Just a handful of pictures I've taken over the past few months...

Beautiful! One of my favourite North-American cities. I love the skyline combined with the mountain range in the distance, and then with the water everywhere... Brilliant setting.

I even know it from playing a couple of videogames. When I was a little boy I was a real airplane-fanatic and I used to play a flight simulator game called "Flight Unlimited III", in which you could fly a couple of airplanes, only in the Seattle area.
And the PS1 game of the X-Files was set in Seattle as well. Really loved that game too.

If I ever get to visit North-America, Seattle is definitely high on my A-list of places to visit.

Ow, and I almost forgot: very good work!

GREAT photos!! Love the "old" WaMu tower. AMAZING photos of the cascades in the background! I couldn't really see the cascdes when I went to Seattle last summer. I really want to go to the Cascade Mountains now! Anyway, two thumbs up!

You've GOT to be kidding! Maybe it's a religious day after all! In particular, the January Bellevue shot is possibly the best Bellevue shot ever.

That panorama shot is hard to beat. I'm dying for the day when 5th and Columbia is completed. Until then, keep showing off our spectacular skyline.

puinkabouter -- I have some friends in Oostakker!

kevin_k, mhays and blackbox -- thanks for the look and the comments.

You've GOT to be kidding! Maybe it's a religious day after all! In particular, the January Bellevue shot is possibly the best Bellevue shot ever.

Yep. I nearly soiled myself when I saw that shot. Sick set! Keep it up!

probably one of the best sets of photos Ive seen!!

These are absolutely beautiful of our beautiful Emerald City. Wow.

Great camera, great lighting and great eye. Bellevue is looking sexy these days.

impressive, i especially liked seeing the photos of the port, which always interest me, and the bellevue night shot... thats a view i havent seen before, it looks good.

You've GOT to be kidding! Maybe it's a religious day after all! In particular, the January Bellevue shot is possibly the best Bellevue shot ever.

I agree! I was just sitting here and upon seeing that photo I literally yelled out "OH MY GOD!" :lol:

It is an incredible photo! But these are all great. I've said it before, but I'll say it again - if I were to ever move away from Chicago, Seattle would probably be my #1 choice. :yes:

puinkabouter -- I have some friends in Oostakker!

The world is such a small place :)

The Bellevue Sunrise and Bellevue January 2008 shots are spectacular. Thank you for sharing!!

Thanks for the look, Seattlelife.

very good.. beautiful city

Another masterpiece.

what are the different areas around Seattle like to live in....Bremerton, Bellevue, Tacoma, etc?

^^

The eastside suburbs are by far the most affluent. The cities of Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Issaquah and others. Bill Gates and Paul Allen live on the eastside. However they do not come close to Seattle in terms of entertainment, nightlife, restraunts, shopping, culture etc.

Tacoma is kind of iffy. Its downtown and certain areas are nice but as you go south its gets kind of bad around the tacoma mall.

Bremerton and the Kitsap Penninsula are lovely!! lots of natural beauty.

In my opinion Seattle is the best place to live!! The eastside would be next preferably in Kirkland or Bellevue.

Bremerton is utterly dominated by the Navy, with multiple huge bases. It's a scenic hour ferry ride from Seattle. It's historically been blue collar and cheap with a half-abandoned downtown, but in this decade its downtown has been getting an infusion of waterfront housing, parks, small office buildings, and tourism.

Tacoma's downtown was also horrible 15 years ago. A series of localized upgrades since then is starting to create some cohesion and prosperity. These include a theater district (early 90s I'm guessing), a new University of Washington branch campus, a very successful new museum district next to the UW, a revitalized waterfront, probably 1,500 (wild guess) units of new housing in the central-most square mile but generally not in the CBD proper, a new convention center, a new hotel or two, a few small and mid-sized office buildings, a new free streetcar, and so on. As for the rest of the city, everything north and northwest of Downtown is great and the rest is generally low-rent, at least by Seattle standards.

The Eastside is ok as suburbs go. Downtown Bellevue is on the verge of being a legitimate second downtown for the region. More and more Seattle suburbs are getting good lowrise downtowns, and Kirkland is one of the best and largest of these.

Awesome city and fantastic photos!

:applause:

Thanks for the looks and replies.

Holy crap that's awesome. Pano especially.

I took these several weeks ago (late April or early May)

Very nice!! :banana: So want to live there, it's actually so much bigger than i thought, lol i guess Grey's Anatomy shows only part of the city! It's very Sydney meets Vancouver, meets Tokyo (because of the red and white cranes)

Thanks for the pics cpm seattle! Funny, I know cpm types who live in Leschi...

bobtron, even though I love (obsess about) this city, we have a long way to go to reach Vancouver's or Sydney's density. But we're heading in the right direction. It's good to hear compliments in any case! We have a similar spirit to those cities in many ways.

