Ban Roll On Building

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The green glass dome of the Second & Seneca Building is one of the most easily identifiable architectural details visible from the Seattle waterfront. The building has been lovingly dubbed the Ban Roll On building and R2D2 because of its distinctive ball shaped dome which glows from within at night. You are viewing it from the top deck of the Alaskan Way Viaduct in this photo.

Curving Color Abstract

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I thought we'd start out the week with an upward spiral in this abstract. If you recognized this detail as the curved side of the 2nd & Seneca Building in downtown Seattle, you would be right! (Also known as R2D2 or Ban Roll On Building.) I loved seeing the turquoise, blue, gold, yellow, black and gray curving bands of geometric forms and their qualities of transparency, reflection, and opacity

Second & Seneca Building Christmas Lighting

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I was downtown for a performance when I saw this peeking through the the upper window of Benaroya Hall, home of Seattle's Symphony. The familiar blue-green glass dome of the Second & Seneca building has a new adornment for the holidays: a ring of red light. It is sometimes called R2D2 or the Ban Roll On Building,