Downtown Seattle skyline

Seattle, Washington

City flag City seal
City nickname: "The Emerald City"
Location
Location of Seattle in King County and Washington
Government
County	King
Mayor	Greg Nickels NP/Democrat ¹
Physical characteristics
Area      Land      Water	369.2 km²      217.2 km²      152.0 km²
Population      Total (2005)      Density	3,769,257 (metro area)      573,000 (city proper)      2620.2/km²
Latitude	47°37' N
Longitude	122°19' W
Time zone      Summer (DST)	PST (UTC-8)      PDT (UTC-7)
Official website: http://www.seattle.gov/
¹ Office officially non-partisan; Nickels is a Democrat

Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located in the U.S. state of Washington between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, about 108 miles (180 km) south of the American-Canadian border in King County, of which it is the county seat. Download high resolution version (1500x413, 143 KB)Seattle, Washington skyline The source of this image is [1] This version has been cropped relative to the source. ... Download high resolution version (1500x413, 143 KB)Seattle, Washington skyline The source of this image is [1] This version has been cropped relative to the source. ... Official flag of the city of Seattle from http://www. ... Official seal of the city of Seattle from http://www. ... A flag is a piece of coloured cloth flown from a pole or mast, usually for purposes of signalling or identification. ... 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Seattle was founded in the 1850s and named after Chief Seattle, or Sealth. It has a total estimated city population of 573,000 and a metropolitan population of almost 3.8 million (2005). It is sometimes referred to as the "Rainy City," the "Gateway to Alaska," "Queen City" and "Jet City" (due to the heavy influence of Boeing). Its official nickname is "the Emerald City." Seattle is known as the home of grunge music, and has a reputation for heavy coffee consumption. Seattle was also the site of the 1999 meeting of the World Trade Organization and anti-globalization demonstrations. Seattle residents are known as Seattleites. Events and Trends Technology Production of steel revolutionised by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman fractionates petroleum by distillation for the first time First transatlantic telegraph cable laid First safety elevator installed by Elisha Otis Science Charles Darwin publishes The Origin of Species, putting forward the theory of evolution... Chief Seattle (also Sealth or Seathl) of the Suquamish and Duwamish Native American tribes, was born around 1786 on Blake Island in Washington state, and died June 7, 1866 on the Suquamish Reservation at Port Madison (now Bainbridge Island, Washington). ... A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or hubs. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... The Boeing Company NYSE: BA is the leading American aircraft and aerospace manufacturer, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with its largest production facilities in Everett, Washington, near Seattle, Washington. ... A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things real name (for example, Nick is short for Nicholas). ... The fictional city of Oz as portrayed in the 1939 movie The Emerald City is the fictional capital of the Land of Oz in L. Frank Baums Oz books, first described in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. ... Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is a genre of indie rock inspired by hardcore punk, thrash metal, and alternative rock. ... Coffee beans and a cup of coffee Coffee as a drink, usually served hot, is prepared from the roasted seeds (beans) of the coffee plant. ... On November 30, 1999, the World Trade Organization convened in Seattle, Washington, USA, for what was to be the launch of a new millennial round of trade negotiations. ... WTO Logo The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international organization which oversees a large number of agreements defining the rules of trade between its member states (WTO, 2004a). ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... This page is about protests. ... A person who lives in or comes from Seattle, Washington, USA is called a Seattleite. ...

History

Main article: History of Seattle

This is the main article of a series that covers the History of Seattle, Washington, a city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. ...

Founding

Most of the Denny Party, the most prominent of the area's early white settlers, arrived at Alki Point on November 13, 1851. They relocated their settlement to Elliott Bay in April 1852. The first plats for the Town of Seattle were filed on May 23, 1853. The city was incorporated in 1869, after having existed as an incorporated town from 1865 to 1867. The Denny Party are traditionally credited with founding Seattle, Washington, with their arrival at Alki Point on November 13, 1851. ... Alki Point is the westernmost point in West Seattle, Washington; Alki is the peninsular neighborhood surrounding it. ... November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Elliott Bay and the Seattle waterfront, looking north from the Pacific Coast Co. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... A contemporary plat map showing the location of a property for sale. ... May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Seattle was named after Noah Sealth, chief of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes, better known as Chief Seattle. David Swinson ("Doc") Maynard, one of the city founders, was the primary advocate for naming the city after Chief Seattle. Previously, the city had been known as Duwamps (or Duwumps)—a variation of that name is preserved in the name of Seattle's Duwamish River. Duwamish (the People of the Inside) is a Native American tribe in western Washington. ... Suquamish is a group of Native American peoples from western Washington state in the United States. ... Chief Seattle (also Sealth or Seathl) of the Suquamish and Duwamish Native American tribes, was born around 1786 on Blake Island in Washington state, and died June 7, 1866 on the Suquamish Reservation at Port Madison (now Bainbridge Island, Washington). ... Pioneer and doctor David Swinson Doc Maynard (1808 - March 13, 1873) settled in Seattle when it was still a small village called Duwamps. ... The Duwamish River is the name of the lower 12 miles (19 km) of Washington states Green River. ...

Major events

On a clear day, visitors to Kerry Park can see the Space Needle, the Downtown Seattle skyline, and Mount Rainier (to the right).

Major events in Seattle's history include the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, which destroyed the central business district (but took no lives); the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909, which is largely responsible for the current layout of the University of Washington campus; the Seattle General Strike of 1919, the first general strike in the country; the 1962 Century 21 Exposition, a World's Fair; the 1990 Goodwill Games; and the WTO Meeting of 1999, marked by street protests. Seattle from Kerry Park Image from the Seattle Regional Office of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. ... Kerry Park is a 1. ... The Space Needle is the Pacific Northwests most recognizable landmark and is the symbol of Seattle, Washington. ... Downtown Seattle, from top of Space Needle (looking south) Map of downtown Seattle Downtown is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. ... Mount Rainier is a stratovolcano (and national park) located 54 miles (87 km) southeast of Seattle, Washington in Pierce County. ... Start of the Great Seattle Fire, looking south on 1st Ave. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Downtown Seattle, from top of Space Needle (looking south) Map of downtown Seattle Downtown is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. ... The Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition with a view of Mount Rainier The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition was a worlds fair held in Seattle in 1909, publicizing the development of the Pacific Northwest. ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a major public research university in the Seattle metropolitan area. ... The Seattle General Strike of February 6 to February 11, 1919, was a general stoppage of work by over 65,000 individuals in the city of Seattle. ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Be That way!!!! ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Space Needle, built for the Century 21 Exposition. ... Worlds Fair is the generic name for various large expositions held since the mid 19th century. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Goodwill Games were an international athletics competition, created by Ted Turner in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympics of the 1980s. ... On November 30, 1999, the World Trade Organization convened in Seattle, Washington, USA, for what was to be the launch of a new millennial round of trade negotiations. ... Anti-globalization (anti-globalisation) is a political stance of opposition to the perceived negative aspects of globalization. ...

On February 28, 2001, a state of emergency was declared after the Nisqually Earthquake, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake, rocked the region. Damage was moderate, but served as a reminder that southwestern British Columbia and western Washington are under a constant threat of sustaining a great earthquake. February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... A state of emergency is a governmental declaration that may suspend certain normal functions of government, may work to alert citizens to alter their normal behaviors, or may order government agencies to implement emergency preparedness plans. ... The Nisqually earthquake occurred on February 28, 2001, and was one of the largest recorded earthquakes in Washington state history. ... The Richter magnitude test scale (or more correctly local magnitude ML scale) assigns a single number to quantify the size of an earthquake. ... Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998 An earthquake is a trembling or a shaking movement of the Earths surface. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Splendour without diminishment) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Area 944,735 km² (5th) Land 925,186 km² Water 19,549 km² (2. ...

Economic history

Seattle has a history of boom and bust, or at least boom and quiescence. Seattle has almost been sent into permanent decline by the aftermaths of its worst periods as a company town, but has typically used those periods to successfully rebuild infrastructure. A company town is a town or city in which all or almost all real estate, buildings (both residential and commercial), utilities, hospitals, small businesses such as grocery stores and gas stations, and other necessities or luxuries of life within its borders are owned by a single company. ...

The Seattle Central Library, designed by Rem Koolhaas, is the result of a public vote on the "Libraries for All" bond measure approved by Seattle voters on November 3, 1998.

The first such boom was the lumber-industry boom covering the early years of the city (it was during this period that Yesler Way became known as the first "Skid Row", named after the timber skidding down the street to be milled), followed by the construction of an Olmsted-designed park system. Arguably the Klondike Gold Rush constituted a separate, shorter boom during the last years of the 19th century. Seattle Public Library File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Seattle Public Library File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Seattle Central Library Exterior The Seattle Central Library is an 11-story glass and steel building in downtown Seattle, Washington. ... Seattle Central Library, designed by Koolhaas Rem Koolhaas (born November 17, 1944 in Rotterdam, Netherlands) is a Dutch architect, former journalist and screenwriter who studied architecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. ... Lumber is the name used, generally in North America, for wood that has been cut into boards or other shapes for the purpose of woodworking or construction. ... Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822–August 28, 1903) was a United States landscape architect, famous for designing many well known urban parks, including Central Park in New York, New York, the countrys oldest coordinated system of public parks and parkways in Buffalo, New York, the countrys oldest... A typical gold mining operation, on Bonanza Creek The Klondike Gold Rush was a frenzy of gold rush immigration to and gold prospecting in the Klondike near Dawson City in the Yukon Territory, Canada, after gold was discovered in the late 19th century. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Next came the shipbuilding boom in the early part of the 20th century, followed by the unused city development plan of Virgil Bogue. After World War II the local economy was marked by the expansion of Boeing, fueled by the growth of the commercial aviation industry. When this particular cycle went into a major downturn in the late 1960s and early 1970s, many left the area to look for work elsewhere, and two local real estate agents put up a billboard reading, "Will the last person leaving Seattle - Turn out the lights". Men from Francisco de Orellanas expedition building a small brigantine, the San Pedro, to be used in the search for food Shipbuilding is the construction of ships. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Virgil Bogue (1846–1916) was the city of Seattles municipal planning director. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was by far the bloodiest, most expensive, and most significant war in... The Boeing Company NYSE: BA is the leading American aircraft and aerospace manufacturer, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with its largest production facilities in Everett, Washington, near Seattle, Washington. ... In the United States and parts of the Commonwealth (including Canada and Australia) as well as in many other countries, a real estate agent is a person who advises and represents others in transactions involving real estate. ... Roadside billboards frequently encourage passersby to visit local businesses. ...

This site in downtown Seattle is just one of many construction projects in the area.

