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6  HOW T O USE THIS GUIDE

HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE

This guide helps you to get the most area sections, as well as the three city
from your visit to the Pacific Northwest. sections, describe important sights, using
It provides detailed information and expert maps, photographs, and illustrations.
recommendations. Introducing the Pacific Restaurant and hotel listings can be found
Northwest maps the region and sets it in its in Travelers’ Needs. The Survival Guide offers
historical and cultural context. Features cover tips on everything from public transport
topics from wildlife to geology. The three to using the telephone system.

Portland, Seattle,
and Vancouver por tland  55 All pages about Portland have orange
OLD TOWN AND THE thumb tabs. Seattle’s are purple, and
The center of each of these PEARL DISTRICT moved inland in the late 19th century, when Vancouver’s are green.
portland grew up along the west bank of the
Willamette river. Following its establishment the arrival of the railroad reduced river trade.
cities is divided into several in 1843, it became a major port, and docks in declared a national Historic landmark in
1975, old town is now once again a popular
the riverfront quarter now known as old
part of the city. Many 19th-century buildings
town were often lined with schooners that
sightseeing areas, each with sailed across the pacific ocean to China and have been restored, and a Chinese-american
around Cape Horn to the east coast of the US. business community still operates here. the
old town was the city’s commercial center
pearl district, an early 20th-century industrial
its own chapter. A last chapter, and home to many asian immigrants who area west of old town, has also been A locator map shows where you are in
came to work at the port. the city center
transformed into a trendy neighborhood.
Farther Afield, describes sights Sights at a Glance Museums and Museum relation to other areas of the city center.
Gardens and Districts
1 Oregon Maritime Center
3 Lan Su Chinese Garden
4 Pearl District
beyond the central areas. Shops and Markets
2 Portland Saturday Market
0 meters 200 5 Powell’s City of Books See also Street Finder maps
1 and 2
All sights are numbered and 0 yards 200
plotted on the chapter’s area NW MARSHALL STREET Broadway Bridge
map. Information on each NW KEARNEY ST NW LOVEJOY STREET Willamette River Area map For easy reference,
Union Station N O R T H W E S T N A I T O PA R K W AY 1sights are numbered and
NW JOHNSON STREET
sight is presented in numerical NW IRVING ST NORTHWEST 11TH AVENUE NORTHWEST 10TH AVENUE NW 9TH AVE NW PARK AVE located on a map. City center
NORTHWEST BROADWAY
order, making it easy to locate NW GLISAN STREET NORTHWEST HOYT STREET Bus Terminal Union Station/ Steel Bridge sights are also marked on
NW 5th & Glisan
Union Station/
Greyhound
NW 6th & Hoyt St
within the chapter. NORTHWEST FLANDERS STREET NW 8TH AVENUE NW 6TH AVENUE NW 5TH AVENUE NW 4TH AVENUE Old Town/
NORTHWEST EVERETT STREET
NORTH Chinatown GOVERNOR Street Finders: Portland
PARK
BLOCKS TOM McCALL
NORTHWEST DAVIS STREET WATERFRONT
NW Davis NW 5th & SOUTHWEST NAITO PARK WAY PARK
Couch
NORTHWEST COUCH STREET CHINATOWN NW 1ST AVENUE (pp84–9); Seattle (pp168–73);
OLD TOWN
NW 13TH AVENUE
NW 12TH AVENUE
NW 14TH AVENUE
NW 2ND AVENUE
NW 3RD AVENUE
WEST BURNSIDE STREET (SKIDMORE)
Skidmore Burnside Bridge
Fountain
SOUTHWEST ANKENY STREET Vancouver (pp240–45).
SW OAK STREET
SW Pine SW ASH STREET
Sights at a Glance lists the chapter’s SW 5th & Oak SW PINE STREET
sights by category, such as Museums
and Galleries; Historic Buildings and One of the many bars in the trendy neighborhood of Old Town For keys to symbols see back flap s OUTH G R ANVIll E AN d y A l E TO w N  221
220  V ANC OUVER
Churches; Parks and Squares; Gardens 2 . emily carr university Waterfront, gastoWn
and Viewpoints; and Shops. Street-by-Street: Granville Island of art & design & chinatoWn DoWntoWn
Named in honor of one of BC’s
Granville Island had its beginnings in 1916, as an industrial
area situated on land dredged from False Creek. For decades, major artists (see p215), this south granville
respected school is located in
heavy industry belched out noxious fumes. By the 1950s, a former warehouse. & yaletoWn
the area was nearly abandoned. In 1972, the Canadian
government, backed by City Hall, took over the site, with a
plan to make it a people place, and, in 1979, a public market
opened. Today, stores – known for the originality of their locator Map
see street finder map 2
wares, galleries, and studios – and restaurants are housed
in brightly painted converted warehouses and tin sheds.
