Seattle At A Glance
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Seattle at a Glance: Heart and soul
Life in America has changed so much over the past 100 years it’s incredible. As
far as business goes, it’s hard to imagine too many that have been able to withstand
the test of time into the 21st century. It’s nice to know, though, when one has
not only survived, but has thrived over the years, just becoming better and better
at what it does, and growing in popularity each year Pike Place Market, celebrating
a century in 2007, has always been at the heart and soul of Seattle, and remains there today. If you are planning a move to Seattle, make Pike Place Market your
first outing.
Every morning local Seattle area farmers take pride in arranging their fresh produce
on worn metal tables, while fishmongers shout as they flop their catch onto crushed
ice. Other vendors take care in putting out their crafts on wooden stands, and merchants
open their doors to throngs of excited Seattle shoppers. The aromas that waft throughout
the market are at once dozens of varieties of fresh flowers, then raw fish, then
the produce, with its clean, sometimes peppery smells.
A centennial of diversity
But there's more to celebrate than the fresh seafood, flowers and produce at the
Seattle Market. Pike Place Market is a window to Seattle's past, and the ideal embodiment
of its future, because it represents the essence of true community. With thousands
of Seattle area people and visitors — wealthy and indigent, old and young, native-born
and immigrant — living and working closely together, the Market is Seattle's most
compact, walkable and diverse neighborhood. It has the very qualities — streets where pedestrians dominate cars; humanly scaled buildings; small, owner-operated
independent businesses; essential goods and services; a wide mix of households and
residences; light, air and open space — that a healthy city needs more of to thrive
and prosper in the 21st century. If you just want to live in this kind of tranquil
world, a move to Seattle might be in your future.
Some may call the Market Seattle's "greenest" neighborhood
You can track Seattle’s Centennial celebration details by subscribing to the monthly
Freshwire eNewsletter, where you will also discover what’s fresh and will be ripe
soon. In addition to delicious, seasonal recipe tips and guides to picking the best
meat, fish and produce, you will get news on all the upcoming events. Visit Seattle’s
Pike Place Market, and help Celebrate 100 years of food, fun and great stories.
Pike Place Market PDA 85 Pike Street, Room 500 Seattle, WA 98101 Phone: (206) 682-7453
Fax: (206) 625-0646 Email: info@pikeplacemarket.org
Wake up and Smell the Coffee
If Seattle had not already been singled out by epicureans as a food haven, the lightening
that struck the city in 1972 when Starbucks opened its second store would have put
it on the Pacific Coast map. Starbucks was always the place to find the world’s
best coffees. But in 1971, you had to travel all the way (or moved!) to the only
store in Seattle’s historic Pike Place Market. The name was chosen from Herman Melville’s
Moby Dick, the classic American novel about the 19th century whaling industry. The
seafaring name seems appropriate for a store that imports the world’s finest coffees
to the cold, thirsty people of Seattle.
While on a business trip in Italy, Howard Schultz, who joined Starbucks in Seattle
in 1982, visited Milan’s famous espresso bars. Impressed with their popularity and
culture, he saw their potential in Seattle. Was he ever right!? After trying lattes
and mochas, Seattle quickly becomes coffee-crazy.
The demand for great coffee in the 1990s allowed Starbucks to expand beyond Seattle,
first to the rest of the United States, and then beyond. After becoming one of the
first companies to offer stock options to its part-time employees, Starbucks became
a publicly traded company.
The Starbucks phenomenon continued throughout the 1990s. At the time of writing,
Starbucks has more than 6,000 locations in more than 30 countries. In addition to
the excellent coffees and espresso drinks, customers now enjoy Tazo® tea and Frappuccino®
ice blended beverages, and an amazing assortment of muffins, pastries, breads, brownies
and more decadence!.
Seahawks and More
For sports fans, Seattle’s got you covered year-round, with The Seattle
Mariners, Seattle Storm, Seattle Thunderbirds, Seattle Sonics and the beloved Seattle
Seahawks.
