WELCOME TO Alaska Airlines NEWEST LOUNGE AT SEA-TAC AIRPORT WITH RUNWAY VIEWS
Located in the N Satellite concourse of Seattle’s Sea-Tac Airport, Alaska Airlines has outdone itself with one of the most attractive Airport Lounges in the country.
The lounge itself is so spacious that it extends across the full length of the satellite terminal, but its starring feature are the floor to ceiling windows that provide 180 degree views of the runways and tarmac with the opportunity to observe the departing and landing aircraft.
Then there is the constantly varying menu that on this day included creamy macoroni and cheese with chicken and make it yourself deli sandwiches on pretzel buns. Noted for its nutritious soups, the new Alaska Airlines lounge ups the ante with a choice of Turkey, Sausage, & Kale or Fire Roasted Vegetable this day.
Watch as this video shares the spectacular runway views, captures the expansive lounge seating, and includes food fare and drink options.
SUNSET VIEW FROM NEW Alaska Airlines LOUNGE AS A PLANE LANDS AND ANOTHER TAXIES IN CLOSE
The new Alaska Airlines Lounge at Sea-Tac Airport’s North Satellite Terminal affords spectacular views from its floor to ceiling windows of arriving and departing aircraft.
Watch here as one plane comes in for a landing followed by another that taxies up close to the lounge as seen from the new Alaska Airlines Lounge.
Northwestern Spirit Team Leads 1,200 Fans in Go U Northwestern at University of Washington Tailgate
It never gets old hearing and joining in with the singing of Northwestern University’s heralded fight song “Go U Northwestern.”
Watch and join in as the Northwestern Spirit Squad leads at the pregame N-Zone Alumni Tailgate at the University of Washington before 1,100 gathered Northwestern fans.
1,500 acres of Seattle close to the shoreline of Elliot Bay was originally a marshy swamp upon which wooden structures were erected. After a fire burned the city down a new Seattle was erected using brick and stone which as engineered raised the city in an area now known as Pioneer Square an entire level.
This reconstruction of Seattle resulted in a hidden underground with tunnels below the newly erected sidewalks and cavernous below ground rooms.
In this video, which is filmed in this underground, we are introduced to Seattle’s hidden underground which was once at street level.
Link to Video Introducing Seattle's Hidden Underground:
In this below video we are in the heart of Seattle’s mysterious hidden underground that lies below Seattle’s Pioneer Square. Experience standing on a now underground sidewalk that was once the original sidewalk previously positioned at what was once street level.
In the first video above one can see on the wall behind the tour guide the only known photograph of Chief Seattle after whom Seattle was named. When one resurfaces to today's ground level this statue of Chief Seattle is seen prominently erected in Pioneer Square above the Underground Seattle:
Here are some selected still shots taken in Underground Seattle:
At this location in Underground Seattle a pile of Yukon Gold Rush supplies have been assembled to represent the "ton of supplies" that Canada required of would be gold miners to enter Canada. Seattle merchants made millions of dollars selling the required supplies and it was the economic boost that sustained Seattle's economy.
(in a similar fashion, decades earlier, timber hewn from Washington's forests was shipped out of Seattle in the 1850s to California for construction in its gold rush which established earlier wealth for Seattle.)
Here are some added above ground views in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square:
Below is looking toward the direction of today's downtown Seattle and Elliot Bay as seen from distant Aurora Avenue that was once Seattle's North-South highway before the construction of the Interstates:
MEET SEATTLE'S STATUE OF LIBERTY - THE STORIED SMITH TOWER, AND THE SHIP FROM JAPAN SHE WELCOMED
It was the Statue of Liberty that welcomed ships crossing the Atlantic.
Analogously, as the Japanese ocean liner Hikawa Maru completed its 1930 maiden voyage from Kobe Japan to Seattle Washington it is recorded, "As the ship neared the Port of Seattle, Smith Tower welcomed Hikawa Maru." The ship would go on until World War II connecting Japan to Seattle as it transported such luminaries as the Prince and Princess of Japan and Charlie Chaplin.
