With the news that Fifth & Columbia Tower will finally be breaking ground, a change in the guard is coming for downtown Seattle. When completed, the tower will become the fifth-tallest building in the Emerald City. It got us thinking that it was a good time for a refresher on which buildings tower over our fair city and which ones are taller than the rest.
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The Ten Tallest Buildings In Seattle

Columbia Center
The 20th-tallest building in the United States, Seattle's tallest is 937 feet-tall and 76 stories high.
1201 Third Avenue Building
At 772 feet tall, it's the second-tallest building in Seattle and 60th-tallest in the U.S.
Two Union Square
With 56 stories, it actually has more than 1201 Third Avenue, but it's 32-feet shorter.
Seattle Municipal Tower
The tallest building constructed in Seattle in the 1990s, this 62-story building is 722 feet tall.
Safeco Plaza
Originally called the Seattle-First National Bank Building, it's 630-feet tall.
Space Needle
The Needle is the tallest observation tower in Washington and the 3rd-tallest observation tower in the United States.
Russell Investments Center
The tallest building constructed in Seattle in the 2000s, it's 598 feet tall.
US Bank Centre
Designed by Callison Architecture, it has 44 floors.
Wells Fargo Center
The exterior façade Wells Fargo Center is composed of a six-sided, steel-framed tower that features a combination of tinted continuous double-glazed glass and polished spring rose granite panels.
Bank of America 5th Ave Plaza
Amazingly, this building has been able to retain a minimum of 98% occupancy since it was opened.
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