The Times Square Building, formerly the Times Building, is a registered landmark building in

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. It was completed in 1916 and housed editorial operations of the ''

Seattle Times ''The Seattle Times'' is an American daily newspaper based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1891, ''The Seattle Times'' has the largest circulation of any newspaper in the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region. The Seattle Time ...

'' newspaper, which was housed there until 1930. Located at 414 Olive Way, it is entirely surrounded by streets: 4th Avenue, Olive Way, Stewart Street and 5th Avenue. The building has a Beaux-Arts design and

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shape. It is five stories high. Designed by the Seattle architects Bebb and

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, the Times Square building was listed on the

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in 1983 and was designated a city landmarkLandmarks Alphabetical Listing for T
Individual Landmarks, Department of Neighborhoods, City of Seattle. Accessed 28 December 2007. in 1984.

References

Notes Further reading
Vance Corporation data sheet

Phorio datasheet

External links

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