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Winslow Warf Marina/Hall Brothers Shipyard
Hall Brothers Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Company was ...
Elliott Bay, Waterfront Park
Famous for its rain and bordered by Elliott Bay and ringed...
Iron Pergola
The Iron Pergola in Pioneer Place Park is a landmark for t...
Totem Pole
At the turn of the twentieth century, city officials, comm...
Grand Pacific Hotel
The Grand Pacific Hotel is a multistory brick building in ...
Pier 54
Pier 54 is one of Seattle’s last remaining transit s...
Ye Olde Curiosity Shop
Ye Olde Curiosity Shop has been one of Seattle’s mos...
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Winslow Warf Marina/Hall Brothers Shipyard
Hall Brothers Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Company was once one of the best-known makers of wooden ships on the Pacific Coast. Located on the northern shore of Eagle Harbor, the former site of the shipyard is now the Winslow Wharf ...
Elliott Bay, Waterfront Park
Famous for its rain and bordered by Elliott Bay and ringed by lakes to the north and east, water may be Seattle’s most distinguishing and celebrated characteristic. After all, Seattle’s biggest civic celebration is Seafair—a ten-week-long summer festival includes parades, ...
Iron Pergola
The Iron Pergola in Pioneer Place Park is a landmark for the history of transportation in Seattle.
Pioneer Place marks a change of direction in the platting of streets south of Yester along a north-south axis and the streets ...
Totem Pole
At the turn of the twentieth century, city officials, commercial businesses, and private citizens in Seattle adopted the totem pole as a distinctive symbol based on the city’s experience as a northern entrepôt during theKlondike gold rush of ...
Grand Pacific Hotel
The Grand Pacific Hotel is a multistory brick building in the Richardsonian Romanesque style typical of commercial buildings constructed in Seattle in the period following the Great Fire of 1889. The hotel has close ties to the Klondike gold rush, ...
Pier 54
Pier 54 is one of Seattle’s last remaining transit sheds from the beginning of the twentieth century. The others are Piers 55 to 59.[1] Pier 54 is notable for its association with transportation innovation and commercial development ...
Ye Olde Curiosity Shop
Ye Olde Curiosity Shop has been one of Seattle’s most prominent tourist destinations for more than a century. The shop, today located at the northwest corner ofPier 54, played an important role in the market for Native Alaskan ...
The 1909 Plan of Chicago
In 1909, Daniel Burnham, Edward Bennett, and the Commercial Club of Chicago released thePlan of Chicago, an urban planning initiative dedicated to beautifying the city and redesigning it to better accommodate growth. Chicago's business clubs ...
Chicago Portage National Historical Site
The Chicago Portage National Historic Site marks the overland path used byvoyageursto travel between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds. The portage connected the south fork of the Chicago River with the Des ...
Campus Martius Park
Following an 1805 fire that destroyed most of Detroit, officials and citizens banded together to rebuild their city. Through the leadership of Territorial Chief Justice Augustus Woodward, surveyors began planning a new layout for Detroit based on a plan similar to ...