Seattle remained the corporate headquarters of Boeing until 2001, when the company announced a desire to separate its headquarters from its major production facilities. Following a bidding war in which several cities offered huge tax breaks, Boeing moved its corporate headquarters to Chicago, Illinois. The Seattle area is still home to Boeing's commercial airplanes division, several Boeing plants, and the Boeing Employees Credit Union (BECU). Image File history File links I took this photo in Spring 2005 and release it into the public domaain. ... Image File history File links I took this photo in Spring 2005 and release it into the public domaain. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... City lights from space. ... A tax is a compulsory charge or other levy imposed on an individual or a legal entity by a state or a functional equivalent of a state (e. ... Chicago, colloquially known as the Second City and the Windy City, is the third-largest city in population in the United States and the largest inland city in the country. ... Aviation or Air transport refers to the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ... A credit union is a co-operative financial institution that is owned and controlled by its members, generally through the election of a Board of Directors. ...

The most recent boom centered around Microsoft and other software, Internet, and telecommunications companies, such as Amazon.com, RealNetworks, and AT&T Wireless. Even locally headquartered Starbucks held investments in numerous Internet and software interests. Although some of these companies remain relatively strong, the frenzied boom years had ended by early 2001. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is the worlds largest software company, with over 50,000 employees in various countries as of May 2004. ... Computer software (or simply software) refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of a computer for some purpose. ... Telecommunication is the extension of communication over a distance. ... Amazon. ... RealNetworks (NASDAQ: RNWK) is a Seattle-based provider of Internet media delivery software and services. ... AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. ... For other meanings of the name Starbuck, see Starbuck. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

People and culture

Demographics

Main article: Demographics of Seattle

As of the U.S. Census of 2000, Seattle had a population of 563,374 and in all the Greater Puget Sound metropolitan area is home to almost 3.8 million people. The population today is approximately 73.40 % Caucasian, one of the highest percentages of Caucasians for a major American city. The city also has one of the nation's highest percentages of multiracial ancestry: 4.70% claim ancestry from two or more races. [1] According to the 2000 U.S. census, 13.71% of Seattleites are Asian Americans, 8.44% are African Americans, 1.10% are Native Americans, 0.50% are Pacific Islanders, and 6.84% are from other non-Caucasian backgrounds. Population As of the U.S. Census of 2000, there are 563,374 people, 258,499 households, and 113,481 families residing in the city of Seattle. ... The U.S. Census is mandated by the United States Constitution. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... For other uses, see White (disambiguation). ... An Asian American is a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to the United States. ... African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ... Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, Amerindians, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ... A Pacific Islander or Pacific Person (plural: Pacific People) is a term used in several places, such as New Zealand and the United States, to describe people of a certain heritage. ...

The median income for a household in the city is $45,736, and the median income for a family is $62,195. Males have a median income of $40,929 versus $35,134 for females. The per capita income for the city is $30,306. 11.8% of the population and 6.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 13.8% are under the age of 18 and 10.2% are 65 or older.

Seattle has seen a major increase in legal and illegal immigration in recent decades. The foreign-born population increased 40 percent between the 1990 and 2000 census. [2] Although the 2000 census shows only 5.28% of the population as Hispanic or Latino of any race, Hispanics are believed to be the most rapidly growing population group in Washington State, with an estimated increase of 10% just in the years 2000–2002. [3] Hispanic, as used in the United States, is one of several terms used to categorize US citizens, permanent residents and temporary immigrants, whose background hail either from the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America or relating to a Spanish-speaking culture. ... In the United States, Latino refers to non-Anglo-Americans who are living in the United States of America and are of Hispanic background, typically Spanish speaking people. ...

It is estimated that 1.25% of the population is homeless, and that up to 14% of Seattle's homeless are children and young adults. Many people in Seattle are involved with social causes and in 2005 the Borgen Project moved to the city. A homeless American. ...

In 2005, Men's Fitness magazine named Seattle the fittest city in the U.S. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Fitness in biology refers to individuals ability to propagate its genes. ...

Landmarks

Howard Dean and Vanna White have both caught the "flying fish" at the Pike Place Market, one of Seattle's most popular tourist destinations.

A view of the Seattle skyline from a ferry

The Space Needle is Seattle's most recognizable landmark, featured in the logo of the television show Frasier and the backgrounds of the television series Grey's Anatomy, and dating from the 1962 Century 21 Exposition, a World's Fair. Contrary to popular belief, the Space Needle is neither the tallest structure in Seattle, nor is it even in downtown. This is a result of the Space Needle often being photographed from Queen Anne, which gives the optical illusion leading to the misconception. The surrounding fairgrounds have been converted into the Seattle Center, which remains the site for many important civic and cultural events. Created by Wac and cropped by ShadowDragon Original version at Image:Pike-place-market. ... Created by Wac and cropped by ShadowDragon Original version at Image:Pike-place-market. ... Howard Brush Dean III, M.D. (born November 17, 1948) is a prominent American Democratic politician, currently serving as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. ... Vanna White On the cover of Playboy, May 1987 Vanna White (born Vanna Marie Rosich with Croatian background, February 18, 1957, in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina) is an American television personality who is best known as the hostess and puzzle board operator on the long-running game show Wheel... Pike Place Market, looking west on Pike Street from First Avenue Inside, showing sign above staircase The Pike Place Market, which opened for business on August 17, 1907, is a public market overlooking the Elliott Bay waterfront in downtown Seattle, Washington, USA. Occupying over 9 acres (36,000 m²) bounded... Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 219 KB)Seattle Skyline as seen from a ferry File links The following pages link to this file: Seattle, Washington Categories: Public domain images ... Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 219 KB)Seattle Skyline as seen from a ferry File links The following pages link to this file: Seattle, Washington Categories: Public domain images ... The Space Needle is the Pacific Northwests most recognizable landmark and is the symbol of Seattle, Washington. ... Frasier was an American TV situation comedy. ... Greys Anatomy is an American primetime television medical drama. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Space Needle, built for the Century 21 Exposition. ... Worlds Fair is the generic name for various large expositions held since the mid 19th century. ... Center House, Seattle Center Seattle Center is a fairground, park and arts and entertainment center in Seattle, Washington, on the site used in 1962 by the Century 21 Exposition. ...

Other famous landmarks include the Smith Tower, Pike Place Market, the Fremont Troll, the Experience Music Project, the new Seattle Central Library, the Washington Mutual Tower and the Bank of America Tower, which is the fourth tallest skyscraper west of the Mississippi River and the twelfth tallest in the nation. (On June 16, 2004, the 9/11 Commission reported that the original plan for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks included the Bank of America Tower as one of ten targeted buildings.) [4] Smith Tower construction, February 1913 The Smith Tower, located in Pioneer Square, is the oldest skyscraper in Seattle, Washington. ... Pike Place Market, looking west on Pike Street from First Avenue Inside, showing sign above staircase The Pike Place Market, which opened for business on August 17, 1907, is a public market overlooking the Elliott Bay waterfront in downtown Seattle, Washington, USA. Occupying over 9 acres (36,000 m²) bounded... The Fremont Troll lives beneath a bridge in Seattle. ... Sign advertising the opening of EMP A view of EMPs southeast corner The Experience Music Project (EMP) is a museum of music history founded by Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, located on the campus of Seattle, Washingtons Seattle Center. ... Seattle Central Library Exterior The Seattle Central Library is an 11-story glass and steel building in downtown Seattle, Washington. ... The tower from Bell Street Pier The Washington Mutual Tower is the second tallest skyscraper in the downtown Seattle skyline. ... Bank of America Tower Bank of America Tower The Bank of America Tower (formerly the Columbia Seafirst Center) is the tallest skyscraper in the downtown Seattle skyline. ... Taipei 101, the worlds tallest skyscraper by roof height on high rise. ... Length 6,270 km Elevation of the source 450 m Average discharge Saint Louis¹: 5,500 m³/s Vicksburg²: 16,800 m³/s Baton Rouge³: 12,800 m³/s Area watershed 2,980,000 km² Origin  Lake Itasca Mouth  Gulf of Mexico Basin countries United States (98. ... June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Commissions seal The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission, was set up in late 2002 to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 attacks including preparedness for and the immediate response... The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ...

Annual cultural events and fairs

Among Seattle's best-known annual cultural events and fairs are the 24-day Seattle International Film Festival, Northwest Folklife over the Memorial Day weekend, numerous Seafair events throughout the summer months (ranging from a Bon Odori celebration to hydroplane races), the Bite of Seattle, and Bumbershoot over the Labor Day weekend. All are typically attended by over 100,000 people annually, as are Hempfest and two separate Independence Day celebrations. The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) is purported to be the largest film festival in the United States and among the top film festivals in the world. ... The Northwest Folklife Festival is an annual festival of ethnic, folk, and traditional art, crafts, and music that takes place over the Memorial Day weekend at Seattle, Washingtons Seattle Center. ... Relatives and others traditionally place flags near veterans headstones on Memorial Day Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday that takes place on the last Monday of May. ... Seafair is a summer festival in Seattle, Washington that encompasses a wide variety of small neighborhood events leading up to several major city-wide celebrations. ... Bon Odori (盆踊り) is an event held during the Buddhist festival period called Obon in Japan. ... A hydroplane (or hydro, or thunderboat) is a very specific type of motorboat used exclusively for racing. ... The Bite of Seattle is an annual food festival that takes place over three days in July at Seattle, Washington, USAs Seattle Center. ... Bumbershoot is an annual festival of music, art, and crafts held over the Labor Day weekend in Seattle, Washingtons Seattle Center. ... Labour Day (or Labor Day) is an annual holiday that resulted from efforts of the labour union movement, to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers. ... Hempfest, officially The Seattle Hempfest, is an annual event in Seattle, Washington (U.S.), the countrys largest annual gathering demanding legalization of marijuana. ... These fireworks over the Washington Monument are typical of Fourth of July celebrations This page is about the American holiday. ...

Several dozen Seattle neighborhoods have one or more annual street fairs, and many have an annual parade or foot race. The largest of the street fairs feature hundreds of craft and food booths and multiple stages with live entertainment, and draw more than 100,000 people over the course of a weekend; the smallest are strictly neighborhood affairs with a few dozen craft and food booths, barely distinguishable from more prominent neighborhoods' weekly farmers' markets. Seattle is made up of many districts and neighborhoods, a list of which appears below. ... Among Seattles best known streetfairs are Bumbershoot, Folklife (both at the Seattle center), and the Fremont Summer Solstice Parade & street fair. ... United States Marines on parade. ... Road running or road racing is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road (as opposed to track and cross country running). ...

Other significant events include numerous Native American powwows, a Greek Festival hosted by St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Montlake, and numerous ethnic festivals associated with Festal at Seattle Center. Native Americans (also Indians, Aboriginal Peoples, American Indians, First Nations, Alaskan Natives, Amerindians, or Indigenous Peoples of America) are the indigenous inhabitants of The Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. ... This article is about a Native American gathering. ... 12th-century mosaic depicting St Demetrios, from the Golden-Roofed Monastery in Kiev. ... The Orthodox Church of Constantinople is one of the fifteen autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches. ... Montlake is a generally quiet neighborhood in central Seattle. ... Festál at Seattle Center is a program of annual ethnically-related festivals that take place on the grounds of Seattle Center in Seattle, Washington. ...

Each year around late March, or April there is the premier Pacific Northwest Japanese Anime Convention, Sakura-Con, focusing on East Asian artforms. The event is sponsored by ANCEA, the Asia-Northwest Cultural Education Association.

