Seattle and Pike Place
The Seattle Space Needle is a wonderful and internationally recognized landmark and much
photographed but how does it compare with our quirky Pike Place Market?
The Space Needle was built for the 1962 World's Fair during which time about 20,000 people
per day used its elevators with over 2.3 million people attending the world's fair.
It is 608 feet high and 138 feet wide.
The Pike Place Market opened August 17, 1907 and is one of the oldest continually operated
public farmers' markets in the United States. It s built on the edge of a steep hill, and
consists of several lower levels located below the main level. Pike Place Market is also home
to nearly 500 residents who live in 8 different buildings. The 'Pike-Market' neighborhood is
roughly 3.5 blocks by 4 blocks and contains the smaller Pike Place Market Historical District.
The Market began on a boardwalk adjacent to the 3-story Leland Hotel built in 1900. The Leland
was incorporated in 1907 by engineer John Goodwin into the Main Arcade. In 1914–1915 he
and architect Andrew Willatsen extended this complex further into the Fairley Building, which
includes Lowell's, the Athenian, and the "Down Under". The complex was rehabilitated in 1977
by George Bartholick. As of 2008, the upper two stories of the Leland continue to be housing.
Together, all of these constitute today's Main Market.
The two-story Triangle Market built in 1908 originally housed the South Park Poultry Company.
The 1977 rehabilitation joined it with the adjacent 3-story Silver Oakum Building. The Outlook
Hotel (now LaSalle Hotel) also dates from 1908. It was a legitimate seaman's and workingman's
hotel until 1942 when its Japanese American operators Rosuke and T.K. Kodama were forcibly
interned during World War II. Nellie Curtis took it over, changed the name, and ran it as a
brothel into the 1950s.
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The Space Needle is a major attraction seeing about 1.3 million visitors per year.
The Pike Place Market sees about 10 million visitors annually.
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