See the magnificent sights
If you have never been to beautiful Seattle, or you are planning a move
there, you can check out the sights by taking a "Virtual Tour" of the city at http://seattle.gov/
The tour has a map with buttons you can use to access pages about a given area in
Seattle, such as the Ballard Locks, Shilshole Marina, Arboretum, University of Washington,
Lake Union, Alki Beach, etc. A click on Downtown will bring up a more detailed map
where selections include the Waterfront, the Pike Place Market, Pioneer Square,
and the Seattle Center.
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Award-winning Woodland Park Zoo
Seattle has one of the country’s most recognized zoos. The award-winning Woodand
Park Zoo is hailed for its award-winning naturalistic exhibits. With more than 300
animal species from around the world and a thousand plant species displayed in the
92-acre botanical garden, this must-see attraction is only minutes away from Downtown
Seattle.
Meet gorillas, birds, reptiles, orangutans, elephants and more. Encounter a jaguar
in a tropical rain forest. Go Down Under right there in Seattle and feed Australian
parrots in a walk-thru aviary. Safari to Africa for sweeping views of giraffes, zebras and monkeys. Trek to the far north for grizzly bears and otters. Enjoy free-flying
butterflies and colorful blooms in a seasonal butterfly exhibit. And explore the
indoor, all-season Zoomazium - a nature play space where kids can connect with nature
through the natural language of childhood - play! The zoo also features an award-winning
Rose Garden, an indoor/outdoor restaurant and the ZooStore.
Welcome to Seattle rains
Think it rains too much in Seattle? It does rain, and it’s so worth getting a little
sprinkle on you. Just duck into any Starbuck’s, take a deep breath through your
nose, and the intoxicating aroma will make you forget all about a little precip!
Seattle rounds-up teens
Mayor Greg Nickels invited Seattle teens to get involved in government by joining
the Mayor’s Youth Council. Teenagers are encouraged to let their voices be heard on issues important to them, which may ultimately make a difference in their city. Newcomers who have just made a move to Seattle are encouraged to join up. Seattle
teenagers have their own Web site portal through which they may talk to other teens
in the area about subjects of common interest. Metrocenter YMCA facilitates the
program in partnership with the Seattle Mayor's Office, and provides a place to
meet. For more information, email myc@seattle.gov or call 206.587.6116.
Seattle’s Space Needle
The Space Needle is a major landmark of the Pacific Northwest region of the United
States, and the harbinger of life in Seattle. Located in Seattle Center, the organic-designed
tower was built for the 1962 World's Fair in Seattle, during which time nearly 20,000
people a day used the Needle’s elevators — 2.3 million visitors in all for the World
Fair.
At 605 feet (184 m) high and 138 feet (42 m) wide at its widest point this
landmark weighs in at 9,550 tons. When it was completed, it was the tallest building
west of the Mississippi River. It is built to withstand winds of up to 200 mph (320
km/h) and earthquakes up to 9.5 magnitude (which would protect the structure against an earthquake as powerful as the 1700 Cascadia earthquake) and has 25 lightning
rods on the roof to prevent lightning damage.
Enjoy the lush mountain view
The Space Needle features an observation deck at 520 feet (160 m), the SkyCity restaurant
at 500 feet (152 m), and a gift shop.
From the top of the Needle, one can see not
only the Downtown Seattle skyline, but also the Olympic and Cascade Mountains, Mount
Rainier, Mount Baker, Elliott Bay and surrounding islands.
Photographs of the Seattle skyline often show the Space Needle in a prominent position,
even appearing sometimes to tower above the rest of the city's skyscrapers. This
occurs because the Space Needle sits roughly four-fifths of a mile (1.3 km) northwest
of these skyscrapers, and photographers must capture the city with the Space Needle
in the foreground in order to include both it and the rest of the tall buildings.
(This angle offers the added bonus of affording a view of Mount Rainier in the background.)
Sixty stories tall, this Seattle landmark is not remarkably tall, and it is not
as close to the cluster of downtown skyscrapers as it appears, judging only from
the typical angle from which the skyline photographs are taken. Visitors can reach
the top via elevators that travel at 10 mph (16 km/h). This trip takes 43 seconds
and some tourists wait in hour-long lines in order to ascend to the top of the tower.
It was designated a historic landmark on April 19, 1999. It is now owned by the
privately held Space Needle Corporation.
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