Harriet Baskas

111 Places in Seattle That You Must Not Miss

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Fotos:Kelley, Cortney

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Produktbeschreibung

From a small coin-operated attraction filled with some of the world's largest shoes to the world's greenest commercial building, urban old growth forests, a haunted staircase, and museums dedicated to pinball machines, dialysis machines, and rubber chickens, 111 Places in Seattle You Must Not Miss is filled with invitations and inspirations to help locals and visitors alike explore the Emerald City's hidden treasures, overlooked gems, and charming curiosities.

Produktdetails

• 111 Places ...
• Verlag: Emons Verlag
• 3., überarb. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 207mm x 134mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9783740823757
• ISBN-10: 3740823755
• Artikelnr.: 71533329

Autorenporträt

Harriet Baskas is an author and journalist who has produced radio documentaries on everything from early cowgirls to offbeat museums and written eight books about unusual attractions, hidden museum treasures, and airports around the world. She served as the general manager of three community radio stations in the Pacific Northwest and now reports on travel and the arts for a variety of national outlets and for her blog, StuckatTheAirport.com. Cortney Kelley, having lived in the PNW for all but four years of her life, is most at home in the dense treescape with the smell of salt water in the air. Primarily a portrait artist, she sensed that the exploration of Seattle couldn’t have come at a better time with COVID limitations in full swing, allowing for a deep dive into a city she adores. Nurturing her wanderlust, she is always dreaming and planning the next adventure, camera in tow.