Granville Island, which is not an island at all Marina on False Creek, downtown buildings 4 new-Small and
but a peninsula, is also home to music, in the background Sterling Studio Glass
dance, and theater. Look through the
windows of this glass-
blowing studio and
Street-by-Street map marvel as molten glass
is transformed into
beautiful works of art.
2This gives a bird’s-eye view d u r a n l e a u S t
of the heart of each a n d e r S o n S t
sightseeing area. G r a n v I l l e b r I d G e ( a n d e r S o n S t ) j o h n S t o n S t r e e t
6 . Granville Island o l d b r I d G e S t r e e t 0 meters 0 yards 80 80
Public Market
Enjoy a wonderful c a r t w r I G h t S t r e e t
diversity of locally
A star indicates a sight that grown and imported
fruits and vegetables
in the colorful displays
no visitor should miss. that make this market
Vancouver’s most
popular attraction.
Key
Suggested route
132  Sea t tle PIONee R SQU a R e a N d d OWN t OWN  133
8 Fairmont The museum’s permanent 3 Kids Market 5 railspur alley
Olympic Hotel collection includes 25,000 The Kids Market is a child’s boutiques on Railspur Alley,
A sign from one of the
fantasyland, with more than 25
411 University St. Map 4 D1. objects ranging from ancient shopkeepers selling everything from a lively street lined with quirky
Egyptian relief sculpture and
Tel (206) 621-1700. @ 17, 19, 24, 26, wooden African statuary to One of the many outdoor cafés and restaurants at Granville Island games and toys to pint-sized clothing. local stores and businesses.
28. 7 0 = See Where to Stay Old Master paintings and For hotels and restaurants see p290 and pp302–3
p288. ∑ fairmont.com contemporary American art.
When it debuted in 1924, Traveling exhibits are featured
the Olympic Hotel was the on the fourth floor, as are the
place to see and be seen – permanent collections of African
not surprising since the and European art. Northwest
bondholders who funded the Coast Native American art figures A suggested route for a walk
$4 million construction were prominently on the third floor. Benaroya Hall, grand home of the Seattle Symphony
among the city’s most socially Highlights here include the
prominent citizens. Designed 14-ft- (4-m-) tall red-cedar superior acoustics. The multi- shady footpaths invite leisurely is shown in red.
by the New York firm of George The striking modern façade of the Seattle Native houseposts carved with level Grand Lobby, dramatic at strolling. Outdoor concerts are
B. Post and Sons, the Italian Art Museum bears and thunderbirds boasting night when lit, offers stunning held here in summer.
Renaissance-style building 11-ft (3.5-m) wing spans, from views of Puget Sound and the
features high, arched Palladian 9 Seattle the village of Gwa’yas-dams city skyline. w Central Library
floor also houses American
attending a symphony perform-
The tall Columbia Center, dwarfing the windows, gleaming oak- Art Museum in British Columbia. The third Even if time doesn’t permit 1000 Fourth Ave. Map 4 D2. Tel (206)
paneled walls, and terrazzo
Smith Tower floors laid by Italian workmen Tel (206) 654-3100. @ 174. art, ancient mediterranean ance, visitors can gain an 386-4636. @ many. Open 10am–8pm
1300 First Ave. Map 3 C2.
and Islamic art, and modern and appreciation of this magnificent
who were sent to Seattle for
7 Columbia Center the task. Open 10am–5pm Wed–Sun contemporary art, including facility by taking one of the Mon–Thu, 10am–6pm Fri & Sat, noon–
6pm Sun. Closed public hols. 8 7
(to 9pm Thu). Closed major hols.
