Something I read led me to this website listing private buildings with public spaces. A few weeks ago I checked out the US Bank Center building. The Friday group of Urban Sketchers Seattle met there today to sketch. It has 3 floors of public lobbies with good views out the windows and interesting art inside. We all agreed it was a great place to sketch, particularly on this chilly and rainy day.
I didn't know it when we planned this, but one of our members, David Chamness, works in a firm in that building. And the firm designed the building!
I do like these older buildings with intricate decorations. So my next subject was the end of a building but looking down an alley. A modern Amazon building is in the background, above.
As usual, we met to share sketches and have a group photo. David led some of the staff in his office in a sketching lesson over lunch. He joined us later to see our sketches and show us his 5 (or 10?) minute sketch.
This is a really interesting post. Years ago, I brought my Cornish class here to sketch, and we were kicked out by security! I thought it would be like New York City, where developers made deals to trade off a ground floor public space for more floors allowed on their tower. Not so, or so I was told.
I like that title, Private but Public...I'm going to take a careful look at that list.