Photos: Seattle's lost buildings Some of the more remarkable buildings that didn't survive to today

The Denny Hotel: Or Hotel Washington, depending on when in its short life you were naming it. The Denny Hotel began development by Arthur Denny and several other investors in 1889, but only a shell went up initially. The panic of 1893 stalled construction for nearly a decade, until James Moore bought the property and in short order turned it into the grand "scenic hotel in the West" that it was planned to be. But it's location at the peak of Denny Hill (along Third Avenue between Stewart and Virginia streets) proved its life short. In 1903, President Teddy Roosevely stayed in the grand hotel and boosted its reputation for the last three years of its life. Moore's hotel was razed during the Denny Regrade, which lowered the ground beneath the hotel by about 100 feet between 1906 and 1907. Photo courtesy MOHAI, PEMCO Webster and Stevens Collection, image number 1983.10.6708. less The Denny Hotel: Or Hotel Washington, depending on when in its short life you were naming it. The Denny Hotel began development by Arthur Denny and several other investors in 1889, but only a shell went up ... more Photo: Courtesy MOHAI/UW Special Collections Photo: Courtesy MOHAI/UW Special Collections Image 1 of / 27 Caption Close Photos: Seattle's lost buildings 1 / 27 Back to Gallery

Seattle has been doing a lot of growing up lately. Literally, the city is reaching for the sky with all its new towers under construction and in planning.

And that's all well and good, but how about the buildings that didn't survive?

Many burned, many were demolished, some crumbled over time.

We gathered a selection of some of the most outstanding, unusual or just plain old funky buildings that didn't last. Click through the gallery above to see what we found.