I haven't been in Seattle since early april and looking at your shots almost made me cry, i miss it so bad. Beautiful pictures of our beautiful city... Thanks

Looking through this thread this pics have surprised/shocked me in many ways! I love all your pics of the port and especially of your downtown Bellevue night shots. Also you seem take pics on the perfect days when the mountains are snow covered all the way to the hills. Those last batch of pics were exceptionally wonderful! I love the first one you just posted! Bring on more!

Thankfully, there are lots of photo ops in Seattle...

Dear baghwan! That's quality.

I count 19 tower cranes in the pano.

Beautiful pics! Great work!

These photos are fantastic. I've been to Seattle three times and eagerly look forward to my next visit.

Have to disagree on 1201 3rd Avenue though. My impression both in picture and in person is that the architect didn't know when to quit. I actually prefer 70's boxes to early 80's overly designed rococo skyscrapers (and Boston has some too).

Beautiful city. I would love to visit. :)

Great shots.

...mhays, westseattleguy, plcmat and trmd -- for taking a look and the positive comments.

These are all amazing shots! You should consider posting these in the Urban Photo Contest.

I love the shot of Bellevue with the boats on Lake Washington.

Great photos cpm, feel free to update this thread at any time lol.

I've been lucky to visit Seattle(thanks, AT&T!) on many occasions, and it is by far my favorite US city. Oh, and besides being a stunningly beautiful city, the people are cool as shit! They take things a little easier up there, despite it being a major city. We used to love to get out and walk around and meet people. While the rest of the US is running around in this or that drama, Seattle is more like, "Yeah, OK. Whatever, bitches!"

Awesome place.

...and the looks.

haldcottingham... I've spent a lot of time in SoCal... downtown (755 Wall St. in the old flower market); I-10 west to UCLA and Santa Monica; SF Valley and the area around LACC/Vermont (construction projects); Gardena and Manhattan Beach in the 1970's and 1980's (Japanese family friends); and a ton of time in OC on business. LAX, SNA, BUR, LGB and ONT -- of course.

seattlelife... thanks for the permission to update the thread! :wave:

evan... I spent a summer in Huntsville when I was working for Boeing in the mid-1980's -- and certainly know where Gadsden is!

JF

Fantastic pics!

...and the looks.

haldcottingham... I've spent a lot of time in SoCal... downtown (755 Wall St. in the old flower market); I-10 west to UCLA and Santa Monica; SF Valley and the area around LACC/Vermont (construction projects); Gardena and Manhattan Beach in the 1970's and 1980's (Japanese family friends); and a ton of time in OC on business. LAX, SNA, BUR, LGB and ONT -- of course.

seattlelife... thanks for the permission to update the thread! :wave:

evan... I spent a summer in Huntsville when I was working for Boeing in the mid-1980's -- and certainly know where Gadsden is!

JF

I've spent my little bit of time in Seattle myself. It's a beautiful city with a wonderful attitude.

Seattle is a beautiful place with some very nice buildings.

Hope I will visit someday.

...and the looks.

haldcottingham... I've spent a lot of time in SoCal... downtown (755 Wall St. in the old flower market); I-10 west to UCLA and Santa Monica; SF Valley and the area around LACC/Vermont (construction projects); Gardena and Manhattan Beach in the 1970's and 1980's (Japanese family friends); and a ton of time in OC on business. LAX, SNA, BUR, LGB and ONT -- of course.

seattlelife... thanks for the permission to update the thread! :wave:

evan... I spent a summer in Huntsville when I was working for Boeing in the mid-1980's -- and certainly know where Gadsden is!

JF

heh, now you know why I hang around in these skyscraper forums. Since I moved back here, I have to get my highrise hardon through you guys. :D The tallest thing we have is a 15 story, commie block apartment building from the 70's. :ohno:

Approx 240m; 56 floors. Completed: 1989. This is my favorite high-rise in Seattle...

http://cpm-seattle.smugmug.com/photos/320759549_HjSxi-X3.jpg

I didn't know Seattle's downtown was so huge

Seattle is one of my favorite cities in the world! I love the stunning yet sheer presence of the mountains.The water is nicely set in the city where the skyline is.And the skyline is fabulous.Oh yeah never heard of Belluvue but that looks cool!!!!;)

And all that of what i said shows with some nice photography skills! :)

Nearing completion is the Opus/Samis project at 1521 2nd Avenue.

I didn't know Seattle's downtown was so huge

:colgate:

Definitely the most beautiful city on the west coast.

Mostly buildings and boats and panos -- the things I like to shoot.

Very nice photos :cheers: thanks for sharing :okay:

CPM - of all the zillions of pictures taken of Columbia Center, I believe you have finally captured it.

I love the combination of scenery and human achievement (buildings, shipping). Keep it up and keep those panos rolling. :)

Good....lord. Love the pics.

Thanks for the replies/feedback...

Seattle its a great city! Skyline is very nice also :)