Washington
Seattle
Seattle's economic identity has changed from timber to gold-rush outfitting, aerospace and technology, but the deeper pattern is constant: a city that profits by connecting distant frontiers to people, goods and markets. This guide follows Pioneer Square, the literal skid road, the 1889 fire and underground, Klondike commerce, Pike Place Market, Smith Tower, Ballard Locks, Boeing-era industry, the Space Needle and the remade waterfront.
Stories in Seattle
- Pioneer Square: Seattle Begins on Someone Else’s Shore
- Yesler Way: Skid Road Was a Working Technology
- Seattle Underground: The City Raised the Street After It Burned
- Klondike Gold Rush: Seattle Gets Rich Selling Shovels
- Pike Place Market: The City Cuts Out the Middleman
- Smith Tower: Seattle Builds Up Before the Space Needle
- Ballard Locks: Seattle Rearranges Its Water
- From Timber to Airplanes: Seattle Learns to Export Technology
- Space Needle: Seattle Sells the Future in 1962
- Waterfront: A Highway Comes Down and the Shore Returns