On the left is the Frederick Longbotham Building. Constructed in 1909, the building was designed to provide residential rooms for working men........ and after the 1889 fire devastated Spokane, workers flocked in to help rebuild the city. This building provided 57 rooms on the upper floors while renting street level spaces for local businesses. Opening in the 1910s as the Frederick Hotel, it was one of the most successful and prominent Japanese-owned businesses in Spokane. The building was renamed in the 1930s by the new owner, Lewis Longbotham. This building is historically interesting also because of it's "ghost signs:" Albers Rolled Oats, Rex Flour, Bull Durham Tobacco, painted in places of high visibility to appeal to workers passing through from the nearby rail depots, are still faintly visible today.
The Rainier Tower in downtown Seattle is a 41-story skyscraper completed in 1977. It has an unusual appearance, being atop an 11-story concrete pedestal base that tapers towards ground level like an inverted pyramid. The design was chosen in order to preserve the greenery of downtown Seattle and allow more ground space to be devoted to a retail shopping plaza. Locals often refer to it as the "Beaver Buiding" as its physical appearance looks like a tree being felled by a beaver. It has also been referred to as the "Golf Tee Building."
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