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Speidel quickly took up a collection of $1 from each of the visitors and proceeded on the first tour of the Seattle Underground. Since Memorial Day weekend 1965, the Underground Tour has given several tours a day every day except holidays and is one of the city's best known tourist attractions.
Only a small portion of the Seattle Underground has been restored and made safe and accessible to the public on guided tours. In 1965, local citizen Bill Speidel formally created "Bill Speidel's Underground Tour", which continues to operate from the Pioneer Building and adjacent buildings. [3]
Julie Speidel (born 1941 in Seattle [1]) is a sculptor from Seattle, Washington. She is the daughter of author Bill Speidel [ 2 ] and stepdaughter of oceanographer Robert S. Dietz . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] She is also part owner of the Seattle Underground tours company, Bill Speidel Enterprises.
Touring the area costs $22, but Google reviews give the tour — especially the entertaining guides — high marks. Find more must-read stories on the best travel ideas with Cheapism Search and Save .
When Feid started preparing for his second headlining trip around the United States, he wanted to make sure audiences felt and saw a difference between what was his first “Ferxxo U.S. Trip ...
Because of drainage problems new development was built at a higher level literally burying the remains of old Pioneer Square. Anticipating the planned regrade, many buildings were built with two entrances, one at the old, low level, and another higher up. Visitors can take the Seattle Underground Tour to see what remains of the old storefronts.
Lou Graham (February 9, 1857 – March 11, 1903 [1]), born Dorothea Georgine Emile Ohben, was a German-born woman who became famous as the madam of a brothel in what is now the Pioneer Square district of Seattle, Washington, United States.
Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981–1991 is a book by Michael Azerrad.It chronicles the careers of several underground rock bands who, while finding little or no mainstream success, were hugely influential in establishing American alternative and indie rock, mostly through nearly constant touring and records released on small, regional independent ...