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The Space Needle is an observation tower in Seattle, Washington, United States. Considered to be an icon of the city, it has been designated a Seattle landmark . Located in the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood, it was built in the Seattle Center for the 1962 World's Fair , which drew over 2.3 million visitors.
Original - Panoramic view from Space Needle, Seattle, WA. Pictures taken from the top, almost all around. The panorama starts with Puget Sound on the left and then rotates clockwise, showing Queen Anne, Lake Union, I-5, Downtown and then again Puget Sound with some cranes from Seattle Harbor Edit 1 - crop, downsample, slight sharpen, some noise reduction
English: Space Needle (Seattle, Washington, USA) under construction, 1961. This distance shot gives quite a bit of context of a much-changed neighborhood, and also shows the U.S. Pavilion (later Pacific Science Center) and Coliseum (later KeyArena) under construction.
Pictures released by a conservation group show a young humpback whale breaching in front of the Space Needle as it visited the waters off Seattle last week, capturing a rare display of wildlife ...
Seattle photographer Jose Moreno captured the moon rising behind the Space Needle. This video, shared by Fox 13 Seattle, shows Moreno’s photo as well as others taken overnight with other iconic ...
The Space Needle, an official city landmark, featuring an observation deck and formerly a revolving restaurant. [10] At the time of its completion in 1961, the Space Needle was the tallest building west of the Mississippi River. International Fountain, located in the center of the complex. Designed by Japanese architects Kazuyuki Matsushita and ...
Seattle was selected to host the World's Fair in 1962, revitalizing the downtown area and bringing the construction of the fairgrounds' centerpiece, the Space Needle. The 605-foot (184 m) observation tower became the symbol of the fair and a landmark for Seattle, and was the first new structure to surpass the Smith Tower in height. [15] [20]
English: Aerial photo of Space Needle under construction, 1961, in preparation for the Century 11 Exposition (1962 Seattle World's Fair). Item 167461 , Engineering Department Photographic Negatives (Record Series 2613-07), Seattle Municipal Archives .