what was that? is that all there is? who is this? this is it.

When I was a bike messenger I took these photos at 1000 2nd Ave when Martin Selig the Seattle real estate titan, owned 33.3% of downtown Seattle. Selig probably owned 66.6% of the buildings I frequented as a legal messenger.

 

5 years ago the covid shutdown lockdown ghosttown downtown zombie shitshow (working remotely) changed Seattle in many ways. It still has not recovered or returned to the work-a-day office space of yesteryear. Here and now Selig’s grip on the city is slipping away. You can read all the details in this Seattle Times article 

 

If you own the building you can do what ever you want with it. You can paint huge canvases, call them art and hang them in the lobby, in the hallways, in the offices of your real estate empire. Selig painted these giant paintings (12’ x 7’ ish) that got my attention back then. That's Mary posing in front of one circa 2006. 

 

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6-20-25 Times article said...

Art is such a key feature in or around many of the buildings, and Selig was really into painting — as in, his own canvases. Roberts said when he talked to Selig a few years ago, he was more interested in talking about his paintings and collection than he was in discussing office development.

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