This drive-in fast-food restaurant is a longtime favorite of Bill Gates, and probably your best chance of catching a glimpse of the Microsoft chairman, apart from spotting him and wife Melinda on one of their nights out at the movies in Seattle.
This recently revamped and relocated facility showcases Microsoft products, past and present, and offers a chance to play Xbox 360 games on a giant screen. Across the hall is the company store, also recently relocated, where the public can buy merchandise but not software or hardware, which are sold at an employee discount.
Modeled after the underlying structure of DNA, this pedestrian bridge is a pathway to Amgen’s massive waterfront campus, and a symbol of Seattle’s biotech dreams. The California biotech giant obtained the property — once owned by the Port of Seattle — as part of its $16 billion acquisition of Immunex in 2001.
This 80-foot, domed theater inside the Pacific Science Center was built and designed by architect Buckminster Fuller as part of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair. Today it performs laser shows set to famous albums, including Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” every Friday and Saturday at midnight.
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