🌏 Get the exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/CityNerd It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! ✌ ---------- 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? ---------- CityNerd is on Nebula, the creator-owned streaming service, ad-free! Using my custom link gets you 40% off an annual subscription, and really helps the channel! https://go.nebula.tv/citynerd ---------- Patreon - a way to directly support continuing CityNerd output! Thanks to all who have signed up so far. https://www.patreon.com/CityNerd ---------- Previous CityNerd Videos Referenced: - North America's 10 Best Public Markets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l10sV15O2a4 ---------- 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 ---------- 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 ---------- Instagram: @nerd4cities BlueSky: @nerd4cities Threads: @nerd4cities Twitter: @nerd4cities ---------- Music: CityNerd background: Caipirinha in Hawaii by Carmen María and Edu Espinal (YouTube music library) ---------- Business Inquiries: thecitynerd@nebula.tv