Fri, 20:26 Birth Week 1976 Local Landmark # 1: 1600 Seventh Avenue, Seattle, WA
Opened (as 1600 Bell Plaza): November 22, 1976
32 floors, 498 ft.
Nov 1976 dedication ceremony featured then-Governer Dan Evans, and Don Ameche, the actor who portrayed Alexander Graham Bell in the 1939 biographical film about him. Was previously named Pacific Northwest Bell Building (during construction), US West Communications, and Qwest Plaza before shedding any corporate name in favor of 1600 Seventh Avenue after being sold in 2012. Most floors of the building now house Nordstrom offices. https://t.co/TyBfb14JhO

Fri, 20:37: Birth Week 1976 Local Landmark #2: Third Place Books, originally PCC Ravenna store, Seattle WA
Opened (as PCC Ravenna): 1976. Actually the second location of the Ravenna store, which originally opened in 1969, but Third Place Books is in the building that was PCC Ravenna between 1976 and 2001.
It was basically put out of business by the opening of Whole Foods half a mile to the west, which opened in late 1999 and is still there now. It's been Third Place Books since 2002. It has a cafe in the back of the bookstore upstairs and a pub in the lower level, which used to be PCC storage space. https://t.co/5iEbqfDgAq