- 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.
- Port Townsend, Washington (Wikipedia)
Port Townsend /ˈtaʊnzənd/ is a city on the Quimper Peninsula in Jefferson County, Washington, United States. The population was 10,148 at the 2020 United States Census. It is the county seat of, and the only incorporated city in, Jefferson County.
- 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.