One of the favorite cities in the U.S. is tucked up in the northwest corner of the country. Close to the Pacific, close to the mountains, and close to Canada, Seattle is not only a good place to visit, but you might want to live there. One thing that sets this city apart is the Seattle architecture. Residential architects Seattle have created a city of unique neighborhoods unlike the cookie-cutter McMansions found in the Midwest. Walls of glass bring the vistas of the Pacific Ocean and the Cascade Mountains into the living rooms of the residents fortunate enough to call this city home.
The splendid architecture of the city hits the eye immediately as the visitor approaches the city by air. Seattle’s unique character can be seen in her most famous landmark, the Space Needle. The Space Needle was designed with the Stuttgart Tower in Germany in mind by Edward E. Carlson for the 1962 Seattle Worlds Fair. The concept for this fair was Century 21. And here we are in Century 21, and the Space Needle is still a modernistic symbol for a modern city. Still today, it attracts visitors by the thousands. That is, in those times its not closed due to climate conditions.
And while were on the subject of weather, Seattle has a climate as unique as the city itself. If you want to bask in the hot, dry sun, go to Palm Springs. But if you want a cool, damp climate, and comfortable summers, Seattle is the place for you. an average summer day is in the 70s, and a average winter day is in the 30s. What you’ve heard about the rain in Seattle is true. It does rain a lot. Average rainfall in Seattle is somewhere close to 37 inches annually. However, what falls from the sky is normally no more than a light drizzle. Seattle also has a reputation for gray skies. This reputation is also well earned. Whereas, in the Northeast, when the rain stops, the sky turns blue, in the Northwest, the skies remain gray when the rain stops. Winter is the time of rain, with the rainy season starting around the First of October.
Over the years, Seattle has provided a living for its inhabitants in a number of different ways that evolved following the evolution of the country as a whole. In the early days, lumber was the big business. This was followed in the second half of the Nineteenth Century by the Gold Rush of the Far North. Seattle acted as a port for sending supplies to the Gold Rush in Alaska and the Yukon. Throughout this era, it wasn’t gold that made the people wealthy. It was the salmon and clothing industries. Later, as the Twentieth Century progressedinto the Mid-Twentieth Century, the boom in Seattle was fueled by the aircraft industry and, later, by the software industry.
But, you know what they say about all work and no play. Seattle also provides cultural activities that appeal to the entire spectrum of music lovers. At one end are the Seattle Symphony, the opera, and the ballet. At the other end is the grunge music of such artists as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, and Mudhoney.
