Instant Alert: Before and after photos show how Amazon has completely transformed Seattle in a decade

MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS   |   UNSUBSCRIBE   |   VIEW ONLINE   Before and after photos show how Amazon has completely transformed Seattle in a decade by Harrison Jacobs on Jan 8, 2018, 3:55 PM Advertisement Amazon's decision in 2007 to locate its headquarters in downtown Seattle has transformed the city in its image.  As the global e-commerce giant has grown from 5,000 employees in the city to more than 40,000, a flurry of development has followed.  The sea of parking lots, warehouses, motels, and car rental agencies that made up Seattle's South Lake Union and Denny Triangle has become gleaming skyscrapers, luxury rental towers, tech offices, and restaurants.  Using Google Street View's Time Machine feature, we collected before and after pictures to show just how radically the neighborhoods have been remade in a decade.   SEE ALSO: One walk through Seattle's 'Amazonia' neighborhood made me very uneasy for whatever city gets HQ2 This is the corner of 6th Ave and Virginia Street in Denny Triangle in 2007. It is now the heart of Amazon's urban campus. The building on the right is Amazon's Doppler Tower. Doppler was the internal codename for the Amazon Echo. Denny Triangle and South Lake Union were once full of empty parking lots, car rental agencies, motels, industrial buildings, and warehouses. This is 7th Avenue and Blanchard Street. See the rest of the story at Business Insider   Share the latest business news with your network:    Email sent to: nguyenvu1187.love5@blogger.com   |   Manage your email preferences   |   Unsubscribe Terms of Service   |   Privacy Policy Business Insider. 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011