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E Seattle Art Museum Seattle’s waterfront. Across the
100 University St. Tel (206) 654-3100. street, Benaroya Hall, home of
@ 10, 12, 125. Open 10am–5pm the Seattle Symphony, occupies
Wed–Sun, 10am–9pm Thu. & (free an entire city block. Of its two
1st Thu of month, and 1st Fri of month performing halls, Taper
for seniors). ^ 7 8 9 - = Auditorium, acclaimed for its
∑ seattleartmuseum.org fine acoustics, has 2,500 seats.
E Benaroya Hall The multilevel Grand Lobby,
200 University St. Tel (206) 215-4700. dramatic at night when lit,
@ 125. Open 10am–6pm Mon–Fri, offers stunning views of the city
1–6pm Sat (box office). 8 noon & skyline. Benaroya Hall has some
1pm Tue & Fri. ^ 7 - = excellent tours and an impressive
∑ seattlesymphony.org private art collection.
At the entrance of the Seattle
Art Museum stands the giant P Belltown The Hammering Man sculpture at the
Hammering Man, a 48-ft (15-m) Bounded by Denny Way, Virginia St, entrance of Seattle Art Museum
animated steel sculpture Elliott Ave, & Broad St. @ 15, 18, 21,
created as a tribute to workers. 22, 56. Austin A. Bell Building: 2326 Bell Building is one of the few
Housed in a limestone-and- 1st Ave. Virginia Inn: 1937 1st Ave. remaining original structures.
sandstone building, the Tel (206) 728-1937. Open 11am–2am Commissioned in 1888 by
museum has a permanent daily. 7 0 Austin Americus Bell, the son
collection that includes 23,000 South of the Seattle Center lies of Seattle pioneer William M.
objects ranging from ancient trendy Belltown. With its broad Bell, for whom Belltown is
Egyptian reliefs and wooden avenues lined with hip clubs, named, it is listed on the
African sculptures to Old Master chic restaurants, and eclectic National Register of Historic
paintings and contemporary shops, it has been compared to Places. The building now houses
American art. Traveling exhibits Manhattan’s Upper West Side. pricey condominiums. The
are on the second floor. Also Earlier an area filled with car lots brick-and-tile Virginia Inn, on
part of the museum are the and sailors’ taverns, its identity the southern boundary of
Seattle Asian Art Museum in began to change in the 1970s, Belltown, is another historic
Volunteer Park in Capitol Hill when artists, attracted by cheap building. A popular watering
(see p606) and the Olympic rents and studio space, moved hole for more than a century, it
Sculpture Park, located on in. The four-story brick Austin A. is now Seattle’s hottest art bar.

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Pike Place MADISON ST HILL
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Seattle Benaroya MARION STREET
Aquarium Hall COLUMBIA STREET
Seattle Art
Museum DOWNTOWN CHERRY STREET
Elliott MARION ST EAST JAMES ST BROADWAY AVENUE
Bay A L A S K A N W A Y 2ND AVENUE COLUMBIA ST Columbia
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Downtown Seattle Washington State Pioneer JAMES STREET 5
Ferries Terminal
Smith Tower
1 Pioneer Square Building Y ESLER W A Y
2 Pike Place Market PIONEER S WASHINGTON ST Seattle-Tacoma
3 Seattle Aquarium SQUARE S MAIN ST International Airport
40 km (24 miles)
Klondike Gold Rush
4 Seattle Art Museum National Historical Park Amtrak
Station
5 Belltown
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