Inhaltsangabe

Acacia Memorial Park Grand mausoleum with acres of stained glass 10
Aerocar This cute car could fly above traffic 12 Arctic Club Hotel A Gold
Rush club left this gem behind 14 Art at the Airport SEA’s museum-quality
collection 16 The Arthur Foss The oldest wooden tugboat was a movie star
18 Bakke Coffee Museum Perky shrine to machines that make coffee 20
Ballard Locks Engineering marvel, fish ladder, botanical garden 22
Ballyhoo Curiosity Shop Head here for taxidermy possum butts 24 Boeing
Field Measure the history and wonder of flight 26 Boeing’s First Flight
The B&W Bluebill flew from here in 1916 28 Capitol Hill Wishing Tree
Leaves of wishes left by passersby 30 Center for Wooden Boats Row, row,
row a boat or go for a free Sunday sail 32 Chihuly’s Odd Collections
Colorful, curated, and quite kitschy 34 College Inn Pub Howard haunts a
historic basement pub 36 Colman Pool Swim in a saltwater pool with Puget
Sound views 38 Connections Museum The history of hookups and hang-ups
40 Dialysis Museum Chronicling the kidney failure fight 42 Dino and Dora
Fremont’s adorable, adopted, ivy apatosauruses 44 Dunn Gardens When the
Olmsted Brothers went west 46 Duwamish Tribal Longhouse An ancestral site
of Seattle’s First People 48 Easy Street Records Music, meals, cocktails,
and more 50 The Edgewater Hotel The Beatles slept here, and so can you
52 Edith Macefield’s House Seattle’s famous holdout house 54 Elliott Bay
Marina Dock Six Free boat ride to a hidden, million-dollar view 56
Emerald City Trapeze Arts Fly, get fit, join the circus for a little bit
58 Exclusion Memorial First Japanese Americans exiled to camps 60 Fair
Isle Brewing Coffee shmoffee – drink the beer 62 Fantagraphics Visual
storytelling at its finest 64 FareStart Restaurant Help the community by
eating great food 66 Fast Penny Spirits An amaro distillery in a shipyard
68 Filson Flagship Store Rugged gear made here, and a meat-vending
machine 70 First Gas Station Roadside plaque honors a new way to fuel
cars 72 Fishermen’s Memorial Honoring those lost at sea 74 Former Ford
Factory Model Ts moved along a multi-story assembly line 76 Geocaching
Headquarters Mecca for modern treasure hunters 78 Georgetown Steam Plant
Engineering marvel and electrical time machine 80 Georgetown Trailer Park
Mall A hip place to shop, snack, or get hitched 82 Gessner Mansion A
gambler’s haunted home 84 Giant Shoes Peep Show Footwear to fit giants
86 Grand Illusion Eclectic films reel out in a quirky space 88 Granite
Curling Club Not just shuffleboard on ice 90 Great Wheel Great spot for a
spin or a proposal 92 Greenest Office Building Six floors of eco-goodness
and sustainability 94 Green Lake Murder Site Enjoy your picnic, but
remember Sylvia 96 Greenwood Pencil Box Supplies for creativity that
support good causes 98 Grossology Bathrooms Lessons in the loos 100 Hat
‘n’ Boots A supersized howdy for visitors to Oxbow Park 102 Hawaii
General Store A welcoming spot to find aloha and get a lei 104 Hot Tub
Boats Rub-a-dub-dub, tour the lake in a tub 106 Howe Street Stairs
Seattle’s longest staircase is quite a workout 108 International Fountain
Seattle Center’s water feature has its own DJ 110 Ivar’s Salmon House
Spot the oosiks 112 Jimi Hendrix Gravesite The rock icon’s final resting
place 114 J. P. Patches Statue Celebrating Seattle’s favorite clowns
116 KEXP Gathering Space Watch radio, drink coffee, see a show, buy records
118 Kirke Park Resurrected, but not as planned 120 Klondike Gold Rush
Park Seattle struck gold with miners heading north 122 KOBO at Higo An
homage to what came before 124 Kubota Garden A life, a home, and a garden
built and rebuilt 126 Kurt Cobain Benches Unofficial memorial to grunge
music icon 128 Lake View Cemetery Bruce and Brandon Lee’s final resting
place 130 Last Resort Fire Department Where to get fired up in Pioneer
Square 132 Lawless Forge Hammer out a souvenir or a relationship 134
Maury Island UFO Mural Artwork tells the story of an odd encounter 136
Metsker Maps Largest retail map shop in the US 138 NW African American
Museum Celebrating African American culture in the PNW 140 Off the Rez
Café Modern spin on Native American cuisine 142 Oriental Mart James Beard
Award winner with a side of sass 144 Pacific Fishermen Shipyard Bounty of
Ballard’s history in salvaged signs 146 Panama Hotel & Tea House
Unclaimed baggage tells a tragic story 148 Paramount Theater Library
Archive of Seattle’s entertainment history 150 Patent Tree Lots of
winning ideas 152 Pilling’s Pond Everything at this pond is just ducky
154 The Pinball Museum Play through the decades 156 Rage Industry You’re
encouraged to bust stuff up 158 REI Flagship Store Prep for adventure and
spot a time capsule 160 Retired Air Raid Tower A Cold War relic in the
heart of Phinney Park 162 Rubber Chicken Museum All the wacky stuff at
Archie McPhee 164 Scarecrow Video Be kind and rewind in the 21st century
166 Schmitz Preserve Park Old growth in the city 168 Seattle Asian Art
Museum Heads of divine bodies and a weeping Buddha 170 Seattle Chocolate
Factory Where tasting chocolate is an experience 172 Seattle
Meowtropolitan Sip a catpuccino and adopt your new best friend 174 The
Seattle Room A deep dive into local history 176 Sicks’ Stadium Site
Homebase to local baseball history 178 Silent Reading Party Mum’s the
word at Hotel Sorrento 180 Sky View Observatory Locals prefer these
sky-high views 182 Smith Tower Seattle’s first skyscraper 184 SoDo
Track Art World’s longest curated mural corridor 186 South Willow Street
End Shoreline access for the rest of us 188 Space Needle Secrets Fresh
views up top, retro souvenirs below 190 Spice Bridge Tastes of the world
192 The State Hotel Pike Place Market on the walls 194 Statue of
Liberty Plaza A little Lady Liberty watches over Alki Beach 196
Streissguth Garden Lush hillside with a fairytale story 198 Suzzallo
Library Hogwarts or the University of Washington? 200 Ted Bundy’s
Dormitory A serial killer slept in McMahon Hall 202 Two Big Blondes
Oldest, largest, plus-size resale store 204 Unicorn & Narwhal Colorful
and conjoined carnival-themed bars 206 Volunteer Park Conservatory
Horticultural Heaven 208 Waterfall Garden Park Pocket park marks the
birthplace of UPS 210 Wedgwood Rock Giant geological souvenir and local
landmark 212 West Boston Staircase 19 scary steps 214 West Seattle
Bridge Saga A busted bridge, a replacement, and a murder 216 The Wildrose
One of the last lesbian bars 218 Wing Luke Museum The Asian Pacific
American experience 220 Wonderful Whirligigs Artistic energy transforms
electric substation 222 Woodland Park Zoo Gorillas and why zoos now have
natural settings 224 Woody Guthrie’s Legacy A fascist-killing guitar at
MoPOP 226 World Flight Monument The first round-the-world flight started
here 228 Ye Olde Curiosity Shop Century-old shrine to the world’s oddest
wonders 230