! I love reflection shots. This sounds like what happened to the Sears Tower in Chicago. Sears is stil in business but they had to scale back and could no longer afford to keep the building up. It is now called The Willis Tower. But nobody calls it that. It's been the Sears Tower since it opened in 1973 and I suspect everyone will go on calling it that for the forseeable future. Oh this topsy-turvy world we live in. gret shot.
pauldeleu
Nice work.