As in most large cities, there are numerous other annual events of more limited interest, ranging from book fairs and specialized film festivals to a two-day, 8,000-rider Seattle-to-Portland bicycle ride. A film festival is a mostly annual festival showcasing films, usually of a recent date, sometimes with a focus on a specific genre (e. ... Portland skyline. ... This racing bicycle is built using lightweight, shaped aluminum tubing and carbon fiber stays and forks. ...

Performing arts

Main article: Arts in Seattle

Seattle is a significant center of the performing arts. The century-old Seattle Symphony Orchestra is among the world's most recorded orchestras [5] and performs primarily at Benaroya Hall. The Seattle Opera and Pacific Northwest Ballet, which perform at McCaw Hall (which opened 2003 on the site of the former Seattle Opera House at Seattle Center), are comparably distinguished, with the Opera being particularly known for its performances of the works of Richard Wagner and the PNB School (founded in 1974) ranking as one of the top three ballet training institutions in the United States. [6], [7] The Seattle Youth Symphony is the largest symphonic youth organization in the United States, and among the most distinguished. Seattle in the early 1900s Although Seattle in the early 20th century was more of a center for variety shows and vaudeville than for the high arts, the Seattle Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1903. ... The performing arts include theater, motion pictures, drama, comedy, music, dance, opera, magic and the marching arts, such as brass bands, etc. ... The Seattle Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Seattle, Washington. ... Benaroya Hall is a performance venue in Seattle, Washington that is the home of the Seattle Symphony. ... The Seattle Opera is an opera company located in Seattle, Washington. ... The Pacific Northwest Ballet is a ballet company based in Seattle, Washington. ... The Marion Oliver McCaw Hall is a performance space located in Seattle, Washington. ... Center House, Seattle Center Seattle Center is a fairground, park and arts and entertainment center in Seattle, Washington, on the site used in 1962 by the Century 21 Exposition. ... The foyer of Charles Garniers Opéra, Paris, opened 1875 Opera is an art form consisting of a dramatic stage performance set to music. ... Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813 in Leipzig – February 13, 1883 in Venice) was next to J.S.Bach and Ludwig v. ... The Waltz of the Snowflakes from Tchaikovskys The Nutcracker Ballet is the name given to a specific dance form and technique. ... The Seattle Youth Symphony, from Seattle, Washington, is the largest symphonic youth organization in the United States, and among the most distinguished. ...

In addition, Seattle has about twenty live theater venues, a slim majority of them being associated with fringe theater. It has a strong local scene for poetry slams and other performance poetry, and several venues that routinely present public lectures or readings. The largest of these is Seattle's 900-seat, Roman Revival Town Hall on First Hill. Fringe Theatre refers to a series of unjuried theatre festivals often called Fringe Festivals. ... Slam poetry is a form of performance poetry that occurs within a competitive poetry event, called a slam, at which poets perform their own poems (or, in rare cases, those of others) that are judged on a numeric scale by randomly picked members of the audience. ... Performance poetry is poetry that is specifically composed for or during performance before an audience. ... First Hill is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, named for the hill on which it is located. ...

Seattle is often thought of as the home of grunge rock and musicians like Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, who reached vast audiences in the early 1990s. Other popular bands Pearl Jam and Soundgarden also have roots in Seattle. The city is also home to such varied musicians as avant-garde jazz musicians Bill Frisell and Wayne Horvitz, rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot, smooth jazz saxophonist Kenny G, and such poppier rock bands as Goodness and the Presidents of the United States of America. Seattle was also the hometown of Jimi Hendrix, while Ann and Nancy Wilson of the band Heart, often attributed to Seattle, were actually from the neighboring suburb of Bellevue. Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is an independent-rooted music genre that was inspired by hardcore punk, thrash metal, and alternative rock. ... Kurt Cobain Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – ca. ... Drummer Dave Grohl, left, guitarist/singer/songwriter Kurt Cobain, center, and bassist Krist Novoselic, right. ... The current Pearl Jam lineup. ... Soundgarden was a seminal Seattle rock band who helped to define the sound that came to be called grunge. ... A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ... Jazz is a musical art form originally characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... William Richard Bill Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American jazz guitarist. ... Wayne Horvitz is a composer and keyboard player. ... Hip hop music is a style of popular music. ... Sir Mix-a-Lot Sir Mix-a-Lot (born Anthony Ray, August 12, 1963) is a rapper and producer from Seattle, Washington, USA. He created his own brand of hip hop - influenced by Electro, Kraftwerk and Gary Numan, and funk. ... Smooth jazz is generally described as a subset of jazz that combinines instruments (and, at times, improvisation) traditionally associated with its parent genre and stylistic influences drawn from, among other sources, funk, pop and R&B. Since the late 1980s, it has become highly successful as a radio format; one... A saxophonist is a musician who plays the saxophone. ... Kenny G on the cover of Ultimate Kenny G Kenneth Gorelick (born June 5, 1956), better known by his stage name Kenny G, is an American saxophonist who was born in Seattle. ... This article mainly describes pop as used in its more recent sense, as a subgenre of popular music. ... For the philosophical concept of goodness see Goodness and value theory. ... The Presidents of the United States of America has two meanings. ... Jimi Hendrix James Marshall Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. ... Ann (left) and Nancy Wilson, 1993 Ann Dustin Wilson (born June 19, 1950 in San Diego, California) is the lead singer of Heart. ... Ann (left) and Nancy Wilson, 1993 Nancy Wilson (born March 16, 1954) is an American singer and guitarist who, with her older sister Ann, founded the band Heart. ... Ann (left) and Nancy Wilson, 1993 Heart is one of the most successful female fronted bands in the annals of hard rock. ... Bellevue is a city located in King County, Washington, USA, across Lake Washington from Seattle. ...

Since the grunge era, the Seattle area has hosted a diverse and influential alternative music scene, centered near Capitol Hill. The Seattle-based record label Sub Pop was the first to sign Nirvana, and also signed such non-grunge bands as The Postal Service and The Shins. Other Seattle-area bands of note in this period, both signed and unsigned, include Alice in Chains, Alien Crime Syndicate, Antlers, The Beautiful Mothers, The Blood Brothers, Capitol Basement, Charlie Drown, Common Heroes, Dangermart, Daphne Loves Derby (Kent), Death Cab for Cutie (Bellingham), The Divorce, Dog Bone Sanctuary, Dolour, Drop Six, Drown Mary, Harvey Danger, Foo Fighters, Maktub, Minus the Bear, Modest Mouse (Issaquah), Mudhoney, The Murder City Devils, MxPx (Bremerton), The Myriad, Pearl Jam, Pedro the Lion, Peepshow, Point One, Queensryche (Bellevue), Ruby Doe, Screaming Trees (originally from Ellensburg), Second Coming, Sky Cries Mary, Sleater-Kinney (Olympia), Soundgarden, Sunny Day Real Estate, Super Deluxe, Supersuckers, Sweet 75, Turn to Fall, Utterance, Vendetta Red, Vexed, Vindaloo, Visqueen, Zeke and The Zero Points. 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Issaquah is a city located in King County, Washington. ... Mudhoney is a grunge band, formed in Seattle in 1988. ... MxPx is a punk band that was formed in 1992 in Bremerton, Washington. ... Bremerton is a city located in Kitsap County, Washington, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 37,259. ... The current Pearl Jam lineup. ... David Bazan, T.W. Walsh. ... Band picture Queensrÿche is an American progressive metal band of the 1980s, formed near Seattle, Washington in 1981. ... Bellevue (French, meaning beautiful view) is the name of several places in Canada: Bellevue, Alberta Bellevue, Newfoundland and Labrador Bellevue, Ontario Bellevue, Prince Edward Island Bellevue, Saskatchewan Bellevue is the name of several places in the United States of America: Bellevue, Kentucky Bellevue, Michigan Bellevue, Nebraska Bellevue, Ohio Bellevue, Washington... 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Earlier Seattle-based popular music acts include the collegiate folk group The Brothers Four; The Wailers, a 1960s garage band; the Allies and the Heaters (later "the Heats", because another band had the name first), 1980s teen-pop bands; from that same era, the more sophisticated pop of the short-lived Visible Targets and the still-performing Young Fresh Fellows and Posies (originally from Bellingham); and the pop-punk of The Fastbacks and the outright punk of the Fartz (later Ten Minute Warning), The Gits, and Seven Year Bitch. The Brothers Four are an American folk group founded in 1957 in Seattle, Washington. ... The Wailers were an American rock band, often considered the first garage rock group. ... The Posies are an American alternative rock group that was formed in 1986 in Seattle, Washington and broke up in 2000, then reformed in 2004. ... Clockwise from top left: Kurt Bloch, Lulu Gargiulo, band, Kim Warnick The Fastbacks were a pioneering Seattle band. ... 7 Year Bitch was an all-female, punk-influenced rock band in Seattle, Washington during the period 1990–1996. ...

Spoken word and poetry are also staples of the Seattle arts scene, paralleling the explosion of the indie scene during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Seattle's performance poetry scene blossomed with the importation of the poetry slam from Chicago (its origin) by transplant Paul Granert. This and the proliferation of weekly readings/open mics and poetry-friendly club venues like The Weathered Wall, the OK Hotel (now defunct), and the Ditto Tavern (now defunct), allowed spoken word/performance poetry to take off in a big way. The Seattle Poetry Festival (launched first as the "Poetry Circus" in 1997) has featured local, regional, national, and international names in poetry such as Michael McClure, Anne Waldeman, Ted Jones, Gwendolyn Brooks, Ismael Reed, Seku Sundiata, and many others. Regionally famed poets like Bart Baxter, Tess Gallagher, and Rebecca Brown have also been featured at the Poetry Festival, as well as numerous other events such as the world famous "Bumbershoot" Arts Festival. Spoken word is a form of music or artistic performance in which lyrics, poetry, or stories are spoken rather than sung. ... Bust of Homer, one of the earliest European poets, in the British Museum Poetry (ancient Greek: ποιεω (poieo) = I create) is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ... In the context of popular music, the term indie (from independent) is often used to refer to a number of genres, scenes, subcultures and stylistic and cultural attributes, characterised by (real or perceived) independence from commercial pop music and mainstream culture and an autonomous, do-it-yourself approach. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... Performance poetry is poetry that is specifically composed for or during performance before an audience. ... Slam poetry is a form of performance poetry that occurs within a competitive poetry event, called a slam, at which poets perform their own poems (or, in rare cases, those of others) that are judged on a numeric scale by randomly picked members of the audience. ... Chicago, colloquially known as the Second City and the Windy City, is the third-largest city in population in the United States and the largest inland city in the country. ... Michael McClure (October 20, 1932) is an American poet and playwright. ... Gwendolyn Brooks Gwendolyn Brooks (June 7, 1917 - December 3, 2000) was an award-winning African American woman poet. ... Tess Gallagher (b. ... Bumbershoot is an annual festival of music, art, and crafts held over the Labor Day weekend in Seattle, Washingtons Seattle Center. ...