In my below linked YouTube Video a snapshot in time is captured in this room within Seattle’s historic Smith Tower.
When completed in 1914 and continuing until 1922 it was the 4th tallest structure in the world and the tallest building west of the Mississippi at 469 feet. It even remained the tallest on the West Coast until the 605 foot Space Needle overtook it in 1962.
In this video see a replica of the mid 1920s KFQX Radio Station Studio constructed by Al Hubbard in Smith Tower from which the pictured Olmstead couple allegedly broadcast coded messages to their fleet of boats smuggling liquor into Seattle from Canada during prohibition. The station lives on today as KOMO.
Also seen is a desk from their lawyer Jerry Finch's office also in Smith Tower. The first conviction using wire tapping resulted from wire tapped conversations between rumrunner Roy Olmstead and his lawyer here in this Smith Tower.
Also on display are the original blueprints for Smith Tower and a Chinese Panel Screen apparently relocated here from the building’s 35th floor Chinese Room when it was converted to a restaurant. (The Chinese Wishing Chair allegedly gifted by China's Empress Dowager Cixi remains at the entrance to the Observatory 35th floor restaurant.)
Seattle’s historic ties to Asia emanated from Smith Tower not only as symbolized by the Chinese Room but by the building itself housing the architectural offices of architect Joshua Vogel of Baker Vogel Rousch who brought American engineering techniques to Asia and brought back Asian aesthetic styles to Seattle and the rest of America.
Link to Video of History Filled Room in Smith Tower:
Here are my recently taken photos of the Hikawa Maru as it can still be seen today in Yokohama where it survives as the only cargo-passenger liner built in Japan before World War II. Its Art Deco decor and divided staircase are reminiscent of theTitanic.
These are followed by photos of and inside Smith Tower as just taken this past week.
Smith Tower today as seen up close and from distant Aurora Avenue:
The storied Wishing Chair as preserved from the Smith Tower's Chinese Room:
And for good measure, this is a photo of Empress Dowager Cixi's Marble Boat at her Summer Palace in Beijing. Allegedly the once existent Chinese Room in Smith Tower which included the Wishing Chair was furnished by her:
And here are views of Seattle taken from Smith Tower's 35th Floor Observatory last week:
Finally, here are still shots from the room filled with the Tower's 1920s history as captured in my above YouTube Video. Also note the original blueprints for Smith Tower which are available for one to handle and view page-by-page:
These 3 photos are of the last SR71 to return back to the USA in the early 1990s.
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I was the public affairs officer for the comm Squadron at RAF Mildenhall, Uk and a gave a roll of film to an officer that took this photo from the KC-130 during refueling shortly after the SR-71 took off on its flight back to the USA. The SR-71 leaked fuel until it got to flight altitude and was fully pressurized. it had to re-fueled at that point as it was low on fuel and would not complete the mission without the re-fueling operation.
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You're half right @JWP. They are film canisters but not 35mm.....75 meters (2.5 feet) from an altitude of 19.6 kilometers (65,000 ft). The camera imaged onto two 9 ½ inch wide frames of film through a single lens, producing an 18x18 inch exposure.
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We’re getting our taste of Hurricane Helene on Saint Simons Island, GA right now.
Branches down in the road on my commute to work. One fell right in front of me and went up into the undercarriage of my car. I was unable to steer around it in time. Fortunately it was just a relatively crunchy palm frond instead of a solid live oak limb.
It’s getting gnarly out there now. There have been some gusts that I bet were 50+ MPH.
And we’re only on the outer edge of this thing. Prayers for the folks in the FL panhandle and the rest of GA inland from us. They’re getting the worst of it.
My friend Matt Trevathan shot these pics at the St. Simons Pier and lighthouse tonight. I converted his short video of the Pier to an animated GIF, so you won’t be able to hear the wind noise, which is impressive.
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WELCOME TO Alaska Airlines NEWEST LOUNGE AT SEA-TAC AIRPORT WITH RUNWAY VIEWS
Located in the N Satellite concourse of Seattle’s Sea-Tac Airport, Alaska Airlines has outdone itself with one of the most attractive Airport Lounges in the country.
