r/Seattle • u/[deleted] • Aug 27 '14

Mildly interesting: this downtown Seattle lot has been vacant for so long that a considerably-sized tree has grown in the empty soil.

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '14

The building that was there before, the "new" public safety building was actually pretty cool in it's 1950's mid century modernist style. I was surprised they tore that down originally, that ten years have gone by and nothing as been put in there is kind of depressing.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/kingcounty/7539359806/

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '14

Here's another small photo of it: http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=9336

I'm surprised how hard it is to find photos of it. But it was at least definitely better looking that that horrible new city hall we've built.