Classic structures of the NW

[metroman]

What are some of your favorite northwest, vintage constructions.

"Oldies but goodies " buildings, roads and bridges.

Here's one of my top picks, The Smith Tower, Seattle. One of Seattle's first skyscrapers.

http://www.smithtower.com/Facts.html

http://www.smithtower.com/History.html

[Fiat Lux]

Here are some of my favorites that quickly come to mind. There are plenty of others I am sure that I am leaving off the list.

Buildings

Lake McDonald Lodge (http://www.glacierparkinc.com/LakeMcDonaldLodge.htm) - Glacier N.P.

Old State Capitol (http://www.k12.wa.us/AboutUs/OldCapitolBldg.aspx) - Olympia, WA (I wish they could have kept the tower)

Union Station (http://www.chihuly.com/installations/unionstation/) - Tacoma, WA

Suzzalo Library (http://www.lib.washington.edu/about/libdirections/Fall98/suzzallo.html) - University of Washington (I wish they built the tower)

Port Townsend, WA - Vintage building galore and including the Jefferson County Courthouse (http://www.co.jefferson.wa.us/)

Spokane County Courthouse (http://www.spokanecounty.org/asp/vis_historycourthouse.asp) - Spokane

Husky Stadium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husky_Stadium) - Seattle, WA

McArthur Court (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mcarthur_court) - University of Oregon


Roads

Going-to-the-Sun Road (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going-to-the-Sun_Road) - Glacier N.P.

Old highway 95 route up the Lewiston Hill (http://www.idptv.state.id.us/buildingbig/hiways/lewistonhill.html) - north of Lewiston, ID

Chinook Pass

[Aleks]

Grand Coulee Dam. (http://users.owt.com/chubbard/gcdam/)

[metroman]

Grand Coulee Dam. (http://users.owt.com/chubbard/gcdam/)
Now that's a good one....great example.

[ghost22]

bronco stadium, boise.

What other stadium has blue turf as its playing surface. Truly it is one of a kind.

[Fiat Lux]

^ vintage?

[metroman]

Spokane County Court is very impressive and a city treasure.
http://www.biznc.com/ncphotos/images/spokane/2/sc_ch_109.jpg

[Aleks]

Well, definitely the Space Needle (http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k235/Aleks0o01/8944b538.jpg).

The Alaskan Way Viaduct (http://z.about.com/d/seattle/1/7/7/4/-/-/Alaskan-Way-Viaduct-181.gif) is really famous too.

The Jonhston Ridge Observatory (http://z.about.com/d/gonw/1/0/L/-/-/-/window.jpg) was a great icon of the Northwest but it was shut down because people didn't visit it as often as before.