The lounge itself is so spacious that it extends across the full length of the satellite terminal, but its starring feature are the floor to ceiling windows that provide 180 degree views of the runways and tarmac with the opportunity to observe the departing and landing aircraft.
Then there is the constantly varying menu that on this day included creamy macoroni and cheese with chicken and make it yourself deli sandwiches on pretzel buns. Noted for its nutritious soups, the new Alaska Airlines lounge ups the ante with a choice of Turkey, Sausage, & Kale or Fire Roasted Vegetable this day.
Watch as this video shares the spectacular runway views, captures the expansive lounge seating, and includes food fare and drink options.
LINK TO LOUNGE VIDEO:
SUNSET VIEW FROM NEW Alaska Airlines LOUNGE AS A PLANE LANDS AND ANOTHER TAXIES IN CLOSE
The new Alaska Airlines Lounge at Sea-Tac Airport’s North Satellite Terminal affords spectacular views from its floor to ceiling windows of arriving and departing aircraft.
Watch here as one plane comes in for a landing followed by another that taxies up close to the lounge as seen from the new Alaska Airlines Lounge.
LINK TO VIEW FROM LOUNGE VIDEO:
And some stills:
These 3 photos are of the last SR71 to return back to the USA in the early 1990s.
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Northwestern Spirit Team Leads 1,200 Fans in Go U Northwestern at University of Washington Tailgate
It never gets old hearing and joining in with the singing of Northwestern University’s heralded fight song “Go U Northwestern.”
Watch and join in as the Northwestern Spirit Squad leads at the pregame N-Zone Alumni Tailgate at the University of Washington before 1,100 gathered Northwestern fans.
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EXPLORING SEATTLE'S UNDERGROUND
1,500 acres of Seattle close to the shoreline of Elliot Bay was originally a marshy swamp upon which wooden structures were erected. After a fire burned the city down a new Seattle was erected using brick and stone which as engineered raised the city in an area now known as Pioneer Square an entire level.
This reconstruction of Seattle resulted in a hidden underground with tunnels below the newly erected sidewalks and cavernous below ground rooms.
In this video, which is filmed in this underground, we are introduced to Seattle’s hidden underground which was once at street level.
Link to Video Introducing Seattle's Hidden Underground:
In this below video we are in the heart of Seattle’s mysterious hidden underground that lies below Seattle’s Pioneer Square. Experience standing on a now underground sidewalk that was once the original sidewalk previously positioned at what was once street level.
Link to Video Standing on Underground Sidewalk:
In the first video above one can see on the wall behind the tour guide the only known photograph of Chief Seattle after whom Seattle was named. When one resurfaces to today's ground level this statue of Chief Seattle is seen prominently erected in Pioneer Square above the Underground Seattle:
Here are some selected still shots taken in Underground Seattle:
At this location in Underground Seattle a pile of Yukon Gold Rush supplies have been assembled to represent the "ton of supplies" that Canada required of would be gold miners to enter Canada. Seattle merchants made millions of dollars selling the required supplies and it was the economic boost that sustained Seattle's economy.
(in a similar fashion, decades earlier, timber hewn from Washington's forests was shipped out of Seattle in the 1850s to California for construction in its gold rush which established earlier wealth for Seattle.)
Here are some added above ground views in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square:
Below is looking toward the direction of today's downtown Seattle and Elliot Bay as seen from distant Aurora Avenue that was once Seattle's North-South highway before the construction of the Interstates:
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MEET SEATTLE'S STATUE OF LIBERTY - THE STORIED SMITH TOWER, AND THE SHIP FROM JAPAN SHE WELCOMED
It was the Statue of Liberty that welcomed ships crossing the Atlantic.
Analogously, as the Japanese ocean liner Hikawa Maru completed its 1930 maiden voyage from Kobe Japan to Seattle Washington it is recorded, "As the ship neared the Port of Seattle, Smith Tower welcomed Hikawa Maru." The ship would go on until World War II connecting Japan to Seattle as it transported such luminaries as the Prince and Princess of Japan and Charlie Chaplin.
