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604 THE P A CIFIC NOR THWEST
Washington district bustling with farmers,
artists, and street performers.
The only US state named for a president, Washington has an Rachel, an enormous piggy
extraordinary geographical diversity within its 68,139 sq miles bank, stands at the main
(176,466 sq km) of land. Of its three distinct geographic entrance to the market, whose
regions, the coastal Olympic Peninsula is dominated by great heart is the Main Arcade and
the adjacent North Arcade.
tracts of forest. Most of the state’s largest cities are in the Here, low counters display
damp, green western region, scattered around Puget Sound. fresh fruit, vegetables, herbs,
A drive through the spectacular peaks of the North Cascades and flowers grown by local
takes visitors to the sunny, dry eastern part of the state. farmers. Shoppers get to
“meet the producer,” as pro
mised by the market’s signature
1 Seattle green sign. Attractions include
the Pike Place Starbucks,
* 608,000. k £ @ n 800
Convention Place, Street Level, (206) birthplace of the omnipresent
4615840. ∑ visitseattle.org chain, and Pike Place Fish,
the market’s bestknown
Nestled between Puget Sound seafood vendor. Here, fish
and Lake Washington, with flinging fishmongers are a
Mount Rainier in the background, longstanding tradition.
Seattle has a spectacular setting.
The home of Microsoft and O Seattle Aquarium
Amazon.com, the city’s growth Pier 59, 1483 Alaskan Way. Tel (206)
since the Klondike Gold Rush 3864320. @ 10, 12, 15, 18, 21, 22, 56.
of 1897–98 (see p723) has been v Pike. Open 9:30am–5pm daily.
vigorous. Its prime geographic A display in Klondike Gold Rush National Closed Jun 3. & 7 ∑seattle
location and enviable lifestyle Historical Park aquarium.org
make Seattle one of America’s One of the country’s top
most attractive cities. first skyscraper, the terracotta aquariums, the Seattle
Smith Tower, offers superb Aquarium showcases more
P Pioneer Square views from its wraparound than 400 species of animals,
Bounded by Alaskan & Yesler Ways, observation deck. plants, and mammals
4th Ave & S King St. @ 15, 16, 18, indigenous to the Pacific
22, 56. q Occidental Park. Klondike = Pike Place Market Northwest. A high light is the
Gold Rush National Historical Park: Bounded by Pike & Virginia Sts, from huge underwater glass dome,
319 2nd Ave S. Tel (206) 2204240. 1st to Western Aves. Tel (206) 682 filled with sharks, octopus,
Open 9am–5pm daily. Closed Jan 1, 7453. @ 10, 12, 21, 22, 56. and other Puget Sound
Thanksg., Dec 25. 7 ∑ nps.gov/klse Open 9am–6pm daily (from 7am for creatures. The world’s first
Seattle’s first downtown and fish and produce); hours may vary. aquariumbased salmon
later a decrepit skid row, Pioneer Closed Thanksgiving, Dec 25. 7 8 ladder – the fish jumping up
Square is now a revitalized ∑ pikeplacemarket.org the rungs to the maturing
business neighborhood and Said to be the soul of Seattle, pond – explains the entire life
National Historic District with Pike Place Market is known as cycle of the Pacific salmon. In
a thriving art and music scene. much for its colorful personality the Life on the Edge exhibit,
Many of its buildings were as for its abundant local produce. children can touch starfish
con structed in the years between Established in 1907, the country’s and hermit crabs and examine
the two pivotal events in Seattle’s oldest continuously operating live plankton through a high
history – the Great Fire of 1889 farmers’ market is now a historic resolution video microscope.
and the Klondike Gold Rush of
1897–98. The hand some Pioneer
Building on 1st Avenue, for
instance, was completed
three years after the fire.
The story of Seattle’s role in
the Gold Rush is told in the
Klondike Gold Rush National
Historical Park on South
Jackson Street. A Seattle
institution, the Elliott Bay Book
Company nearby, occupies
the site of the city’s first hospital
and stocks around 150,000
titles. Opened in 1914, Seattle’s Pike Place Fish in Pike Place Market, which offers both fish and fun
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp632–3 and pp634–5
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