Teal Building

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Teal Building
Seattle R Place 2.jpg
The building's exterior in 2009
Teal Building
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Town or city Seattle, Washington
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 47°36′54.5″N122°19′25.5″W / 47.615139°N 122.323750°W / 47.615139; -122.323750

The Teal Building is a historic building at 619 East Pine Street on Seattle's Capitol Hill, in the U.S. state of Washington. The structure was once part of Auto Row. [1]

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History

The building was acquired for $700,000 in 1994. [1] It housed the gay bar R Place from 1996 to 2021. [2]

As of 2021, the piano bar Keys on Main had planned to relocate to the Teal Building. [3] In February 2022, the structure was sold for $2.5 million. [1]

The building housed the immersive art experience Seattle: City of the Future in 2023. [4] [5] Following this, the gay club Massive opened later that year, and has remained in the space since. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Miller, Brian (February 11, 2022). "R Place to become Vietnamese place". Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce. Archived from the original on 2022-03-09. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  2. Burbank, Megan (2021-02-03). "Capitol Hill bar R Place, leaving Pine Street location, seeks new home". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 2023-05-15. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  3. Van Streefkerk, Mark (2021-11-10). "Island Soul's Sister Restaurant Arleana's is Coming to Kirkland". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2023-05-15. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  4. Davis, Brangien (2023-06-01). "ArtSEA: AI experiments and ceramic sailors spell Seattle summer". crosscut.com. Archived from the original on 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  5. Cedeno, Jose (14 June 2023). "Take a sneak peek into the future at this new art exhibit". king5.com. Archived from the original on 2023-06-16. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  6. "Massive — 'a portal to a futuristic nightlife experience unlike any other' — transforming former R Place into new Capitol Hill dance club". capitolhillseattle.com. 23 June 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-06-23. Retrieved 2025-07-16.