Three Icons

These three iconic downtown Bellingham buildings can all be viewed all at once from the intersection of Cornwall Ave and E. Champion St.  The tallest building in Bellingham is the Bellingham Towers, which sits to the background of the glorious Mount Baker Theatre standing in front. I am not sure which business currently resides in the orca whale muraled building, though in my last semester at WWU I spent a summer internship on the top floor with the non profit group Northwest Ecosystem Alliance.

Mount Baker Theatre Chandelier

This light lit
my grandad's face
before and after
a Keaton show.
Eighty year later
my daughters embrace,
watching ballet
under its glow.

The Mount Baker Theatre Tower

The Mount Baker Theatre was built in 1927, one of West Coast Theatres majestic "movie palaces" of the 1920's. The elaborate Spanish-Moorish architecture was designed by architect R.C. Reamer. The Theatre is still a great place to catch a Broadway show, dance troupe, or creepy silent movie accompanied by the antique Wurlitzer pipe organ.