U.S. Bank Center (Seattle)
office skyscraper in Seattle, Washington
U.S. Bank Center, formerly U.S. Bank Centre, is a 44-story skyscraper in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. The building opened as Pacific First Centre and was constructed from 1987 to 1989. At 607 feet (185 m), it is currently the eighth-tallest building in Seattle and was designed by Callison Architecture, who is also headquartered in the building. It contains 943,575 sq ft (87,661 m2) of office space.
History
The site, between 5th and 6th avenues and bound to the north by Pike Street and south by Union Street, was home to the Music Box Theatre, the Windsor Hotel, and a jewelry store for several decades. A 46-story high-rise, named the Stimson Center, was announced in 1983 and would have been the third-tallest building in Downtown Seattle at 588 feet (179 m). The complex was slated to cost $200 million and include a major department store in a seven-story podium that would also encompass the largest parking garage in Downtown Seattle, with capacity for 1,200 vehicles to replace the garage for the Washington Athletic Club. The oval-shaped tower, designed by architect and co-developer John Graham & Company, would have had glass and light-colored stone cladding.
A street vacation was granted by the Seattle City Council in March 1985 after opposition due to its large size. The Music Box and adjacent Town Theater closed the following month.
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