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Pioneer Square is where Seattle, Washington Started.  Pioneer Square is located at the south end of the Downtown Seattle area were the north/south streets take a 30° turn.  For a long time the Pioneer Square area was “skid-row” with a atmosphere to match.  Today there are still a couple of Missions for the homeless but the area has become up-scale with restaurants and lodging.  The area has an active nightlife and tourist attractions in daylight hours.

 

Neighborhood - SeattleDowntownThe map shown at the left is of the downtown area of Seattle.  The First Hill district is in yellow, downtown is tan and the waterfront area is green.  Pioneer Square lies at the south end of the downtown area where the streets take off at a diagonal.

 

 

Street MapClick on street to see a more detailed map of the area.  This map is over 200K so it will load slowly if you have dial-up.

 

 

Pioneer Square is where Seattle began.  It runs on first Avenue from Columbia Street on the north to Jackson Street on the south.  The area also filters up the hill to 4th or 5th Avenues.  This area was originally inhabited by native Americans.  In 1852 settlers arrived with thoughts of a new life mainly financed by the abundant natural resources of the area. 

 

Today Yesler Way looks like any other Seattle street but its beginnings were that of a skid road, lined with small greased logs.  Yesler Way is the street at the intersection where the streets turn near the bottom of the map.  It was a natural slide from the forested hills to the east to Henry Yesler’s sawmill on the waterfront.  The greased skid road was used to transport the cut logs to the sawmill.

 

Seattle’s oldest traffic intersection is Yesler Way and First Avenue.  Pioneer Place Park is located at the intersection.  A Victorian iron and glass pergola left over from the days of rail trolleys is located here, it is a must see.  Pioneer Square is one of the largest “Old Town’s” in the nation and today it has come back to life with most of the grand old buildings being restored inside and out.

Pioneer Square

http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/tour/pioneer.htm

 

 

Recommended Attractions in Pioneer Square

 

 

Attractions in the area

 

Klondike Gold Rush

National Historical Park

117 S Main Street

Seattle, WA 98104

206-553-7220

http://www.nps.gov/klse/

 

This National Park is two levels of photographs, equipment, and other displays to the 1897 gold rush that left Seattle for Alaska.

Bill Speidel’s Underground Tour

608 First Avenue

Seattle, WA 98104

206-682-4646

http://www.undergroundtour.com/

 

This is a leisurely, guided walking tour beneath Seattle’s sidewalks and streets.

You see the original first floor storefronts that originally existed in old downtown Seattle and are now below ground level.

 

Smith Tower

506 Second Avenue

Seattle, WA 98104

206-622-4004

Visit their web site.

 

The observation deck on the Smith Tower is the original Seattle Skyline view.  Ride to the observation deck in Seattle’s only manually operated original 1914 elevators.  There is a fee to go to the observation deck

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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