- Columbia Center, tallest building in Pacific Northwest, opens doors on March 2, 1985. (historylink.org)
On March 2, 1985, the first tenants occupy the 76-story Columbia Center, the tallest building in the Pacific Northwest. Constructed at a cost of $200 million amid controversy over its architectural value and environmental impact, the project demonstrates inadequacies in the city building code. The Columbia tower, as it is known informally, is located between 4th and 5th avenues and Columbia and Cherry streets. The Columbia Center’s name will change to Columbia Seafirst Center, and in 1999 will change again to Bank of America Tower, or BankAmerica Tower. Finally, in 2005, the name will revert to Columbia Center.
- Interstate Park (Wikipedia)
Interstate Park comprises two adjacent state parks on the Minnesota–Wisconsin border, both named Interstate State Park. They straddle the Dalles of the St. Croix River, a deep basalt gorge with glacial potholes and other rock formations. The Wisconsin park is 1,330 acres (538 ha) and the Minnesota park is 298 acres (121 ha). The towns of Taylors Falls, Minnesota and St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin are adjacent to the park. Interstate Park is within the Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway and the Ice Age National Scientific Reserve. The western terminus of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail is on the Wisconsin side. On the Minnesota side, two areas contain National Park Service rustic style buildings and structures that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Columbia Center (Wikipedia)
The Columbia Center, formerly named the Bank of America Tower and Columbia Seafirst Center, is a skyscraper in downtown Seattle, Washington, United States. The 76-story structure is the tallest building in Seattle and the state of Washington, reaching a height of 933 ft (284 m). At the time of its completion, the Columbia Center was the tallest structure on the West Coast; as of 2017, it is the fourth-tallest, behind buildings in Los Angeles and San Francisco.