Museums and art collections

Prominent Seattle buildings circa 1893

The Henry Art Gallery opened in 1927, making it the first museum in Washington. The main Seattle Art Museum opened in 1933. Art collections are also housed at the Frye Art Museum and the Seattle Asian Art Museum. Download high resolution version (768x647, 146 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (768x647, 146 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Henry Art Gallery is the art museum of the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, USA. Located on the west edge of campus along 15th Avenue N.E. in the University District, it was founded in 1927 and was the first public art museum in the state of Washington. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Seattle Art Museum (commonly known as SAM) is an art museum located in downtown Seattle, Washington USA. Admission is free on the first Thursday of each month. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Frye Art Museum is an art museum located on Seattle, Washington, USAs First Hill. ... The Seattle Asian Art Museum is a museum of Asian art located inside Volunteer Park on Seattle, Washington USAs Capitol Hill. ...

Regional history collections are at the Museum of History and Industry and the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. Industry-specific collections are housed at the Center for Wooden Boats, Seattle Metropolitan Police Museum, and Museum of Flight. Regional ethnic collections include Nordic Heritage Museum and the Wing Luke Asian Museum. The Museum of History and Industry is a museum in the Montlake neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, USA, dedicated to the history of Seattle and the Puget Sound region. ... The Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum is a museum in the northwest corner of the campus of the University of Washington, at the intersection of N.E. 45th Street and 15th Avenue N.E. in Seattle, Washington, USAs University District. ... The Center for Wooden Boats is a maritime heritage museum located on the south shore of Lake Unionin Seattle, Washington, USA. It was founded in 1977 by Dick Wagner. ... The Seattle Metropolitan Police Museum is a museum in the Pioneer Square neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. ... For the Museum of Flight in East Lothian, Scotland, see Museum of Flight (Scotland). ... The Nordic Heritage Museum is a museum in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. ... The Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle engages the Asian Pacific American communites and the public in exploring issues related to the culture, art and history of Asian Pacific Americans. ...

Recently, new galleries have sprung up, including artist-run venues such as Soil Art Gallery and Crawl Space Gallery. Soil Art Gallery[1] is an artist-run, not-for-profit gallery in Seattle, Washington, USA. Located in the newly renovated Tashiro Kaplan Building on 3rd and Yesler, Soil has a rotating membership of 20 - 24 artists. ...

See also: Museums and galleries of Seattle Being so much younger than the cities of Europe and the eastern U.S., Seattle, Washington has a lower profile in terms of art museums than it does in the performing arts. ...

Other cultural institutions

The Woodland Park Zoo, opened as a private zoo in 1889, is one of the oldest on the West Coast, and has been a leader in innovations in naturalistic zoo exhibits. The Seattle Aquarium has been open on the downtown waterfront since 1977. The Seattle Underground Tour, visiting many of the places that existed mostly before the great fire, is also popular. The Woodland Park Zoo, which occupies the western half of Seattles Woodland Park on Phinney Ridge, began as a small menagerie on the Woodland Park estate of Guy C. Phinney, Canadian-born lumber mill owner and real estate developer. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Seattle Aquarium is a public aquarium located on Pier 59 on Seattles Elliot Bay waterfront. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... A former bank; the vault door is in the background on the right. ...

Media

Main article: Media in Seattle

Seattle's leading newspapers are the daily Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer; they share their advertising and business departments under a Joint Operating Agreement, which (as of 2004) the Times is seeking to terminate or renegotiate. Seattle is well served by newspapers and television and radio stations. ... The daily Seattle Times is the leading newspaper in Seattle, Washington, United States. ... The daily Seattle Post-Intelligencer is the second leading newspaper in Seattle, Washington, United States. ... The Joint Operating Agreement as an agreement between The Seattle Times Company and the New York-based Hearst Corporation, owners of The Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle P-I), respectively. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The most prominent weeklies are the Seattle Weekly and the Stranger. Both of these consider themselves "alternative" papers; the Stranger has a reputation for a younger and hipper readership, the Weekly has a reputation as more serious and slightly more politically conservative, but both make frequent forays into each other's editorial and demographic turf. There are also several ethnic newspapers and numerous neighborhood newspapers. Seattle Weekly is the third most popular newspaper in Seattle, Washington, United States, with a circulation of over 100,000. ... The Stranger is a weekly newspaper in Seattle, Washington. ... An alternative weekly, alternately referred to as an alternative newsweekly or alternative newspaper, is a form of alternative media newspaper found in many centres in the United States and Canada. ...

Seattle is also well served by television and radio. Seattle's major network television affiliates are KOMO 4 (ABC), KING-TV 5 (NBC), KIRO 7 (CBS), KCTS 9 (PBS), KSTW 11 (UPN), KCPQ 13 (FOX), KTWB 22/10 (WB), and KWPX 33/3 (i). Seattle cable viewers also receive CBUT 2 CBC from Vancouver, British Columbia, often as cable channel 99. KOMO-TV is a television station in Seattle, Washington. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... KING is a television station in Seattle, Washington, USA. It is affiliated with the NBC network, and broadcasts on analog VHF channel 5 and digital UHF channel 48. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American radio and television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... KIRO is the callsign of broadcast stations in Seattle: KIRO AM KIRO-TV former KIRO-FM, now KQBZ FM This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) is a major radio and television network in the United States. ... KCTS is a public television station in Seattle, Washington, affiliated with the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), that broadcasts on analog channel 9, HDTV broadcasts are on channel 41. ... PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ... KSTW is a television station based in Renton, Washington, affiliated with the UPN television network, that broadcasts on VHF channel 11. ... The official logo for UPN. UPN (which originally stood for the United Paramount Network) is a television network in the United States, owned by Viacom Inc. ... KCPQ is a television station in Seattle, Washington, affiliated with the FOX television network, that broadcasts on VHF channel 13. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... KTWB is a television station in Seattle, Washington, affiliated with the WB television network, that broadcasts on UHF channel 22 and HDTV UHF 25. ... The WB Television Network, casually referred to as The WB, is a television network in the United States, founded as a joint venture between the Warner Bros. ... KWPX is a television station based in Seattle, Washington, affiliated with the PAX Network, that broadcasts on UHF channel 33 or HDTV on channel 32. ... i: Independent Television (originally PAX TV) i: Independent Television, or simply i, is a broadcast and cable television network first broadcast on August 31, 1998 under the name Pax. ... CBUT is the CBCs television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, and the flagship CBC-TV station for the Pacific Time zone. ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known by the abbreviation CBC, is Canadas government-owned radio and television broadcaster. ... This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ...

Leading radio stations include KUBE 93.3, KNDD 107.7, KBKS 106.1 KIRO-AM 710, KOMO-AM 1000, NPR affiliates KUOW-FM 94.9 and KPLU-FM 88.5, and KBCS 91.3. Other notable stations include KEXP-FM 90.3 (affiliated with EMP) and KNHC-FM 89.5, owned by the public school system and operated by students of Nathan Hale High School. Many Seattle radio stations are also available through internet radio, with KUOW, KNHC, and KEXP being notable web radio innovators. KUBE is a wildly successful Gospel outlet based in Seattle, Washington. ... KIRO is a radio station based in Seattle, Washington, broadcasting on 710 in the AM radio spectrum. ... KOMO is a radio station based in Seattle, Washington, broadcasting on 1000 in the AM radio spectrum. ... NPR logo NPR redirects here. ... KUOW-FM (94. ... KEXP (formerly KCMU) is a public radio station based in Seattle, Washington, that specializes in independent and alternative rock programmed by its disk jockeys. ... Sign advertising the opening of EMP A view of EMPs southeast corner The Experience Music Project (EMP) is a museum of music history founded by Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, located on the campus of Seattle, Washingtons Seattle Center. ... KNHC FM (C 89. ... Internet radio is a broadcasting service transmitted via the Internet. ...

Sports

Club	Sport	League	Stadium	Logo
Seattle Seahawks	Football	National Football League (NFC)	Qwest Field
Seattle Mariners	Baseball	Major League Baseball (AL)	Safeco Field
Seattle Supersonics	Basketball	National Basketball Association	KeyArena
Seattle Storm	Basketball	Women's National Basketball Association	KeyArena
Seattle Thunderbirds	Ice Hockey	Western Hockey League	KeyArena
Seattle Sounders	Soccer	USL First Division (men's) W-League (women's)	Qwest Field

The first major professional modern day sports franchise started in Seattle was the Seattle Supersonics (most known as "Seattle Sonics") National Basketball Association team (1967). They were joined by the Seattle Pilots baseball team in 1969. Both team names reflected the local importance of the aerospace industry. The Pilots lasted only one year, playing at Sick's Stadium, previously home to several minor league teams, before relocating to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Their sole season was immortalized in Jim Bouton's book Ball Four. Conference NFC Division West Year Founded 1976 Home Field Qwest Field City Seattle, Washington Team Colors Seahawks Blue, Seahawks Navy, Seahawks Bright Green Head Coach Mike Holmgren All-Time Record (W-L-T) (At Start of 2005 Season) 217-245-0 The Seattle Seahawks are a National Football League team... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... 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The American League (or formally the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States of America and Canada. ... Safeco Field, also known as The Safe, is the home of the Seattle Mariners baseball club. ... Seattle Mariners logo, claiming fair use This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... The Seattle SuperSonics (or simply Sonics to their fans) are a National Basketball Association team based in Seattle, Washington, USA. // Home arenas Seattle Center Coliseum 1967 - 1978, 1985 - 1994 Kingdome 1978 - 1985 Tacoma Dome 1994 - 1995 KeyArena 1996 - present Franchise history Seattles first professional franchise. ... Basketball is very popular in U.S. colleges. ... NBA logo, depicting former star Jerry West The National Basketball Association, more popularly known as simply the NBA, is the worlds premier mens professional basketball league and one of the major professional sports leagues of North America. ... KeyArena is located north of downtown Seattle, USA on the grounds of Seattle Center (the site of 1962s Century 21 Exposition, a Worlds Fair). ... Seattle SuperSonics logo, claiming fair use This work is copyrighted. ... The Seattle Storm is a professional womens basketball team that plays in the Womens National Basketball Association (WNBA). ... Basketball is very popular in U.S. colleges. ... WNBA logo The Womens National Basketball Association or WNBA is an organization governing a professional basketball league for women in the United States. ... KeyArena is located north of downtown Seattle, USA on the grounds of Seattle Center (the site of 1962s Century 21 Exposition, a Worlds Fair). ... Seattle Storm logo, claiming fair use This work is copyrighted. ... The Seattle Thunderbirds is an ice hockey team in Seattle, Washington that belongs to the Western Hockey League. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... The Western Hockey League is one of the three hockey Major Junior A Tier I leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. ... KeyArena is located north of downtown Seattle, USA on the grounds of Seattle Center (the site of 1962s Century 21 Exposition, a Worlds Fair). ... Seattle Thunderbirds logo, claiming fair use This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... Traditonal Seattle Sounders logo used in both the NASL years and the A-League years. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... The United Soccer Leagues First Division is a professional mens soccer league in North America. ... The W-League is the first modern womens soccer league in the United States. ... Qwest Field is a football stadium in Seattle, Washington, USA. It serves as the home field for the Seattle Seahawks and Seattle Sounders. ... club logo of the Seattle Sounders Soccer team File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Categories: Basketball teams | Seattle sports | NBA teams | Basketball stubs ... NBA logo, depicting former star Jerry West The National Basketball Association, more popularly known as simply the NBA, is the worlds premier mens professional basketball league and one of the major professional sports leagues of North America. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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City nickname: The City of Festivals Location Location of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Government County Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (D) Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 251. ... James Alan Bouton (born March 8, 1939 in Newark, New Jersey) was a Major League Baseball player and author of the controversial baseball book Ball Four, which was a combination diary of his 1969 season and memoir of his years with the New York Yankees. ... James Alan Bouton (born March 8, 1939 in Newark, New Jersey) was a Major League Baseball player and author of the controversial baseball book Ball Four, which was a combination diary of his 1969 season and memoir of his years with the New York Yankees. ...

