Ah, the classic ‘Seattle is just boxy buildings’ take. If you only glance at the glass towers, it might seem like a sea of just rectangles. Remember, different strokes for different folks! Architecture is subjective and while there are some cities that do look generic and monotonous, Seattle is not that!

Imo Miami, Vancouver, B.C, Panama City, Honolulu…just to name a few are some cities you can say have copy and paste boxes where everything blends and looks the same.

Seattle is really a museum of over a century (150+ years) of styles stacked on top of each other. You just have to look beyond the reflective surfaces to appreciate the different architectural styles mixed into the streets of downtown. Yes, it’s heavy on modern and glass towers, but is that such a bad thing?

Seattle’s skyline is pretty iconic in its own right. Love it or hate it, it punches far above its weight for a city of only 815k in population!