SEATTLE
The folk who dwell in this rain-kissed emerald city carry on an open love af fair with their town. To Seattleites, liv ing on a tree-lined hillside—with icy mountain vistas and a backyard of flow ering dogwoods, all within the city lim its of a major metropolis—is living well indeed. To best appreciate the city’s set ting, visit the Space Needle to see the Olympic Mountains to the west, the Cascade Range to the east, and island-dotted Puget Sound all around. This Seattle landmark, with a revolving restaurant and lounge, offers stunning 360° views. On the rare days when the sun splits open the pewter sky, snow capped Mount Rainier makes a grand showing. When “the mountain is out,” as they say in Seattle, the populace is doubly content.
Seattle is a city of water. Some 161 bridges pass over inlets and rivulets of ten swollen with rainwater. On days when skies are gray and drizzly, locals head for one of the best public libraries in the country or to the city’s famed bookstore, the Elliot Bay Book Com pany. Or they drink coffee-pots of it. This is, after all, the city that originated the coffee-bar craze.
Gray skies or no, Seattle is abuzz with activity. An antique streetcar shuttles passengers along its route from Pier 70 to the International District. Visit the Seattle Aquarium to catch the antics of harbor seals at feeding time. Up the hill is what some say is the soul of Seattle: Pike Place Market. At this four-block soundside warren you can forage for fresh produce and fixings, banter with mischievous seafood dealers—beware of “low-flying” fish—or scour alleyways for free samplings of homemade jams.
The historic neighborhood known as Pioneer Square Historic District was once the prosperous hub of 19th-centu ry Seattle. In the 1920′s, this 31-block district of Romanesque Revival struc tures fell into a state of near ruin: it was the original Skid Row, so named for the local sawmills’ practice of sliding lum ber down the street onto loading docks. In the 1970’4, the neighborhood was dusted off and restore, and now gleaming cafes and galleries line its cob blestone streets. You can revisit the Seattle of the Victorian era in the Underground Tours, 11/2-hour guided tours of the now-subterranean old es tablishments of Pioneer Square. After the great fire of 1889, the city was built at a higher level for better drainage and these street-level floors were sealed off.
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