Legal wrangling over the move of the Pilots pressured Major League Baseball to award Seattle a new franchise, the Mariners, starting in 1977. The Mariners would play in the newly built Kingdome, an indoor sports facility they shared with the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League, who started play the previous year. For a time, all three of the city's major sports teams used the Kingdome, despite ongoing maintenance issues. After some controversy (voters defeated two funding initiatives) it was demolished in 2000 and replaced with a new stadium (later named Qwest Field), built for the Seahawks on the same site. By this time the other sports had long since relocated: the Sonics now use KeyArena exclusively; the Mariners' new home is the modern, retractable-roofed Safeco Field. MLB logo Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ... The Seattle Mariners are a Major League Baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... The Seattle Kingdome, officially known as the King County Domed Stadium, and usually referred to as simply The Kingdome or The Dome, was the worlds first — and only — multi-purpose concrete domed stadium, which was owned and operated by King County, Washington, located at the north end of Seattle... Conference NFC Division West Year Founded 1976 Home Field Qwest Field City Seattle, Washington Team Colors Seahawks Blue, Seahawks Navy, Seahawks Bright Green Head Coach Mike Holmgren All-Time Record (W-L-T) (At Start of 2005 Season) 217-245-0 The Seattle Seahawks are a National Football League team... The National Football League (NFL) is the largest professional American football league, consisting of thirty-two teams from American cities. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Qwest Field is a football stadium in Seattle, Washington, USA. It serves as the home field for the Seattle Seahawks and Seattle Sounders. ... KeyArena is located north of downtown Seattle, USA on the grounds of Seattle Center (the site of 1962s Century 21 Exposition, a Worlds Fair). ... Safeco Field, also known as The Safe, is the home of the Seattle Mariners baseball club. ...

The city's first professional sports championship was brought to the city by way of the PCHA Seattle Metropolitans in 1917. The professional hockey team, which represented Seattle from 1915 to 1924, was in fact the first U.S. team to win the coveted Stanley Cup, beating the Montréal Canadiens. They returned to the Stanley Cup finals twice more. The first, again versus Montreal, was in 1919. That series was cancelled due to an outbreak of influenza with the two teams tied at 2–2–1. The Metropolitans last went to the Stanley Cup finals in 1920, when they lost to the Ottawa Senators. The Seattle Metropolitans were an ice hockey team based in Seattle, Washington which played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association from 1915 to 1924. ... The Stanley Cup is inscribed with the names of all the players on the teams that have won it. ... The Montréal Canadiens are the oldest established National Hockey League franchise. ... The Stanley Cup is inscribed with the names of all the players on the teams that have won it. ... Negatively stained flu virions. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

The Seattle Supersonics won a modern-day championship, the NBA crown, in 1979, with Lenny Wilkens as coach. The Seattle SuperSonics (or simply Sonics to their fans) are a National Basketball Association team based in Seattle, Washington, USA. // Home arenas Seattle Center Coliseum 1967 - 1978, 1985 - 1994 Kingdome 1978 - 1985 Tacoma Dome 1994 - 1995 KeyArena 1996 - present Franchise history Seattles first professional franchise. ... Leonard Randolph Wilkens (born October 28, 1937, in Brooklyn, New York) is the National Basketball Associations winningest coach with over a thousand wins. ...

In addition, the University of Washington, Seattle University, and Seattle Pacific University field teams in a variety of sports, including football and basketball. Their teams are known as the Huskies, Redhawks, and Falcons, respectively. The Husky football team has a wide following that ranks with those of the major professional teams in the city. United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Basketball is very popular in U.S. colleges. ...

In 1998, the Seattle City Council failed to pass a resolution supporting a Seattle bid for the 2012 Olympics. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... (Redirected from 2012 Olympics) Nine cities submitted bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and five have made it to the shortlist for hosting the Games of the XXX Olympiad. ...

In 2004, the Seattle Storm won a WNBA championship. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Seattle Storm is a professional womens basketball team that plays in the Womens National Basketball Association (WNBA). ... WNBA may also refer to WNBA-AM, a radio station in Illinois. ...

Education

Main article: Education in Seattle

Seattle has a more than typically educated population. Of Seattle's population over twenty-five, 36% (vs. a national average of 24%) hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 93% (vs. 80% nationally) have a high school diploma or equivalent. In addition to the obvious institutions of education, there are significant adult literacy programs and considerable homeschooling. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 47. ... A bachelors degree is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts three or four years. ... High school, or Secondary school, is the last segment of compulsory education in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan (Republic of China) (only junior high school), the United Kingdom and the United States. ... The GED, or General Educational Development Test, is a test that certifies the taker has attained American or Canadian high school-level academic skills. ... Homeschooling (also called home education and sometimes spelled home schooling) is the education of children at home and in the community, in contrast to education in an institution such as a public or parochial school. ...

Like most urban American public school systems, Seattle Public Schools have been subject to numerous controversies. Seattle's schools desegregated without a court order, but continue to struggle to achieve racial balance in a demographically divided city (the south part of town being much more ethnically diverse than the north). The schools have maintained high enough educational standards to keep white flight (and middle-class flight in general) to a minimum, but some of the area's suburban public school systems — not all of them in wealthy suburbs — have consistently higher test scores. Notably, Seattle schools seem to be failing their minority students, as high academic standards are not realized uniformly by all racial groups in many of the city's secondary schools. Public education is schooling provided by the government, and paid for by taxes, in countries other than England where public schools are privately funded. ... Seattle Public Schools is the school district for the city of Seattle, Washington. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... White flight is a colloquial term for the demographic trend of upper and middle class White people moving away from (predominantly non-white) inner cities, finding new homes in nearby suburbs or even moving to new locales entirely, e. ...

The public school system is supplemented by a moderate number of private schools: four of the high schools are Catholic, one is Lutheran, and six are secular. High school, or Secondary school, is the last segment of compulsory education in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan (Republic of China) (only junior high school), the United Kingdom and the United States. ... The Lutheran tradition is a group of Christian denominations who accept the main theological insights of Martin Luther. ...

Postsecondary education in Seattle is dominated by the University of Washington, with over 40,000 students, making it the largest university in the Pacific Northwest. Most prominent of the city's other universities are Seattle University, a Jesuit school, and Seattle Pacific University, founded by the Free Methodists. There are also a handful of smaller schools, mainly in the fine arts and business and psychology. Seattle is also served by North Seattle, Seattle Central, and South Seattle Community Colleges. The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a major public research university in the Seattle metropolitan area. ... Darker red states are always part of the Pacific Northwest. ... Seattle University is a private, co-educational Roman Catholic university in the United States. ... The Society of Jesus (Societas Iesu/Jesu (S.J.) in Latin) is a Christian religious order of the Roman Catholic Church in direct service to the Pope. ... Seattle Pacific University is a Christian university of the liberal arts, sciences and professions located on the north slope of Queen Anne Hill in Seattle, Washington. ... The Free Methodist Church is a denomination of Methodism, which is a branch of Protestantism. ... Fine art is a term used to refer to fields traditionally considered to be artistic. ... Categories: Business | Academic disciplines | School subjects ... Psychology (Classical Greek: psyche = soul or mind, logos = study of) is an academic and applied field involving the study of behaviour, mind and thought and the underlying neurological bases of behaviour. ... The Seattle Community College District is a group of community colleges located in Seattle, Washington. ...

Government and politics

Main article: Government and politics of Seattle, Washington

The statue of Vladimir Lenin in the Fremont neighborhood. Rescued from Eastern Europe, some argue that the statue is a leftist political statement instead of historical art

Seattle is a charter city, with a Mayor-Council form of government, unlike many of its neighbors that use the Council-Manager form. Seattle's mayor and nine city council members are elected annually, at large, rather than by geographic subdivisions. The only other elected office is the city attorney. All offices are non-partisan. This is the main article on Government and politics of Seattle, Washington. ... Statue of Vladimir Lenin in Seattle, WA. Photo taken by Popebrak, October 2002. ... Statue of Vladimir Lenin in Seattle, WA. Photo taken by Popebrak, October 2002. ... Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Russian: Влади́мир Ильи́ч Ле́нин   listen?), original surname Ulyanov (Улья́нов) (April 22 (April 10 (O.S.)), 1870 – January 21, 1924), was a Russian revolutionary, the leader of the Bolshevik party, the first Premier of the Soviet Union, and the main theorist of Leninism, which he described as an adaptation of Marxism to... Fremont Fremont is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. ... Mayor-Council government is one of two variations of government most commonly used in modern representative municipal governments in the United States. ... The council-manager government is one of two main variations of representative municipal government in the United States. ... A city council is the most common style of legislative government in a city or town. ...

The city government provides more utilities than many cities; either running the whole operation, such as the water, sewer, and electricity services, or handling the billing and administration, but contracting out the rest of the operations, such as trash and recycling collection. In most neighboring cities, for example, electricity is provided by either a private company such as Puget Sound Energy, or a county public utility district. See the Utilities section for more details. Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is an energy company providing electrical power and natural gas in the Puget Sound region of the northwest United States. ... Downtown Seattle skyline City nickname: The Emerald City Location Location of Seattle in King County and Washington Political Charateristics County King Mayor Greg Nickels NP/Democrat ¹ Physical Characteristics Area      Land      Water 369. ...

As with most U.S. cities, the county judicial system (courts and jails) handles most crime — the Seattle Municipal Court deals mostly with parking tickets and the like. Seattle does not even have its own jail, contracting out the few misdemeanor inmates it convicts to either the King County Jail (which is located downtown), the Yakima County Jail, or (for short-term holdings) the Renton City Jail. In 2004, there were only 24 murders in Seattle, the fewest since 1965. Violent crime has declined by nearly 42 percent since 1994, to a rate of approximately seven per 1,000 people. Auto theft has increased about 44 percent in the same period; the SPD has responded by almost doubling the number of detectives in the auto theft detail, and is starting a "bait car" program. A Money magazine table, using 2001 statistics, ranked Seattle 18th in highest crime rate in the U.S., with 80.5 crimes per 1,000 citizens. Yakima County is a county located in the state of Washington. ... Renton is a city located in King County, Washington, immediately southeast of Seattle. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Money is a Time Warner financial magazine. ...

