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Seattle's Pike Place Market has been a working public market for over a century, and continues to become more and more popular with locals and out-of-town visitors alike. But how is it that a place with such massive pedestrian demands still allows unfettered vehicular access?
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Previous CityNerd Videos Referenced:
- North America's 10 Best Public Markets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l10sV15O2a4
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Resources:
- "Market Wars" by Joyce Skaggs Brewster for the Seattle Weekly (1981), available at:
- https://www.historylink.org/file/22664
- https://www.historylink.org/file/1602
- https://www.friendsofthemarket.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/market-wars-pike-place-market.pdf
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Images
- Pike Plaza Urban Renewal flyer, Courtesy Seattle Municipal Archives, Item 261_001
- Proposed Market Development, Pike Plaza Redevelopment Project Architectural model, Courtesy Seattle Municipal Archives, Item 33342
- Pike Place Market, 1968, Courtesy Seattle Municipal Archives, Item 191816
- Lower Pike Street leading to lower Post Alley, 1972, Courtesy Seattle Municipal Archives, Item 32530
- Liberty Malt Store, 1968, Courtesy Seattle Municipal Archives, Item 19186
- Initiative One, 1971, Courtesy Seattle Municipal Archives, Item 1802_B8_003_024
- KOMO TV "Who Will Save the Market", 1971, Courtesy Seattle Municipal Archives, Item 2101
- AWV deconstruction By SounderBruce - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=77935971
- Disney Star Wars By Univaded Fox - https://www.flickr.com/photos/131436887@N07/49546707847/, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=111515910
- Main Street USA By Alfred A. Si - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10821175
- Space Mountain By Kaleeb18, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=119407315
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