In my below linked YouTube Video a snapshot in time is captured in this room within Seattle’s historic Smith Tower.
When completed in 1914 and continuing until 1922 it was the 4th tallest structure in the world and the tallest building west of the Mississippi at 469 feet. It even remained the tallest on the West Coast until the 605 foot Space Needle overtook it in 1962.
In this video see a replica of the mid 1920s KFQX Radio Station Studio constructed by Al Hubbard in Smith Tower from which the pictured Olmstead couple allegedly broadcast coded messages to their fleet of boats smuggling liquor into Seattle from Canada during prohibition. The station lives on today as KOMO.
Also seen is a desk from their lawyer Jerry Finch's office also in Smith Tower. The first conviction using wire tapping resulted from wire tapped conversations between rumrunner Roy Olmstead and his lawyer here in this Smith Tower.
Also on display are the original blueprints for Smith Tower and a Chinese Panel Screen apparently relocated here from the building’s 35th floor Chinese Room when it was converted to a restaurant. (The Chinese Wishing Chair allegedly gifted by China's Empress Dowager Cixi remains at the entrance to the Observatory 35th floor restaurant.)
Seattle’s historic ties to Asia emanated from Smith Tower not only as symbolized by the Chinese Room but by the building itself housing the architectural offices of architect Joshua Vogel of Baker Vogel Rousch who brought American engineering techniques to Asia and brought back Asian aesthetic styles to Seattle and the rest of America.
Link to Video of History Filled Room in Smith Tower:
Here are my recently taken photos of the Hikawa Maru as it can still be seen today in Yokohama where it survives as the only cargo-passenger liner built in Japan before World War II. Its Art Deco decor and divided staircase are reminiscent of theTitanic.
These are followed by photos of and inside Smith Tower as just taken this past week.
Smith Tower today as seen up close and from distant Aurora Avenue:
The storied Wishing Chair as preserved from the Smith Tower's Chinese Room:
And for good measure, this is a photo of Empress Dowager Cixi's Marble Boat at her Summer Palace in Beijing. Allegedly the once existent Chinese Room in Smith Tower which included the Wishing Chair was furnished by her:
And here are views of Seattle taken from Smith Tower's 35th Floor Observatory last week:
Finally, here are still shots from the room filled with the Tower's 1920s history as captured in my above YouTube Video. Also note the original blueprints for Smith Tower which are available for one to handle and view page-by-page:
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You even got the gov't issue frames! 🤣 👍
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I was the public affairs officer for the comm Squadron at RAF Mildenhall, Uk and a gave a roll of film to an officer that took this photo from the KC-130 during refueling shortly after the SR-71 took off on its flight back to the USA. The SR-71 leaked fuel until it got to flight altitude and was fully pressurized. it had to re-fueled at that point as it was low on fuel and would not complete the mission without the re-fueling operation.
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We were right up the road from each other.
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This is a test @JWP. Do you know what these are?
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They look like 35mm film canasters.
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You're half right @JWP. They are film canisters but not 35mm.....75 meters (2.5 feet) from an altitude of 19.6 kilometers (65,000 ft). The camera imaged onto two 9 ½ inch wide frames of film through a single lens, producing an 18x18 inch exposure.
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We’re getting our taste of Hurricane Helene on Saint Simons Island, GA right now.
Branches down in the road on my commute to work. One fell right in front of me and went up into the undercarriage of my car. I was unable to steer around it in time. Fortunately it was just a relatively crunchy palm frond instead of a solid live oak limb.
It’s getting gnarly out there now. There have been some gusts that I bet were 50+ MPH.
And we’re only on the outer edge of this thing. Prayers for the folks in the FL panhandle and the rest of GA inland from us. They’re getting the worst of it.
My friend Matt Trevathan shot these pics at the St. Simons Pier and lighthouse tonight. I converted his short video of the Pier to an animated GIF, so you won’t be able to hear the wind noise, which is impressive.