Seattle's politics lean famously to the left compared to the U.S. as a whole, although there is a small libertarian movement. Only one precinct in Seattle, located in the famously exclusive Broadmoor area, voted for Republican George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election. Social conservatism is especially weak throughout the city. In partisan elections, such as for the State Legislature and U.S. Congress, most elections are won by Democrats, with Greens getting more votes than in many cities. This article deals with the libertarianism as defined in America and several other nations. ... Broadmoor Broadmoor is a private residential neighborhood of 85 acres (340,000 m²) and golf course of 115 acres (465,000 m²) in Seattle, Washington. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party [1]), is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the current President of the United States and former Governor of the State of Texas. ... The 2004 Presidential election may refer to: The Afghan presidential election The Algerian presidential election The American presidential election The Austrian presidential election The Dominican presidential election The Georgia presidential election The Icelandic presidential election The Irish presidential election The Macedonian presidential election The Panamanian presidential election The Republic of... Social conservatism is a belief in traditional morality and social mores and the desire to preserve these in present day society, often through civil law or regulation. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States. ... Greens are people who support some or all of goals of a Green Party without necessarily working with or voting for that or any party. ...

Official nickname, flower, slogan, and song

In 1981, Seattle held a contest to come up with a new official nickname to replace "the Queen City," which it had been since 1869 and was also the nickname of Cincinnati, Toronto, and Charlotte, North Carolina. The winner, selected in 1982, was "the Emerald City." Submitted by Californian Sarah Sterling-Franklin, it referred to the lush surroundings of Seattle that were the result of frequent rain. Seattle has also been known in the past as the "Jet City" though this nickname, related to Boeing, was entirely unofficial. 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things real name (for example, Nick is short for Nicholas). ... 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Cincinnati, Ohio viewed from the SW, across the Ohio River from Kentucky. ... }|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Official Flag]]|Coat Image=[[Image:{{{Coat Image}}}|135px|City of Toronto, Ontario Coat of Arms]]}} {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Diversity Our Strength {{Canadian City/Location Image is:{{{Location Image Type}}}|[[Image:{{{Location Image}}}|thumbnail|center|250px|City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada... For other places or people named Charlotte, see Charlotte (disambiguation). ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other things of this name, see Emerald (disambiguation). ... City lights from space. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... Rain falling For other uses see Rain (disambiguation). ... A jet is a stream of fluid produced by discharge through an orifice into free space. ... City lights from space. ...

Seattle's official flower has been the dahlia since 1913. Its official song has been "Seattle the Peerless City" since 1909. In 1942, its official slogan was "The City of Flowers"; 48 years later, in 1990, it was "The City of Goodwill," for the Goodwill Games held that year in Seattle. Wildflowers A flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms (flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). ... Species 30 species, 20,000 cultivars Dahlia is a genus of bushy, summer- and autumn-flowering, tuberous perennials that are originally from Mexico, where they are the national flower. ... Link title1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Goodwill Games were an international athletics competition, created by Ted Turner in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympics of the 1980s. ...

Seattle mayors of note

Among Seattle's notable past politicians is Bertha Knight Landes, mayor from 1926 to 1928. She was the first woman to be mayor of a major American city. Bertha Knight Landes, mayor of Seattle, Washington from 1926 to 1928, was born in 1868 and died on November 29, 1943, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. ... Image of a woman on the Pioneer plaque sent to outer space. ...

Another, Bailey Gatzert, was mayor from 1875 to 1876. He was the first Jewish mayor of Seattle, narrowly missed being the first Jewish mayor of a major American city (Moses Bloom became mayor of Iowa City, Iowa, in 1873), and has been the only Jewish mayor of Seattle so far. Bailey Gatzert was the eighth mayor of Seattle, Washington, USA, serving from 1875 to 1876. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ... Old Capitol Building in February 2005 Iowa City is a city located in Kolen County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 62,220. ...

See List of mayors of Seattle for a list of Seattle's mayors going back to 1869. This is a list of mayors of Seattle, Washington, USA. (From January 14, 1865, to January 18, 1867, Seattle was incorporated as a town and was run by a board of trustees, the president of which was Charles C. Terry. ... 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

See also: Current leaders of Seattle, Washington As of the November 2003 elections for the current leaders of Seattle, Washington, the mayor of Seattle, Washington, USA is Greg Nickels, and the members of the Seattle City Council are Jean Godden, Richard Conlin, Peter Steinbrueck, Jan Drago, Tom Rasmussen, Nick Licata, David Della, Richard McIver, and Jim Compton. ...

Sister cities

Seattle is twinned with: Beer Sheva (Israel), Bergen (Norway), Cebu (Philippines), Chongqing (China), Christchurch (New Zealand), Galway (Ireland), Gdynia (Poland), Haiphong (Vietnam), Kaohsiung (Taiwan), Kobe (Japan), Limbe (Cameroon), Mazatlan (Mexico), Mombasa (Kenya), Nantes (France), Pecs (Hungary), Perugia (Italy), Reykjavik (Iceland), Sihanoukville (Cambodia), Surabaya (Indonesia), Taejon (Korea), Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Vancouver (Canada). Beersheba or Beer Sheva (Hebrew באר שבע; Arabic بئر السبع Biʾr as-Sabʿ) is a city in Israel. ... There are several places named Bergen: Bergen, Norway, the second largest city in Norway Bergen, Belgium, better known by its French name of Mons In Germany: Bergen, Hessen Bergen, Lower Saxony Bergen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Bergen-Belsen, a concentration camp near Bergen, Lower Saxony In the Netherlands: Bergen, North Holland... Cebu is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region. ... Chongqing (Simplified Chinese: 重庆; Traditional Chinese: 重慶; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chung-ching; Postal System Pinyin: Chungking; literally Double Celebration) is the largest and most populous of the Peoples Republic of Chinas four provincial-level municipalities, and the only one in the less densely populated western half of China. ... Christchurch is a city on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. ... Galway (official Irish name: Gaillimh) is the only city in the province of Connacht in Ireland and capital of County Galway. ... Gdynia (pronounce: [:gdiɲia], Kashubian/Pomeranian: Gdiniô) is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodship of Poland and an important seaport at Gdansk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea. ... Haiphong (Vietnamese: Hải Phòng, Chinese 海防) is the third most populous city in Vietnam. ... Abbreviation: Kaohsiung (高雄) City nickname: The Harbor City Capital District Linya Dist. ... Port Tower at night Kōbe (Japanese: 神戸市; -shi) is a city in Japan, located on the island of Honshu. ... Limbé is a city in western Cameroon. ... Mazatlán is a city (population 340,000 as of 2000) located on the Pacific coast of Mexico, just across from the southernmost tip of Baja California. ... Mombasa is the second largest city in Kenya. ... City motto: Favet Neptunus eunti. ... Pécs Main Square Pécs (Croatian Pečuh, German Fünfkirchen, Slovak Päťkostolie, Turkish Peçuy) is one of the five largest cities of Hungary, located in the south-west of the country. ... Perugia (population 150,000) is the capital city in the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the Tiber river, and the capital of the province of Perugia. ... See also: Reykjavík, Manitoba in Canada Reykjavík is the capital of Iceland, its largest city and the worlds northernmost capital. ... Preah Seihanu (English: Sihanoukville), formerly known as Kampong Som, is a port city in southern Cambodia on the Gulf of Thailand. ... Surabaya (formerly Soerabaja) is Indonesias second-largest city, and the capital of the province of East Java. ... Daejeon Metropolitan City is a metropolitan city in the centre of South Korea, and the capital of South Chungcheong Province. ... Korea (한국/韓國/Hanguk, used by South / ì¡°ì„ /朝鮮/Joseon, used by North) is a formerly unified country, situated on the Korean Peninsula in northern East Asia, bordering on China to the northwest and Russia to the north. ... Tashkent Tashkent (Toshkent or Тошкент in Uzbek, Ташке́нт in Russian; its name is Turkoman language for Stone City It is the current capital of Uzbekistan. ... Members of Parliament Libby Davies, Ujjal Dosanjh, David Emerson, Hedy Fry, Stephen Owen Members of the Legislative Assembly Gordon Campbell, David Chudnovsky, Adrian Dix, Colin Hansen, Jenny Kwan, Lorne Mayencourt, Wally Oppal, Gregor Robertson, Shane Simpson, Carole Taylor Mayor Larry Campbell Governing Body Vancouver City Council Latitude: Longitude: 49°16...

Infrastructure

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Transportation

Main article: Transportation in Seattle

As with almost every other city in western North America, transportation in Seattle is dominated by automobiles, although Seattle is just old enough that the city's layout reflects the age when railways and streetcars dominated. These older modes of transportation made for a relatively well-defined downtown and strong neighborhoods at the end of several former streetcar lines, most of them now bus lines. There is no subway, though a bus tunnel running roughly north-south through downtown is planned to be used by light rail beginning in 2009. There are a small number of commuter trains from Tacoma and Everett, and an extensive system of bus routes. As with almost every other city in western North America, transportation in Seattle, Washington is dominated by automobiles, although Seattle is just old enough that the citys layout reflects the age when railways and streetcars dominated. ... This article describes subways as mass transit lines. ... Pioneer Square Station The Metro Bus Tunnel, also referred to as the (Downtown) Seattle Transit Tunnel is a 1. ... This article is about light rail systems in general. ... A Virginia Railway Express locomotive in push-pull commuter service (www. ... Tacoma, with Mount Rainier in background City nickname: The City of Destiny Location of Tacoma in Pierce County and Washington State County Pierce Mayor Bill Baarsma (NP) Area   â€“Land   â€“Water 162. ... Everett High School (part of Everett Public Schools) Everett Public Schools logo Everett Station Everett is a city located in Snohomish County, Washington. ...

A monorail line constructed for the 1962 Exposition still exists today between Seattle Center and downtown, although plans are underway to replace it with a longer monorail to convert it into a real commuter service. Transportation-building programs have been very controversial in recent years — the new monorail was the subject of multiple ballot measures, even after it had been approved, and the Sound Transit light rail project has also been plagued with difficulties, though this light rail is under construction as of 2005. The Seattle Center Monorail is an elevated monorail line in Seattle, Washington, that runs one mile along Fifth Avenue from Westlake Center in Downtown to Seattle Center in Lower Queen Anne. ... Center House, Seattle Center Seattle Center is a fairground, park and arts and entertainment center in Seattle, Washington, on the site used in 1962 by the Century 21 Exposition. ... Downtown Seattle, from top of Space Needle (looking south) Map of downtown Seattle Downtown is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. ... The Green Line is the first phase of a proposed five-line monorail system to be constructed in Seattle, Washington by the Seattle Popular Monorail Authority, also known as the Seattle Monorail Project. ... Sound Transit has been the popular name of Washington states Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority since 1997. ...

