This Seattle Central Library escalator takes visitors up to the
"spiral stacks", a unique architectural characteristic of
the
building. Instead of floors, the library stacks spiral upward
allowing people to walk between "floors" without the need
for stairs.
And yes, the escalator is fluorescent green and appears to glow.
Added to group "Cream of the Crop" 08/01/2005 as my most viewed photo (to date).
Featured in top 10 for "Interestingness" on 07/30/2005, whatever that means.
This photo was taken on July 29, 2005 in SoDo, Seattle, WA, US, using an Olympus C8080WZ.
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dKay., poordumbbird, jolanda r (aka jojoro), ArtsySF © ~ Marjie, and 279 other people added this photo to their favorites.
::enrapture:: (83 months ago | reply)
excellent shot! I love it! You should also add it to:
www.flickr.com/groups/greenisbeautiful/
Pandiyan (83 months ago | reply)
I love the beautiful symmetry and the colors. This can set off creative minds to wonderful stories.
dKay. (83 months ago | reply)
way cool.
Janet Leadbeater (83 months ago | reply)
this is so fabulous. love the green. love the symmetry
jolanda r (aka jojoro) (83 months ago | reply)
Amazing picture, amazing escalator and it must also be an amazing building!
juliewoo (83 months ago | reply)
Great color in this one!
Guess What iCott? (83 months ago | reply)
LOVE this! Nice shot!!!
dolphin_dolphin (83 months ago | reply)
Oh!! Very nice balance!!
Good shot!!
jaime.silva (83 months ago | reply)
wouw! *****
Caramdir (83 months ago | reply)
The color almost hurts my eyes! The photo is well done though.
Walter Q's (83 months ago | reply)
Wonderful shot, that intense colors are great. The escalator contrast very well with the lamps above.
Walter
ArtsySF © ~ Marjie (83 months ago | reply)
a FAVORITE !
–Gretchen (83 months ago | reply)
great shot! I love the color!
Milton Stern (83 months ago | reply)
Green! The composition is perfectly balanced. Great work!
rhoadeecha (83 months ago | reply)
KILLER!
idg (83 months ago | reply)
Green is the colour! Cool shot.
Mark Griffith (83 months ago | reply)
Great glow.
Davoud D. (83 months ago | reply)
Excellent perspective shot - the building looks fantastic, I will have to add it to my ever lengthing beacuse-I-saw-it-on-Flickr list of places to visit :)
·!¦[·MªÐmOìZëLLe·]¦!· (83 months ago | reply)
WOW!!!!!!!
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ThiS is AmaZing..
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It lookS like in a UFO moVie..
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F - A - V
wongwong [deleted] (83 months ago | reply)
unbelievable
algo (83 months ago | reply)
Amazing viewed large.
Has it been this colour for long? I'm sure I would have noticed when I visited a few years ago. I remember being impressed by the architecture.
Steve Mathers (83 months ago | reply)
Incredible! Escalators never looked so good.
vsz (83 months ago | reply)
Thanks everyone for the great comments!
@ algo: I'm not sure when they did these colors, the seattle central library opened in 2004 so I'm not sure when you saw it. This was only my second visit.
Amie V (83 months ago | reply)
Great composition and of course, fantastic green!
RichardLowkes (83 months ago | reply)
delicious lime green tones, nice lines
5ofSix (83 months ago | reply)
neato! love the colour
naftalina007 (83 months ago | reply)
what a great explosion of green in this image!
Bavarian Kokopelli (83 months ago | reply)
great color shot
vsz (83 months ago | reply)
I'm overwhelmed, thanks everyone. I'm so grateful, my first top-fav 25!
weemonkey [deleted] (83 months ago | reply)
i love this color
Fianna [deleted] (83 months ago | reply)
Nice shot! A great place to spend St. Patrick's Day!
Tracy Rab (83 months ago | reply)
WOW! i love the color of this! outstanding!
Hawaiian Sea (83 months ago | reply)
I Want One !
mayagal (83 months ago | reply)
great work!
pierofix (83 months ago | reply)
Nice!
rleigh (83 months ago | reply)
Looks like the escalator into another world. Lovely.
kcla (83 months ago | reply)
brilliant green and amazing series, keep it up.
Kristy
crows_in_trees (83 months ago | reply)
wow, i wish the brand-new library here in Montreal had glowing green like that! and i haven't taken a decent shot of it yet.
China Chas (83 months ago | reply)
this is a great set - and going to fave this one!
halloween jack (82 months ago | reply)
beautiful. I remember the old library, along with it's demolition a few years ago. Haven't had a chance to visit this beautiful place. Thanks for the photos in the meantime.
Sunshine Aurora (82 months ago | reply)
Fabulous!
Robbie Howell (82 months ago | reply)
Fantastic execution. Great movement.
Tomsch (82 months ago | reply)
great shot, i like it! no wonder why it is viewed so often!
Paul Bettings Photography (81 months ago | reply)
I like it!!! This is a very interesting shot!! The green is great!!!!
HannyB (81 months ago | reply)
great shot, love that green...
tyggy (81 months ago | reply)
Great shot!
Please feel free to post this photo to the just opened Amazing pool
kaiker (81 months ago | reply)
Nice green, I like this one ;)
mark daniel (81 months ago | reply)
electric acid green goodness.
and i like the splash of aqua at the vanishing point on the top of the escalator.
Ishrona (80 months ago | reply)
Wow Great Shot! Consider posting it at the Arcitectural Interior Group.
www.flickr.com/groups/architectural_interiors /
Robem (80 months ago | reply)
Wow ..Great shot !
My muted twin was shot in a barn:
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