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Pike Place Market's unofficial mascot, Rachel, a bronze cast piggy bank that weighs 550 pounds (250 kg), has been located since 1986 at the corner of Pike Place under the "Public Market Center" sign. Rachel was designed by local artist Georgia Gerber and modeled after a pig (also named Rachel) that lived on Whidbey Island and was the 1977 ...
Overlook Walk is a bridge over Alaskan Way in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. Completed in 2024, the bridge serves as a pedestrian path to connect the Central Waterfront district and Pike Place Market. [1] Construction on the project began in June 2022. [2] [3] [4]
The MarketFront is an addition to Seattle's Pike Place Market. [1] Designed by Miller Hull Partnership, [2] The $74 million expansion was unveiled in 2017. [3] A grand opening was held on June 29. [4] The MarketFront occupies the former site of the Municipal Market, demolished in 1974. [5]
Pike Place Market Centennial celebration, August 17, 2007: start of concert. Pike Place Market celebrated its 100-year anniversary on August 17, 2007. A wide variety of activities and events took place, and a concert was held in Victor Steinbrueck Park in the evening, [29] consisting entirely of songs related in one way or another to Seattle.
In Seattle, Hellenika Cultured Creamery operates at Pike Place Market and in the University District. [1] The Pike Place Market shop offers twelve flavors of cultured gelato. [2] Seating is not available. [3] The interior has blue and white tiles, [4] a stainless steel counter, and a kitchen at the back of the shop.
Curbed Seattle has described Golden Age Collectables as "Seattle's longest-running comic book shop" and "a popular tourist-photo spot because of a convenient Pike Place Market location and a selfie-ready Batman statue outside". [1] Thrillist has called the shop as "a hodgepodge of nerdy/kitschy knick knacks, comic books and bric-a-brac". [2]
The former J. C. Penney store at Pike at 2nd in 1982, with Pike Place Market in the background. 5th Avenue and Pike is the heart of the Seattle downtown shopping district, the Pike–Pine retail corridor, [14] which includes Westlake Center and Pacific Place, both of which are on blocks touching Pike Street. [15]
Victor Steinbrueck Park is a 0.8 acre (3,000 m²) park in Downtown Seattle, Washington, United States, located just northwest of Pike Place Market overlooking Elliott Bay. Named for the Seattle-based architect Victor Steinbrueck, it is positioned between Western Avenue and Alaskan Way at the foot of Virginia Street.