[mSeattle]

^^ Geoff in the haaaaaaaaooooooouuuuuussse! :colgate:

 

[uwhuskies]

Thanks for the kind words, ds1! But in fairness, I have to say that c33f is the true master of Seattle night photography (and of Seattle photography in general).

Those night photos are worthy for banner submission!!

 

[velciane]

 

[geoffloftus]

Those night photos are worthy for banner submission!!

As in this past Wednesday...

 

[c33f]

Seattle Rising, 1/15/2018

 

[iogeon]

Above Lake Union

So I've had this Rhino model of Seattle for a few years that I've been updating regularly with basic massing and any details I could find of Seattle's proposed and under construction towers and major projects. After several years of procrastination I've finally gotten around to converting it into the files to import into Google Earth!
(this required opening each building in sketchup and then exporting each without any hidden geometry into google earth... It took all weekend, but less than remaking each model in sketchup at least)
I tried uploading the KMZ file into the google earth browser and it seems to be scaled incorrectly... But it looks like it works fine into the google earth desktop application?
Please try it out on your computer, it's very cool to orbit about and see the changes and please let me know if it works! In the meantime I'm going to post several iconic views screen grabs...
(also i recommend just going to flickr and thumbing through, totally works better than scrolling!)
The grey buildings are completed, yellow is under construction, light red is proposed and dark red is rumors or estimated massing.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/khh5umr7ogs6ede/Seattle Development Index 20180122.kmz?dl=0
Above Lake Union 2015 by David Boynton, on Flickr
Above Lake Union Completed by David Boynton, on Flickr
Above Lake Union Construction by David Boynton, on Flickr
Above Lake Union Proposed by David Boynton, on Flickr
Above Lake Union Rumors and Massing by David Boynton, on Flickr

 

[iogeon]

Elliot Bay

Elliot Bay 2015 by David Boynton, on Flickr
Elliot Bay Completed by David Boynton, on Flickr
Elliot Bay Construction by David Boynton, on Flickr
Elliot Bay Proposed by David Boynton, on Flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/boyntondavid/28062397899/in/dateposted-public/

 

[iogeon]

Gasworks Park

Gasworks 2015 by David Boynton, on Flickr
Gasworks Completed by David Boynton, on Flickr
Gasworks Under Construction by David Boynton, on Flickr
Gasworks Under Proposed by David Boynton, on Flickr
Gasworks Under Rumors and Massing by David Boynton, on Flickr

 

[iogeon]

Kerry Park

Kerry Park 2015 by David Boynton, on Flickr
Kerry Park Completed by David Boynton, on Flickr
Kerry Park Construction by David Boynton, on Flickr
Kerry Park Proposed by David Boynton, on Flickr
Kerry Park Rumors and Massing by David Boynton, on Flickr

 

[iogeon]

Rizal Bridge

Rizal Bridge 2015 by David Boynton, on Flickr
Rizal Bridge Completed by David Boynton, on Flickr
Rizal Bridge Construction by David Boynton, on Flickr
Rizal Bridge Proposed by David Boynton, on Flickr
Rizal Bridge Rumors and Massing by David Boynton, on Flickr

 

[LCIII]

That is ******* fantastic. Thank you so much for sharing!

 

[smerfylicious]

If my calculations are correct, that equates to a lot of f****** buildings!

 

[SounderBruce]

Looks like we have a Times reporter among us. https://twitter.com/ByRosenberg/status/955550116957614080

 

[iogeon]

Well that was fast!

 

[testdrive]

:eek2:Wow..............just wow You're awesome

 

[CityView Jim]

Would it be fair to say that at most any time over the past 5 years we have continuously had 20+ high-rises (say over 200 feet) under construction?

 

[mSeattle]

:eek2:Wow..............just wow You're awesome

I second that.

 

[JD206]

Well that was fast!

Wow...fantastic job! I started dabbling and posting some Sketchup Google Earth renderings, but you took it all the way!

Not sure if you want to post some of these to revive the City Visualizations thread (below). But if you may be doing some more, than it might be an idea so these don't get buried in the photos thread.

Great job!

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1882516

 

[iogeon]

I actually saw that back then, it was around the time I built the rhino model that I've been updating! Went looking for it for a bit but gave up. I'll definitely post new updates to there!

 

[geoffloftus]

Fantastic job, iogeon!