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  1. Doyle Building 1
    Doyle Building
    United StatesSeattle
    4 fl 1919
  2. Fifteen Twenty-One Second Avenue 2
    Fifteen Twenty-One Second Avenue
    United StatesSeattle
    134 m 38 fl 2008
  3. Market Place Tower 3
    Market Place Tower
    United StatesSeattle
    73 m 17 fl 1988
  4. Market Place North 4
    Market Place North
    United StatesSeattle
    14 fl 1982
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    5
    1925 1st Avenue
    United StatesSeattle
    9 fl 1901
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    6
    LaSalle Building
    United StatesSeattle
    8 fl 1907
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    7
    Pike & Virginia Building
    United StatesSeattle
    8 fl 1979
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    8
    Market Place Two
    United StatesSeattle
    5 fl 1981
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    9
    Tower 12
    United StatesSeattle
    119 m 34 fl 2017
  10. Viktoria Apartments 10
    Viktoria Apartments
    United StatesSeattle
    24 fl 2014
  11. Cristalla 11
    Cristalla
    United StatesSeattle
    73 m 24 fl 2005
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    12
    The Emerald
    United StatesSeattle
    40 fl 2020
  13. Newmark Tower 13
    Newmark Tower
    United StatesSeattle
    82 m 24 fl 1991
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    Atwood Apartments
    United StatesSeattle
    6 fl 1910
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    15
    Hotel St. Regis
    United StatesSeattle
    8 fl 1909
  16. Sanitary Public Market 16
    Sanitary Public Market
    United StatesSeattle
    3 fl
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    Waterfront Landings - The Minato Building
    United StatesSeattle
    5 fl 1997
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    18
    Post Alley Court
    United StatesSeattle
    8 fl 1989
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    19
    Market Court
    United StatesSeattle
    6 fl 1989
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    20
    Market Place One
    United StatesSeattle
    8 fl 1980
  21. Broadacres Building 21
    Broadacres Building
    United StatesSeattle
    41 m 9 fl 1907
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    22
    Marketside Flats
    United StatesSeattle
    4 fl 1915
  23. The State Hotel 23
    The State Hotel
    United StatesSeattle
    7 fl 1904
  24. Corner Market Building 24
    Corner Market Building
    United StatesSeattle
    2 fl 1912
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    25
    Hillclimb Court
    United StatesSeattle
    6 fl 1982
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    26
    Waterfront Landings - The Lumiere Building
    United StatesSeattle
    5 fl 1997
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    27
    Inn at the Market
    United StatesSeattle
    7 fl 1985
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    28
    Ross Manor
    United StatesSeattle
    12 fl 1968
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    29
    Fairmount Apartments
    United StatesSeattle
    6 fl 1914
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    30
    The Oxford
    United StatesSeattle
    6 fl 1909
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    31
    South Arcade Condominiums
    United StatesSeattle
    13 fl 1985
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    32
    Thompson Seattle
    United StatesSeattle
    12 fl 2016
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    33
    1931 2nd Avenue
    United StatesSeattle
    43 fl
  34. One Pacific Tower 34
    One Pacific Tower
    United StatesSeattle
    79 m 27 fl 1995
  35. Terminal Sales Building 35
    Terminal Sales Building
    United StatesSeattle
    40 m 11 fl 1925
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    36
    Waterfront Landings - The Viaggio Building
    United StatesSeattle
    5 fl 1997
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    37
    First & Stewart Building
    United StatesSeattle
    12 fl 1987
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