Also, Seattle is noted for its reliance on water traffic, with many people commuting to work from Bainbridge Island, Vashon Island, Bremerton, and Southworth by using the Washington State Ferries system (which is the largest in the United States and the third largest in the world). Bainbridge Island is an island in Puget Sound, and is an incorporated city located in Kitsap County, Washington. ... Vashon Island is Puget Sounds largest island south of Admiralty Inlet. ... Bremerton is a city located in Kitsap County, Washington. ... Southworth is a community on Puget Sound in unincorporated Kitsap County, Washington. ... A Washington State Ferry arrives in Seattle. ...

Street layout

Main article: Street layout of Seattle

Seattle's streets are laid out in a cardinal-direction grid pattern, except in the central business district: early city leader Arthur Denny insisted on orienting out his plat relative to the shoreline rather than to true North, so streets meet at unusual angles where Denny's plat meets "Doc" Maynard's to the south and Carson Boren's to the north. This inconsistency creates frequent confusion for those unfamiliar to Seattle when they attempt to navigate the streets at the edges of the business district. Largely the result of Seattle's topography, only one street, one highway, and one freeway run uninterrupted entirely through the city. The street layout of Seattle is based on the grid pattern. ... A street in Ynysybwl, Wales, relatively stereotypical of a small town A street is a public strip of land adjoining buildings in a town or urban environment. ... A compass rose showing the cardinal directions Cardinal directions or cardinal points are the four principal directions or points of the compass in plane. ... The grid plan is a type of city plan in which streets run at right angles to each other, forming a grid. ... Downtown Honolulu in Hawaii, United States, an example of an urban downtown district Central business district (CBD) and downtown are terms referring to the commercial heart of a city. ... The Denny Party are traditionally credited with founding Seattle, Washington, with their arrival at Alki Point on November 13, 1851. ... A contemporary plat map showing the location of a property for sale. ... True Pizza is a navigational term referring to the direction of the North Pole relative to the navigators position. ... Pioneer and doctor David Swinson Doc Maynard (1808 - March 13, 1873) settled in Seattle when it was still a small village called Duwamps. ... Surface of the Earth Topography, a term in geography, has come to refer to the lay of the land, or the physiogeographic characteristics of land in terms of elevation, slope, and orientation. ... A typical rural freeway (Interstate 5 in the Central Valley of California, USA). ...

The South Lake Union line of the Seattle Streetcar passed full City Council on Monday, June 27th, 2005. The streetcar is on track to be built and operating by 2007. The 2.6-mile streetcar line will run between Westlake Center in downtown Seattle and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in the South Lake Union neighborhood. Property owners along the right-of-way will pay about $25 million of the $45 million total capital cost through a local improvement district. South Lake Union is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, so named because it is at the south tip of Lake Union. ...

See Seattle neighborhoods for articles on individual neighborhoods, including information on major thoroughfares. Seattle, in Washington state, is made up of many districts and neighborhoods, a list of which appears below. ...

Medical centers and hospitals

Main article: Medical facilities of Seattle, Washington

Group Health Cooperative was one of the pioneers of managed care in the United States, the University of Washington is consistently ranked among the country's top ten leading institutions in medical research, and Seattle was a pioneer in the development of modern paramedic services with the establishment of Medic One in 1970. In 1974, a 60 Minutes story on the success of the then four-year-old Medic One paramedic system called Seattle "the best place in the world to have a heart attack." This is the main article on the medical facilities of Seattle, Washington. ... Group Health Cooperative is a regional hospital that has its central location on 15th Avenue on Capitol Hill in Seattle. ... Managed care is a concept in U.S. health care. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Medic One can refer to the emergency medical service program (paramedics/EMTs) in King County, Washington, USA; to the approach to emergency medical service developed beginning in 1968 by Seattles Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington Medical Center, and the Seattle Fire Department; or to various other emergency medical... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... The ticking TAG Heuer stopwatch from 60 Minutes. ... A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ...

Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center is the pediatric referral center for Washington, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho. Harborview Medical Center, the public county hospital, is the only Level I trauma hospital serving those same four states. Harborview and the University of Washington Medical Center are both served by one physician group. Childrens Hospital and Regional Medical Center is a 250-bed childrens hospital in the Laurelhurst neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. ... State nickname: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Other U.S. States Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Governor Frank Murkowski (R) Official languages English Area 1,717,854 km² (1st)  - Land 1,481,347 km²  - Water 236,507 km² (13. ... State nickname: Treasure State Other U.S. States Capital Helena Largest city Billings Governor Brian Schweitzer (D) Official languages English Area 381,156 km² (4th)  - Land 377,295 km²  - Water 3,862 km² (1%) Population (2000)  - Population 902,195 (44th)  - Density 2. ... State nickname: Gem State Other U.S. States Capital Boise Largest city Boise Governor Dirk Kempthorne (R) Official languages none Area 216,632 km² (14th)  - Land 214,499 km²  - Water 2,133 km² (0. ... History Harborview Medical Center began as a six-bed King County welfare hospital in a two-story South Seattle building in 1877. ... A trauma center is a hospital equipped to perform as a casualty receiving station for the emergency medical services by providing the best possible medical care for traumatic injuries on a 24 hour, 7 days per week, 365 days per year basis. ... The University of Washington Medical Center is a hospital in the University District of Seattle, Washington. ...

Utilities

Seattle Steam Company

Main article: Utilities of Seattle

Unlike most neighboring cities, water and electricity are provided by public city agencies. Privately owned utility companies serving Seattle are Puget Sound Energy (natural gas), Seattle Steam Company (steam), Qwest (landline telephone service), and Comcast (and to a lesser extent Millennium Digital Media) (cable television). File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... This is the main article on Utilities of Seattle. ... Water (from the Old English word wæter; c. ... Lightning strikes during a night-time thunderstorm. ... Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is an energy company providing electrical power and natural gas in the Puget Sound region of the northwest United States. ... Natural gas (commonly refered to as gas in many countries) is a gaseous fossil fuel consisting primarily of methane. ... Steam plant The Seattle Steam Company is a privately owned public utility that provides steam (generated by burning natural gas) to over 200 business in downtown Seattle and on First Hill. ... In physical chemistry and in engineering, steam refers to vaporized water. ... Qwest Communications International Inc. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Comcast Corporation, (NASDAQ: CMCSA) based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the largest cable company in the United States. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house Cable television or Community Antenna Television (CATV) (often shortened to cable) is a system of providing television, FM radio programming and other services to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted directly to people’s televisions through fixed optical...

Economy

Companies

Five companies on the 2004 Fortune 500 list of the United States' largest companies, based on total revenue, are currently headquartered in Seattle: financial services company Washington Mutual (#103), insurance company Safeco Corporation (#267), clothing merchant Nordstrom (#286), Internet retailer Amazon.com (#342) and coffee chain Starbucks (#425). The Fortune 500 is a ranking of the top 500 United States corporations as measured by gross revenue. ... Despite its name, Washington Mutual (NYSE: WM) is a stock financial services company based in Seattle, Washington. ... Insurance, in law and economics, is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of potential financial loss. ... Safeco Corporation (NASDAQ: SAFC) is a major US-American national insurance company. ... Nordstroms headquarters and flagship store in Seattle. ... Amazon. ... Coffee beans and a cup of coffee Coffee as a drink, usually served hot, is prepared from the roasted seeds (beans) of the coffee plant. ... For other meanings of the name Starbuck, see Starbuck. ...

Many Seattle residents work for companies based outside of Seattle proper. Airplane manufacturer Boeing (#21) was the largest company based in Seattle before its 2001 move to Chicago. Because several production facilities remain in the region, Boeing is still a major Seattle employer. Fixed-wing aircraft is a term used to refer to what are more commonly known as aeroplanes in Commonwealth English (excluding Canada) or airplanes in North American English. ... The Boeing Company NYSE: BA is the leading American aircraft and aerospace manufacturer, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with its largest production facilities in Everett, Washington, near Seattle, Washington. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Chicago, colloquially known as the Second City and the Windy City, is the third-largest city in population in the United States and the largest inland city in the country. ...

Other Fortune 500 companies popularly associated with Seattle are based in nearby Puget Sound cities. Warehouse club chain Costco Wholesale Corp. (#29), the largest company in Washington state, is based in Issaquah. Microsoft (#46) is based in Redmond. So was the cellular telephone pioneer McCaw Cellular, which in 1994 became AT&T Wireless (#120), before being absorbed in 2004 into Cingular. Weyerhaeuser, the forest products company (#95), is based in Federal Way. And Bellevue is home to truck manufacturer PACCAR (#250) and international mobile telephony giant T-Mobile's U.S. subsidiary T-Mobile USA. Puget Sound Puget Sound is an arm of the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. ... Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) is the largest membership warehouse club chain in the world, and headquartered in Issaquah, Washington, United States, with its flagship warehouse #1 in nearby Seattle. ... Issaquah (pronounced ) is a city located in King County, Washington. ... Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is the worlds largest software company, with over 50,000 employees in various countries as of May 2004. ... Bicycle capital of the Northwest Redmond is a city located in King County, Washington. ... McCaw Cellular is based in Redmond, WA Categories: Substubs ... AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. ... Cingular Wireless is the largest United States mobile phone company, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ... Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY) is an American forest products company based in Federal Way, Washington. ... Federal Way is a city located in King County, Washington, United States. ... Bellevue is a city located in King County, Washington, USA, across Lake Washington from Seattle. ... PACCAR Inc. ... T-Mobile logo T-Mobile is a multinational mobile phone operator. ... T-Mobile logo T-Mobile is a multinational mobile phone operator. ...

Mayor Greg Nickels has announced a desire to spark a new economic boom driven by the biotechnology industry. Major redevelopment of the South Lake Union neighborhood is underway in an effort to attract new and established biotech companies to the region, joining current biotech companies such as Corixa, Immunex (now part of Amgen), and ZymoGenetics. The effort has public support and some financial backing from Paul Allen. Gregory J. Greg Nickels, born August 7, 1955, is the 55th and current mayor of Seattle, Washington. ... Biotechnology is technology based on biology, especially when used in agriculture, food science, and medicine. ... South Lake Union is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, so named because it is at the south tip of Lake Union. ... Corixa is a biotechnology/pharmaceutical company based in Seattle, Washington involved in the development of immunotherapeutics to combat autoimmune diseases, infectious diseases, and cancer. ... Amgen Inc. ... ZymoGenetics is a biotechnology/pharmaceutical company based in Seattle, Washington involved in the development of therapeutic proteins. ... Paul Allen Paul G. Allen (born January 21, 1953) is an entrepreneur who first established himself by co-founding Microsoft Corporation with Bill Gates. ...

See List of companies based in Seattle for a more detailed compilation. This is a list of large or well-known interstate or international companies headquartered in Seattle. ...

