The Davenport Hotel Tower

The Davenport Hotel Tower

Recently, I had the opportunity to visit the rooftop of the Davenport Hotel Tower building.  I was unsure exactly what the view from this tall building would be, but it turned out to be fantastic.  In addition to good views of downtown Spokane, Mother Nature treated us with a brilliant sunset.

This rooftop was not without issues, and it got pretty cold up on top of this structure.  Yet, as the sunset diminished and the downtown lights began to come on, this was simply an incredible view.  For a photographer to have gotten access to literally all of the tallest buildings in Spokane, and to see the sights that I have seen, is certainly humbling.  These opportunities come along once in a lifetime, and I wanted to insure that I got as many images as I could in the hour or hour and a half that I was on top of this Tower.

The view from the Tower, had a great view of the original Davenport Hotel, although at more of an angle than when I had shot that Davenport Hotel from the ground or parking garage levels in the past.  Looking down on that historic Davenport Hotel, was quite an experience.  

From the Davenport Tower location, I had a wide open view of Interstate 90 (I90), and the entire southern edges of the downtown area.  The view up onto the northern edges of the Spokane South Hill was also wide open from the height that I was located.  Shooting these busy streets after it began to get dark, gave new meaning to the traffic flow on I90 at the Sunset Hill area through the entire downtown of Spokane.  Traffic was HEAVY on this night shoot on downtown streets as well as the I90 corridor.

Views from the Davenport Hotel Tower

A  view from the roof of the Wells Fargo building, toward the Bank of America building

http://www.spokanenightscenes.com/wellsboa.htm

 A  view from the roof of the Davenport Hotel Tower toward the Parkade
 http://www.spokanenightscenes.com/arkade.htm

  
A southeast view from the roof of the Davenport Hotel Tower
http://www.spokanenightscenes.com/southeast.htm

A southwest view from the roof of the Davenport Hotel Tower

http://www.spokanenightscenes.com/southview2.htm

A northwest view from the roof of the Davenport Hotel Tower

http://www.spokanenightscenes.com/davwestnite.htm

A northwest view of the Davenport Hotel from the roof of the Davenport Hotel Tower

http://www.spokanenightscenes.com/davwest2.htm

A north view of downtown Spokane from the roof of the Davenport Hotel Tower

http://www.spokanenightscenes.com/northview.htm

A north view of downtown Spokane from the roof of the Davenport Hotel Tower

http://www.spokanenightscenes.com/stanorth.htm

A northeast view of downtown Spokane from the roof of the Davenport Hotel Tower

http://www.spokanenightscenes.com/greengarage.htm

A southern view of downtown Spokane from the roof of the Davenport Hotel Tower

http://www.spokanenightscenes.com/si90.htm

A eastern view of downtown Spokane from the roof of the Davenport Hotel Tower

http://www.spokanenightscenes.com/rid.htm

Many of these and additional images will be supplied to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, for their national conference in Spokane this year.  

JDM