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4 Capitol Hill
Bounded by Montlake Blvds E & NE, E
Pike & E Madison Sts, 23rd Ave E & I-5.
Map 2 F5. @ 7, 9, 10.
Northeast of downtown, lively
Capitol Hill is a colorful and
diverse urban neighborhood
where no one blinks at spiked
purple hair and multiple
body piercings.
The district’s commercial
hub and major avenue is
Broadway (East Roy to East Volunteer Park’s Asian Art Museum, in an historic Art Deco building
Pike Streets). Referred to as the
“living room of Capitol Hill,” it 5 Volunteer Park the country’s Unified Shilla
offers shopping (from books dynasty (668–935 AD).
to home accessories to vintage 1247 15th Ave E. Tel (206) 684-4075. Across from the museum
clothing), a number of ethnic @ 7, 9, 10. Open 6am–11pm daily. is the Volunteer Park Conser­
restaurants, and bronze foot- ∑ seattle.gov/parks vatory, a botanical garden also
steps embedded in the sidewalk home to plants confis cated by
to teach passersby the tango Located at the north end of US Customs. The conservatory
and fox trot. Capitol Hill, this elegant park consists of five houses, four of
While people-watching is a was designed in 1904–9 by which showcase bromeliads,
major source of entertainment, the Olmsted Brothers, the US’s palms, ferns, and cacti, respec-
Capitol Hill also features a vintage famous landscape-architecture tively. The seasonal display
single-screen movie house: firm. The park is named for the house includes lilies, poinsettias,
the SIFF Cinema Egyptian Seattle men who enlisted to azaleas, and a jade plant more
(805 East Pine Street, 206/324- fight in the Spanish-American than 95 years old that blooms
9996), which specializes in War of 1898. November to January.
independent and foreign The Olmsteds’ design called
films and restored classics. for an observation tower. The E Asian Art Museum
The hill is also home to city obliged by building a 75-ft 1400 E Prospect St. Tel (206) 654-3100.
St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral (23-m) brick water tower with Open 10am–5pm Tue, Wed & Fri–Sun,
(1245 10th Avenue East) an observation deck open to 10am–9pm Thu. Closed Jan 1, Labor
(1931), belonging to the the public. A steep climb up the Day, Thanksgiving, Dec 25. & by
Diocese of Olympia. It is known 107-step spiral staircase rewards donation; free 1st Thu of month. 7
for its magnificent Flentrop visitors with spectacular views = ∑ seattleartmuseum.org
organ, installed in 1965 and of the Space Needle, Puget Y Volunteer Park Conservatory
consisting of 3,944 pipes that Sound, and the Olympic 1400 E Galer St. Tel (206) 684-4743.
range in size from 1 inch mountain range. Open 10am–4pm Tue–Sun.
(2.5 cm) to 32 ft (9.7 m). A children’s playground, & by donation. 7 =
The internationally acclaimed wading pool, tennis courts, ∑ seattle.gov/parks
Cornish College of the Arts and bandstand make the park
(710 East Roy Street) features a favorite outing for families.
a full roster of student exhibits Volunteer Park is the site
and performances. of the Asian Art Museum,
located in a 1933 Art Deco
building which formerly
housed the Seattle Art
Museum (see pp132–3). The
Asian Art Museum’s renowned
collection includes works
from Japan, Korea, China,
and Southeast Asia.
Highlights of the rotating
collection include wood and
lacquer furniture from imperial
China and 14th-century Chinese
sculpture. Other gems of
the collection are the Korean
ceramics and metalware, and
Dance Steps on Broadway, by Jack Mackie, bronze figures of Buddha and Summer flowers outside the Conservatory
in Capitol Hill Bodhisattva that date back to at Volunteer Park

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