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Description
Fire escapes on the old Eitel Building contrast with modern condo balconies.
The seven-floor Eitel at 1501 2nd Avenue has been designated as a Seattle Landmark, but so far no repairs have been undertaken.
Designed and built as a six-story office building in 1904, a seventh floor was added in 1906 to accomodate the need for more downtown office space.
The condo building? Beats me. I couldn't find anything on it. It may or may not have been built in 1991, and it looks like it's 20 - 25 stories. For some reason I had a hard time pinning it down.
Edit Note: The condo building is the Newmark Tower. Thanks, Trent! It was built in 1991 on the site of the old JCPenney's. The department store building was built in 1931 and housed JCPenney's from 1931 to 1984.
Comments (26)
durleybeachbum
An interesting contrast. The older one is quite high enough at seven! They really paid attention to detail in the past.
wonderworld
Gorgeous GORGEOUS soulful photo Tara and an instant favorite!!!!!!!
awjay
superb my friend
anaber
Interesting contrast,YES!I love these old balconies a lot.Wonderful details. Materials used and decoration are fantastic in this building.
cannonn
very impressive photo, intersting!
MrsRatbag
Love that old building, it looks even better next to the new one! And of course your postwork gives it soul!
jayfar
Lovely shot. I see the ladder on the old but none on the new.
Faemike55
Fascinating contrast in textures and thoughts
trentsteff
That would be The Newmark Building on 2nd and Pike. David used to live there.
bmac62
The artistic ironwork and brickwork on the Eitel caught my eye the moment I saw this image. Like the composition and contrasting styles. Imagine how the building codes have changed since the Eitel was built 106 years ago! Wow:*
barbdennist
The craftsmanship on the older balconies is beautiful. It is nice being able to compare the two. I prefer the older style but the newer style definitely looks more safe. To me older buildings have such character and elegance while more modern structures are sterile in their appearance. Just a matter of personal taste.
bazza
Great shot I guess the old balconies were fire escapes the new ones are for living only.. now way down out of the new building if it catches fire lol..
emmecielle
Excellent and interesting capture! :)
cfulton
The colour of the older building has warmth, the modern one a colder grey and blue... Hmm... deep thoughts... I really like the contrast of the architecture, Clive
npauling
A great title for this interesting capture.
elizabyte
Charming! Love everything about it. What a great eye you have.
jocko500
I like these things
RodS
Fascinating contrast between the new and the old. I find it interesting how the newer buildings lack the decorative elements of the older ones. It's sad, really. Don't they study artistic design in architecture, these days? I guess not. Excellent capture, Tara!
jascorpio
Fine shot!!
wysiwig
I can understand why you had problems with the new building. Every floor looks the same, there is nothing to distinguish the outside. Even a quick look at the older building shows each floor has its own distinctive features. Excellent composition showing the contrasts.
helanker
Very beautiful balconies, but not any I would dare to step out on :-D Excellent shot too.
KateBlack10
Cool shot Tara! I love the juxtaposition between the old and new. Very nice! Happy New Year!
Chipka
The thing about those old fashioned iron verandas is you have to wear shoes when you stand on them. Otherwise they really hurt your feet. But I love them. I love this shot as well. The POV is what makes it, and your postwork is so subtle...there's a faint glow to things that really works well here, and it washes the whole image in a sort of dreaminess, which is good, and I'm incredibly glad to see that Seattle has smoker's verandas! Yeah! Great juxtapositions and a wonderful urban vibe. This is great stuff. Happy New Year to you! As Victor said to me: I hope the new year brings you everything your destiny forgot to give you in the old year. Okay, he said it in Victorese, and so I had to do a bit of translation, but that's the gist of it. Happy New Year!
lyron
Cool shot. Happy New Year!!
Merrylee
Interesting view of old and new....I'll take the old...Happy New Year Tara
beachzz
A wonderful juxtaposition of the old and new. I love the golden hue of those windows!