Police responded to the lobby of Seattle’s tallest building – the Columbia Tower – in downtown Seattle after a security guard said a man fired a shot into the floor before leaving the building.

Smith Tower, envisioned by industrialist L.C. Smith, was Seattle’s first skyscraper. Since 1914, the 42-story building has been known for its neoclassical design and views from its observatory.

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The curved roof of Seattle Municipal Tower in downtown Seattle is a city landmark, but try installing a 124,500-pound building maintenance unit atop it and out goes the romance. . . .

SEATTLE — Seattle’s iconic Smith Tower has been sold to a local ownership group a year after it was put up on the market. The historic skyscraper, which used to be the tallest building on the ...