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PIONEER SQUARE AND
DOWNTOWN

The birthplace of Seattle, Pioneer prestigious business address. Today, the
Square was the city’s original downtown, revitalized Pioneer Square – a National
established in 1852 when Arthur and David Historic District – is a thriving arts center,
Denny arrived with a handful of fellow with First Thursday gallery walks and venues
pioneers. Emerging from the ashes of the for author readings. A short walk leads to
Great Fire of 1889, the rebuilt commercial downtown – home to the city’s modern
area prospered as the 19th century drew to skyscrapers, upscale shops, and luxury
a close. By the time the much-touted Smith hotels, as well as green spaces such as
Tower opened in 1914, however, the city Freeway Park. Lending cultural panache
core had begun spreading north and is the boldly designed Seattle Art Museum
Pioneer Square was less and less a and the state-of-the-art Benaroya Hall.

Sights at a Glance
Buildings and Shops
1 Smith Tower 9TH AVENUE
2 Pioneer Building OLIVE WAY 8TH AVENUE
7 Columbia Center
8 Fairmont Olympic Convention
Hotel Seattle Place
0 Benaroya Hall STEWART WAY Monorail
Terminal
w Central Westlake 7TH AVENUE See also Street Finder maps
Library PINE STREET 5TH AVENUE 6TH AVENUE 3 and 4
Museums
9 Seattle PIKE STREET UNION STREET
Art Museum FREEWAY
PARK
Parks and Districts 3RD AVENUE
2ND AVENUE
3 Waterfall
4TH AVENUE
Garden Park UNIVERSITY STREET 0 meters 400
4 Occidental University SENECA STREET 0 yards 400
Square Street
5 Klondike Gold SPRING STREET
Rush National 7TH AVENUE
Historical Park 1ST AVENUE MADISON STREET
6 International District
q Freeway Park 3RD AVENUE
MARION STREET COLUMBIA STREET 6TH AVENUE
CHERRY STREET
2ND AVENUE
Pioneer JAMES STREET INTERSTATE 5 INTERSTATE 5
Square
5TH AVENUE
YESLER WAY
OCCIDENTAL SOUTH WASHINGTON STREET
PARK 5TH AVENUE SOUTH 6TH AVENUE SOUTH
SOUTH MAIN STREET
SOUTH JACKSON STREET
2ND AVENUE
King Street
Station Union
SOUTH KING STREET Station SOUTH KING STREET
ALASKAN WAY
SOUTH WELLER STREET
International 7TH AVENUE SOUTH 8TH AVENUE SOUTH
District
ALASKA N WAY VIADUCT
SOUTH LANE STREET
1ST AVENUE SOUTH
4TH AVE SOUTH
3RD AVE SOUTH
SOUTH DEARBORN STREET
The Pioneer Building, in the heart of Pioneer Square For keys to symbols see back flap
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