Thank MSPtoMKE and Seattle206 for bringing us something new to look at:

http://www.boomspeed.com/atucker7/wamucenter.jpg

http://www.boomspeed.com/atucker7/wamucenter2.jpg

OMG!! :cry: OK they're just renderings. :)

Wow nice renderings!

Very Nice!

i wish there was a full shot of the model. hmm..

Looks pretty sweet.

Cool. How tall is it? :)

Over 600 feet I think.

its like 608ft but many are thinking it will be taller.

Basically put the space needle on the spot where its being built and you will get a better perspective of the height.

^good size. :)

that's awesome, man. :)

I bet the long crown of the structure will be lit! Who's with me! ;)

I am, Seattle could take a page out of Hong Kong's skyline lightshow.

^yeah that'll be the day...

i bet it will have some lights on it...maybe...hopfully.

^I think it will too. It needs to represent the skyline along with the other crapers!!! ;)

In looking at the rendering again its shaped like the GE building in new york

This pics aren't great but I took them out of my sunroof today (Wednesday)as I drove by. I drove around the block once. As we all can see, things are moving right along at WaMu Center.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/pwright1/seattle2/seattle/8055Medium.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/pwright1/seattle2/seattle/8056Medium.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/pwright1/seattle2/seattle/8057Small.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/pwright1/seattle2/seattle/8058Small.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/pwright1/seattle2/seattle/8060Small.jpg

Wow nice! Its really starting to grow fast.

yeah it is...i cant read the floors anymore...kinda hard.

Is this thing finished yet?

Yeah its pretty much done

They're moving in floor-by-floor, with the last floors complete late in the year, according to articles a while back. I guess you could say the building is done but much of the TI work is in progress.

Not a bad building, but it could use a little more round shapes. Blocky buildings aren't really that attracting.

The cover story in the upcoming issue of ENR is about the WaMu-SAM building.
http://enr.ecnext.com/free-scripts/comsite2.pl?page=enr_document&article=febuar060717-1

This graphic is helpful if your trying to understand the long term museum expansion:
http://enr.construction.com/features/buildings/archives/060717p2.htm

-Seasun

^^ Thanks for posting that

SAM isn't in the main tower.

^Oops I didn't look at it right I understand the diagram now.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/SJM87/DSC00372.jpg

Its a beautiful building. It kinda reminds me of a PS2 in a way though, lol

^^ Hah it does have similarities!



more pics

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/SJM87/DSC00380.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/SJM87/DSC00393.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/SJM87/DSC00391.jpg

A little over two years ago WaMu was moving into their new building - now JP Morgan is buying the company cheap.

New Modern Building with a transition....

Loss of Washington Mutual hurts Seattle's image
First, Boeing Co. Then Safeco Corp. and the SuperSonics. Now Washington Mutual.

By PHUONG LE

Associated Press Writer

SEATTLE —
First, Boeing Co. Then Safeco Corp. and the SuperSonics. Now Washington Mutual.

"Seattle lost a piece of itself today," said Allen Stover, 60, who has banked at WaMu since he was a kid, as have his parents and grandparents.

On Friday, while withdrawing cash from a WaMu ATM machine, Stover lamented the loss of yet another Seattle institution, one with roots dating back to 1889.

"It's kind of demoralizing," he said. "It's going to change the way people look at things in the city."

The takeover of the nation's largest savings and loan by New York-based JPMorgan Chase isn't just a black mark on the economy but will hurt Seattle's self esteem.

In recent years, Boeing Co. moved its Seattle corporate headquarters to Chicago. Boston-based Liberty Mutual bought Safeco Corp. And the team formerly known as the SuperSonics packed its bags and moved to Oklahoma.

"We're a bunch of losers," joked Seattle economist Dick Conway.

As with Boeing, there will be psychological loss from WaMu, but as with Boeing the economic impact may not be so severe, he said. Boeing's commercial airplane unit is still in Everett and retained most of the its local employees after the company moved its headquarters.

Conway, who co-publishes the Puget Sound Economic Forecaster which tracks the regional job outlook, said JPMorgan Chase will likely cut jobs at headquarters in Seattle.

While the numbers aren't yet known, every WaMu job lost will likely result in another 1.5 jobs lost in the area economy, he said.

Overall, however, "it will have a negative but relatively small impact on Seattle jobs. But it's coming at a bad time when Seattle isn't creating more jobs," he said.

"There's no getting around the fact we're losing a headquarter, a locally-based, hundred-year-old institution," said Steve Leahy, president and CEO of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce. "The loss of that is going to be significant and painful for the community."




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The pain will be felt in the loss of family wage jobs, as well as WaMu's long history of civic leadership and philanthropy, Leahy said.

"It wasn't just a source of pride, it was a source of significant positioning for this community," he added.

Kate Joncas, president of the Downtown Seattle Association, said it's tough losing a Fortune 500 company with such "long and deep roots" in the community.

"They're probably the biggest private sector employer in downtown. So even with Seattle's relatively hanging-in-there economy, this could be hard for us," she said.

She noted that the region still has companies like Microsoft Corp., Starbucks Corp. and Amazon.com Inc.

More than 3,500 people work at WaMu headquarters in downtown Seattle, with another 800 employees in Seattle and another 1,500 in Washington state, The Seattle Times reported.

While it's too early to know the impact on local jobs, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, in a statement, said "I am saddened that this national crisis is having such an impact on our local families and economy."

Scott Blankenship, 44, an attorney who works in the Washington Mutual Tower in downtown Seattle, wondered what would become of the building's name.

"One of our proud companies is no longer here and that's kind of sad," he said. "It's one of our babies."

WaMu bought out my bank Great Western in the late 90s. I missed that bank.

Payback's a BITCH isn't it?

This real estate bubble bust sucks.

Can't say anyone with half a brain shouldn't have seen it coming though.

You can thank Allan "Bubbles" Greenspan, our illustrious ex-Federal Reserve Chairman, "the best central banker in the world". Watching inflation by pricing shoes and socks and not housing. "I don't believe in deflating asset prices" Greenspan. Yeah, brilliant dude he is.