More than $800,000 was works by contem porary Pacific excellent tours offered, learning - = ∑ spl.org
701 5th Ave. Map 4 D2. Tel (206) spent on furnishings, including ^ 7 8 9 - = Northwest artists. how this acoustical masterpiece
386-5564. @ 16, 358. Sky View hundreds of antique mirrors, ∑ seattleartmuseum.org Also in this museum family was created atop a transit tunnel. This striking glass and steel
Observatory: Open Mar–Aug: 9am–
10pm daily; Sep–Feb: 10am–8pm Italian and Spanish oil jars, and At the museum’s south entrance is the Asian Art Museum, in Visitors can also admire Benaroya structure, completed in 2004,
daily. Closed public hols. & 7 - bronze statuary. A glamorous is a giant Hammering Man. Volunteer Park (see p157), Hall’s impressive private art was designed by the award-
∑ skyviewobservatory.com venue for parties, weddings, A tribute to workers, Jonathan hous ing extensive Asian art collection, which includes Echo, winning Dutch architect Rem
and debutante balls, the Borofsky’s 48-ft (15-m) animated collec tions. The Seattle Art Robert Rauschenberg’s evocative Koolhaas as a replacement for
The tallest building in Seattle, Olympic reigned as the grande steel sculpture “hammers” Museum’s third venue is the 12-ft (3.5-m) mural, painted on the city’s 1960 Central Library. Detailed information The
Columbia Center is the tallest dame of Seattle hotels for half a silently and continuously Olympic Sculpture Park (see p148), metal, and Dale Chihuly’s pair The unusual shape of the
building – according to the century before losing her luster. from 7am to 10pm daily, an outdoor “museum” on the of chandelier sculptures – one building was once a source
number of stories – west of the In 1979, the hotel was listed resting only on Labor Day. north end of Seattle’s waterfront. silver-, one gold-colored – each of controversy, but the Central 3sights in the three main cities
Mississippi River. Rising 1,049 ft on the US National Register The museum building is no with some 1,200 pieces of blown Library is now regarded as one of
(320 m) above sea level, the of Historic Places. A year later, less impressive. Designed by glass wired to a steel armature. Seattle’s architectural highlights.
1.5-million-sq-ft (139,500-sq-m), the Four Seasons hotel chain the Philadelphia firm Venturi Within the hall’s outdoor The 11-floor library includes
76-story skyscraper was designed assumed management of the Scott Brown and Associates, space along 2nd Avenue is works of art worth a staggering are described individually.
by Chester Lindsey Architects building and gave the hotel the original bold limestone the Garden of Remembrance, $1 million and an innovative
and completed in 1985 at a cost a $62.5 million face-lift – the and sandstone building was which honors more than 8,000 “Books Spiral,” allowing visitors
of $285 million. In 1998 it was most costly hotel restoration in completed in 1991 at a cost Washington citizens who have maximum access to the
sold for $404 million, and again the US at that time – returning of $62 million. An acclaimed given their lives in the service collection. In its first year, some The address, telephone
in 2015 for $711 million, to a the landmark hotel to her expansion in 2007, designed of their country since 1941. 5,000 people visited the library
Hong Kong company. original grandeur. Fairmont by Brad Cloepfil, doubled every day to benefit from its
A prestigious business address Hotels and Resorts assumed the museum’s public and 2 million items. Other facilities
for more than 5,000 Seattle-area management in 2003. exhibition space. q Freeway Park include Internet access, 340 number, opening hours, and
workers, the shimmering black Seneca St & 6th Ave. Map 4 D1. @ 2, computers for public use, and
tower also attracts visitors to Dale Chihuly’s Benaroya Hall Silver 13. Open 6am–10pm daily. 7 separate centers for children,
its 73rd-floor observation deck, Chandelier, one of a pair ∑ seattle.gov/parks teenagers, and adult readers.
the Sky View Observatory, which information on admission
offers spectacular vistas of the 0 Benaroya Hall Tucked into the heart
Cascade and Olympic mountain 200 University St. Map 3 C1. Tel (206) of Seattle’s bustling
ranges, Mount Rainier, Lake 215-4800. @ many. 8 check commercial district, charge, tours, wheelchair
Washington, and Puget Sound, website for details. ^ 7 - = and adjoining the
as well as views of the city and ∑ seattlesymphony.org Washington State
its many suburbs. Convention and Trade
The four-level retail atrium Home of the Seattle Symphony Center, Freeway Park access, and public transport
houses shops, food vendors, and occupying an entire city straddles the I-5,
and, on the third floor, the City block, the $118.1 million Benaroya which runs through
Space art gallery, which features Hall contains two performing downtown. Inside
the works of artists who have halls, including the 2,500-seat the park, thundering are provided. The key to the
been commissioned for projects S. Mark Taper Foundation waterfalls drown out Seattle’s strikingly modern Central Library, designed
by the city. The opulent interior of the Fairmont Olympic Hotel Auditorium, acclaimed for its the traffic roar, and by Rem Koolhaas
Iron Pergola on Pioneer Square For hotels and restaurants see p288 and pp298–300 symbols is on the back flap.
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