1. History and culture
    Crime  Public square  Retail and tourism  Gay culture  People street 

2. References
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3. External links

Pike Street is an east-west street in Downtown Seattle. It extends from Pike Place above Seattle's saltwater waterfront at Elliott Bay across Capitol Hill to the freshwater shore of Lake Washington at Lake Washington Boulevard. A segment less than a block long exists at Alaskan Way on Elliot Bay, connected to the rest of the street only by the pedestrian Pike Street Hillclimb; the bottom of the hillclimb under the Alaskan Way Viaduct ({{coord|47.6082|N|122.3418|W|type:landmark}}) was the original shoreline of the city before major modification and construction of the Seattle Seawall.{{sfn | Williams | 2017 | p=14}} It is included in the south-to-north mnemonic "Jesus Christ Made Seattle Under Protest" for the street layout of Seattle.{{sfn|Samson|2006}}

History and culture

The street was one of the original named streets of Seattle in Arthur A. Denny's 1869 platting. It was named by him for John Pike, architect and builder of the Washington Territorial University in what is now the Metropolitan Tract of downtown Seattle.^[1] Until the early 20th century Denny Regrade leveled Denny Hill, it was the easiest way from the waterfront to Lake Union, and the main street of the north end of the city (boundaries now defined roughly by Downtown Seattle).^[2]

In 1872, Seattle's first railroad, Seattle Coal & Transportation Company, followed Pike Street to deliver Newcastle, King County coal to Elliot Bay transshipped via Lake Washington and Lake Union. It lasted until 1878 when Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad built a direct line from the fields, around the lake and through Renton.^[3]

The Pike–Pine corridor on Capitol Hill was once the city's center for automobile sales. After this moved to the suburbs, rents declined and it became a hub for gay culture and Seattle's grunge scene. Gentrification the 21st century brought increasing property values.{{sfn|Johnson|2016}}

Crime

Public square

Retail and tourism

5th Avenue and Pike is the heart of the Seattle downtown shopping district, the Pike–Pine retail corridor,^[11] which includes Westlake Center and Pacific Place, both of which are on blocks touching Pike Street.^[12] Smaller notable retail establishments on the street include historic landmark Coliseum Theater (the city's first movie theater) and Monorail Espresso (the world's first espresso cart, now in a permanent location), both downtown; and Elysian Brewing Company and Elliott Bay Books either on the street or on blocks bounded by the street on Capitol Hill.^[13] The original REI store was also on a Capitol Hill block bounded by Pike and Pine until it relocated in the 1990s.^[14] The intersection of Pike and Broadway on Capitol Hill is the south end of another business district represented by the Broadway Improvement Area, authorized by city ordinance.^[15]

The Washington State Convention Center straddles Pike Street at 7th Avenue and the two sections are spanned by a skybridge crossing over Pike, the convention center's "signature element" but one that was controversial when built, due to its obstruction of views of Elliott Bay from Capitol Hill, and other architectural and public space considerations.^[16]

Gay culture

In the 21st century the street remains the "epicenter of Seattle's gay culture".{{sfn | Brash | Sainsbury | 2017 | p=262}} According to one guide, Seattle's gay neighborhood is "centered on Pike Street between Belmont Avenue and 18th Avenue".{{sfn | Skallerud | p=62}}

People street

Pike was an experimental "people street", or temporary pedestrian zone, in a city program begun in 2015. It was temporarily closed to automobile traffic and opened to exclusive pedestrian, business and community uses that included yoga classes, in-street cafe dining, arts and crafts fairs, a fashion show, and other activities. The program was repeated several times in 2016 and 2017.^[17]

References

Sources

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• {{cite book|title=Case Study: Commercial Gentrification in the Pike/Pine Corridor|first=Elizabeth Erling |last=Johnson|publisher=University of Washington Libraries|year= 2016|ref={{harvid|Johnson|2016}}}}
• {{cite book | last1=Brash | first1=C. | last2=Sainsbury | first2=B. | chapter=Pike-Pine Corridor: a village within a village | title=Lonely Planet Seattle | publisher=Lonely Planet Global Limited | series=Travel Guide | year=2017 | isbn=978-1-78701-027-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P6OTDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT262 | ref=harv }}
• {{cite book | last=Williams | first=David B. | authorlink=David Williams (author)|title=Seattle Walks: Discovering History and Nature in the City | publisher=University of Washington Press | year=2017 | isbn=978-0-295-74129-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l1VCDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA14 | ref=harv }}
• {{cite book | last=Skallerud | first=M. | title=Gay Market Guide | publisher=Hyperion Interactive Media | isbn=978-0-9748957-3-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MpJgZpat8wsC&pg=PA62 | ref=harv }}

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• {{Commons category inline|Pike Street, Seattle}}

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