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Seattle's bid for the world stage by hosting the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 1999 did not play out as planned. Instead, the city became the site of the first great street confrontation between the anti-globalization movement and the World Trade Organization on November 30, 1999.
The Seattle Underground. The facade seen here was at street level in the mid-1800s. The Seattle Underground is a network of underground passageways and basements in the Pioneer Square neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. They were located at ground level when the city was built in the mid-19th century but fell into disuse after ...
The gold rush (see History of Seattle before 1900) led to massive immigration, with major arrivals of Japanese, Filipinos, immigrant Europeans, and European-Americans from back east. The arrival of Greeks and Sephardic Jews broadened the city's ethnic mix. Many of Seattle's neighborhoods got their start around this time.
Seattle (/ s i ˈ æ t əl / ⓘ see-AT-əl) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.With a population of 755,078 in 2023, [3] it is the 18th-most populous city in the United States.
Seattle History: 150 Years: Seattle By and By. The Seattle Times. p. 1. Archived from the original on May 7, 2006 and Anderson, Ross; Green, Sara Jean (May 27, 2001). "The settlers saw trees, endless trees. The natives saw the spaces between the trees". Seattle History: 150 Years: Seattle By and By. The Seattle Times. p. 2.
The Seattle Times. Seattle History : 150 Years: Seattle By and By. p. 1. Archived from the original on 7 May 2006 and Ibid (27 May 2001). "The settlers saw trees, endless trees. The natives saw the spaces between the trees". The Seattle Times. Seattle History : 150 Years: Seattle By and By. p. 2.
William C Speidel (February 11, 1912 – May 3, 1988) was a columnist for The Seattle Times and a self-made historian who wrote the books Sons of the Profits and Doc Maynard, The Man Who Invented Seattle about the people who settled and built Seattle, Washington.
West Seattle: Local history: website, operated by the Southwest Seattle Historical Society Museum of Flight: South: Aerospace: Incorporates Boeing's original manufacturing plant, the largest private air and space museum in the world includes private and military aircraft Museum of History and Industry: South Lake Union: History: Washington's ...