Geography and climate

Geography

Seattle is located between Puget Sound and Lake Washington. West beyond the Sound, Seattle faces the Olympic Mountains; across Lake Washington beyond the Eastside suburbs are the Issaquah Alps and the Cascade Range. Download high resolution version (370x627, 97 KB)Map of Seattle created by ShadowDragon based on maps from the U.S. Census Bureaus website and the CIA World Factbooks map style File links The following pages link to this file: Seattle, Washington Categories: GFDL images | Washington maps ... The Olympic Mountains The Olympic Mountains are a mountain range on the Olympic Peninsula of western Washington in the United States. ... The Eastside is the collective term for the eastern suburbs of Seattle, Washington. ... The Issaquah Alps are the highlands near Issaquah, Washington, a suburb of Seattle, including Cougar, Squak, Tiger, Taylor, and Rattlesnake Mountains, and Grand Ridge. ... Mount Adams in Washington state The Cascade Range is a mountainous region famous for its chain of tall volcanoes called the High Cascades that run north-south along the west coast of North America from British Columbia to the Shasta Cascade area of northern California. ...

The city itself is hilly, though not uniformly so. Some of the hilliest areas are quite near the center, and Downtown rises rather dramatically away from the water. The geography of Downtown and its immediate environs has been significantly altered by regrading projects, a seawall, and the construction of an artificial island, Harbor Island, at the mouth of the city's industrial Duwamish Waterway. For the landform that extends above the surrounding terrain and that is smaller than a mountain, see the article on mountain. ... Downtown Seattle, from top of Space Needle (looking south) Map of downtown Seattle Downtown is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. ... The Alaskan Way Seawall is a seawall which runs for 7,000 feet along the Elliott Bay waterfront southwest of downtown Seattle from Bay Street to S. Washington Street. ... Before Mexico City, Tenochtitlan was an artificial island of 250,000 (Dr Atl) Dejima, not allowed direct contact with nearby Nagasaki Formoza (Gdynia) An artificial island is an island that has been formed by human, rather than natural means. ... Harbor Island is a man-made island in the mouth of Seattle, Washingtons Duwamish Waterway where it empties into Elliot Bay. ... The Duwamish River is the name of the lower 12 miles (19 km) of Washington states Green River. ...

The rivers, forests, lakes, and fields were once rich enough to support one of the world's few sedentary hunter-gatherer societies. Today, a ship canal passes through the city, incorporating Lake Union near the heart of the city and several other natural bodies of water, and connecting Puget Sound to Lake Washington. Opportunities for sailing, skiing, bicycling, camping, and hiking are close by and accessible almost all of the year. The Murray River in Australia. ... A dense growth of softwoods (a forest) in the Sierra Nevada Range of Northern California A forest (a. ... Look up field in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A green field or paddock Field may refer to: A field is an open land area, used for growing agricultural crops. ... The Lake Washington Ship Canal, which runs through Seattle, Washington connecting Lake Washington to Puget Sound, is a system consisting of, from east to west, Union Bay, the Montlake Cut, Portage Bay, Lake Union, the Fremont Cut, Salmon Bay, the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, and Shilshole Bay. ... Lake Union from atop the Space Needle Lake Union is a freshwater lake completely within the Seattle, Washington city limits. ... Wooden sailing boat Sailing is the skillful art of controlling the motion of a sailing ship or smaller boat, across a body of water using wind as the source of power. ... Skiing is the activity of gliding over snow using skis (originally wooden planks, now usually made from fiberglass or related composites) strapped to the feet with ski bindings. ... Cycling is a recreation, a transport across land. ... Camping is an outdoor recreational activity involving the spending of one or more nights in a tent, primitive structure, a travel trailer or recreational vehicle at a campsite with the purpose of getting away from civilization and enjoying nature. ... Beautiful natural scenes are common hiking destinations Hiking is a form of walking, undertaken with the specific purpose of exploring and enjoying the scenery. ...

An active geological fault, the Seattle Fault, runs under the city. It has not been the source of an earthquake during Seattle's existence; however, the city has been hit by four major earthquakes since its founding: December 14, 1872 (magnitude 7.3); April 13, 1949 (7.1); April 29, 1965 (6.5); and February 28, 2001 (6.8). See also Nisqually Earthquake. Old fault exposed by roadcut near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. ... The Seattle Fault cuts across Puget Sound and into Seattle itself. ... Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998 An earthquake is a trembling or a shaking movement of the Earths surface. ... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Richter magnitude test scale (or more correctly local magnitude ML scale) assigns a single number to quantify the size of an earthquake. ... April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... // Events January-February January 4 - United States President Lyndon Johnson proclaims his Great Society during his State of the Union address. ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Nisqually earthquake occurred on February 28, 2001, and was one of the largest recorded earthquakes in Washington state history. ...

Seattle is located at 47°37'35" North, 122°19'59" West (47.626353, −122.333144)¹. Adapted from Wikipedias WA county maps by Bumm13. ... The following is a list of sources used in the creation of Wikipedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. ...

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 369.2 km² (142.5 mi²)¹. 217.2 km² (83.9 mi²) of it is land and 152.0 km² (58.7 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 41.16% water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A square mile (symbol sq. ... The following is a list of sources used in the creation of Wikipedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. ...

See also: Seattle neighborhoods, List of Seattle parks, Bodies of water of Seattle Seattle, in Washington state, is made up of many districts and neighborhoods, a list of which appears below. ... There are hundreds of parks in Seattle, Washington. ... This is the main article on the bodies of water of Seattle. ...

Climate

Seattle's climate is mild, with the temperature moderated by the sea and protected from winds and storms by the mountains. The "rainy city" receives an unremarkable 35–38 inches (890–970 mm) of precipitation a year, less than most major Eastern Seaboard cities, e.g., New York City averages 47.3 inches (1200 mm), but Seattle is cloudy an average of 226 days per year vs. 132 in New York City. Most of the precipitation falls as drizzle or light rain because Seattle is in the rain shadow of the Olympic mountains. The temperature and weather are similar to that of Vancouver, BC, Seattle's major Canadian neighbor. Average temperatures range from the low 30s at night in winter to the mid-70s for summer highs. Temperature is the physical property of a system which underlies the common notions of hot and cold; the material with the higher temperature is said to be hotter. ... Sunset at sea Look up Sea on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Look up maritime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A sea is a large expanse of saline water connected with an ocean, or a large, usually saline, lake that lacks a natural outlet such as the Caspian Sea and the... Wind is the quasi-horizontal movement of air (as opposed to an air current) caused by a horizontal pressure gradient force. ... A rolling thundercloud over Enschede, The Netherlands. ... Mount Cook, a mountain in New Zealand A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ... City lights from space. ... Mid-19th century tool for converting between different standards of the inch An inch is an Imperial and U.S. customary unit of length. ... Categories: US geography stubs ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ...

80 miles (130 km) to the west, the Hoh Rain Forest, in the Olympic National Park, records an annual average rainfall of 142 inches (3600 mm), and the Washington state capital, Olympia, south of the rain shadow, receives 52 inches (1320 mm). Snow falls on occasion, but rarely sticks very long. Sunnier "California weather" typically dominates from mid-July through mid-September, arriving later and leaving earlier than in Portland, Oregon, to the south. Entrance to the Hoh Rainforest in Washington states Olympic National Park The Hoh Rain Forest is one of the few temperate rain forests in the world. ... Olympic National Park, or ONP, is a national park in the United States National Park system. ... Portland skyline. ...

Serious exceptions to Seattle's raininess can occur during El Niño years, when the marine weather systems track to the south, affecting California instead. Since the region depends on water stored in its mountain snow packs during the dryer summer months, El Niño winters are not only hard on the ski areas, but can result in water rationing in the summer and a shortage of hydro-electric generated power. Chart of ocean surface temperature anomaly [°C] during the last strong El Niño in December 1997 El Niño and La Niña (Spanish for the boy and the girl, often written in English as El Nino and La Nina) are major temperature fluctuations in the tropical Pacific Ocean. ... Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is a form of hydropower, (i. ...

See also

• Arts in Seattle
• List of famous Seattleites
• List of Seattle parks
• List of Seattle sister cities
• Music of Washington, especially grunge music
• Seattle metropolitan area
• Seattle neighborhoods
• Seattle Police Department
• Port of Seattle
• Seattle Public Library
• Seattle Underground
• List of representations of Seattle in popular culture
• SeattleWiki, a Seattle community wiki

Seattle in the early 1900s Although Seattle in the early 20th century was more of a center for variety shows and vaudeville than for the high arts, the Seattle Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1903. ... A person who lives in or comes from Seattle, Washington, USA is called a Seattleite. ... There are hundreds of parks in Seattle, Washington. ... This is a list of Seattle, Washingtons sister cities. ... The U.S. state of Washington includes several major hotbeds of musical innovation. ... Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is a genre of indie rock inspired by hardcore punk, thrash metal, and alternative rock. ... The Seattle metropolitan area includes the city of Seattle, Washington; King County, Washington; and several surrounding cities and counties in the Puget Sound area. ... Seattle, in Washington state, is made up of many districts and neighborhoods, a list of which appears below. ... Categories: Stub | Seattle, WA | United States municipal police departments ... The Port of Seattle is the municipal corporation that runs Seattles seaport and airport. ... Interior of new Central Branch of the Seattle Public Library, 2004 The Seattle Public Library is the public library system serving Seattle, Washington, USA. It was officially established by the city in 1890, though there had been a library association active in Seattle since 1868. ... Seattle Underground refers to a part of Seattle, Washington that is underground. ... Seattle, Washington is represented through different popular culture media. ... SeattleWiki is a wiki website dedicated to allowing people living in Seattle to share their knowledge of the city. It is different from Wikipedia in that it doesnt aim to be an authoritative repository of all information about Seattle (like history, geography, etc). ...

Sources

• Jones, Nard. Seattle, Doubleday and Co., New York City, 1972
• Sale, Roger. Seattle: Past To Present. University of Washington Press, Seattle and London, 1976.
• Shear, Emmett. "Seattle: Booms and Busts". Author has granted blanket permission for material from that paper to be reused in Wikipedia.
• Speidel, William C. Sons of the Profits. Nettle Creek Publishing Company, Seattle, 1967.
• Speidel, William C. Doc Maynard, The Man Who Invented Seattle. Nettle Creek Publishing Company, Seattle, 1978

External links

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• Official website
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• historylink.org provides an unparallelled collection of articles on Seattle and Washington State history. See especially history of Seattle/King County.
• National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
• University of Washington
• Seattle University
• Seattle Pacific University
• Seattle Center
• Seattle Space Needle
• Open Directory Project: Seattle
• Seattle travel guide at Wikitravel
• Seattle Convention & Visitors Bureau
• King County Metro Transit
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• Port of Seattle
• Museum of Flight
• Seattle Art Museum
• Pacific Science Center
• Seattle's Museum of History & Industry
• Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture
• Henry Art Gallery
• Benaroya Hall, Seattle Symphony
• Seattle Chamber of Commerce
• Seattle Sports Commission
• Woodland Park Zoo
• Seattle Aquarium
• Experience Music Project
• seattle.craigslist.org - Craig's List Seattle
• Convergence Zone another unique feature of living in the rain shadow of the Olympics
• Seattle Connected - Relocation and Information
• Interactive topo map
• Seattle Area Traffic (includes camera links)
• The Seattle Networking & Community Guide
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• Seattle Crisis Resource Directory
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