I’m back! After a busy month of photography projects and moving, I can finally get back on track with providing you with construction updates. Let’s start out with a final update of 1601 Wewatta. As you probably noticed in the title, this is only part one, which will cover the exterior of 1601 Wewatta. This week Ken will provide part two: an exciting inside tour of the completed building.

Along the 16th Street Mall, 1601 Wewatta has a very unique curve with a glass curtain wall wrapped around. In the curve sits a plaza for office tenants and future ground floor retail patio uses. It may look like the glass is tinted a dark blue, but in reality it is a reflective clear glass and the blue hue is from the sky.

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In addition to the glass curtain walls, stone masonry is incorporated on the facade.

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Here are two additional shots of 1601 Wewatta from the Millennium Bridge and the Light Rail station. Chestnut Street, between 16th and 17th, now has a complete street wall comprised of both Cadence and 1601 Wewatta.

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There has been some mixed feedback about the need for another plaza in the Union Station neighborhood but fear not, 1601 Wewatta’s plaza is very inviting and integrates along the street very nicely. I took some night shots of the glass feature, which lights up and changes color! Ken will go more in depth with the plaza in his post.

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Stay tuned for the inside tour in part two!