- Seattle (allthetropes.org)
A city situated on the eastern bank of Puget Sound in the state of Washington, and its surrounding metro area. Named for a 19th century Duwamish tribal chief from the region, who did not give an environmental speech often attributed to him. Home base of (or at least origin-point for) Microsoft, Nintendo of America, Starbucks, Boeing, Amazon and several other companies of note, and the birthplace of Grunge music (Nirvana in particular, despite not being from here). Its landmarks include Pike Place Market, Pioneer Square (which pre-gentrification was the original Skid Row), The Experience Music Project, a half-mile Monorail constructed for the 1962 World’s Fair which exemplifies Zeerust to a tee, the Seattle Underground which was a partial inspiration for Ankh-Morpork, and the Space Needle, also constructed for the World’s Fair.
clockwise around Lake Washington
eastbound on Interstate 90
fast food that does not suck
- Seattle’s Early Donation Land Claims (historylink.org)
This essay summarizes the original Donation Land Claims submitted in the area of future Seattle.
- Seattle — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
Seattle is the largest city in Washington state and its economic capital. Settled in 1851, its deep harbor and acquisition of Puget Sound’s first steam-powered sawmill quickly established it as a center of trade and industry. It gained the Territorial University (now University of Washington) in 1861, but was snubbed by the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1874 when it picked Tacoma as its western terminus. Despite this, the town prospered thanks to independent railroad development fueled by local coal deposits…
- Freeway Park could be my place to discover
- The lumber company floated logs across the lake [Ballinger] to the mill which was located adjacent to the Interurban Railway that delivered supplies between Seattle and Everett.
- The city [Lake Forest Park] is situated at the northwest end of Lake Washington along State Route 522, which provides connections to Seattle and Bothell.
- I was introduced to a Mr. Terry, the proprietor of this claim, which is beautifully situated and will probably develop into a town. Seattle is further up the [Elliott] bay and is more protected. On the whole this is a magnificent sheet of water.
- Mr. [Charles Carroll] Terry was the town proprietor of New York [Alki], which never grew beyond one house. The first settlers of Seattle located there. They soon moved over to Yesler’s saw mill, on Elliott Bay, and with that for a center, they radiated along the shore, into the woods and over the hills to Lake Washington, laying the foundation of the Queen City of the Sound. We crossed over to Seattle on the 25th before continuing on our way, and there we saw the saw mill and a few blockhouses for the mill hands. These were situated several blocks back from the wharf line of the city, as established after the great fire of 1889.
- The Giddiness of Time (streetsmartnaturalist.substack.com)
Although deep time manifests itself in many ways, it resonates more strongly in some locations. One such place is in downtown Seattle at the southwest corner of 2nd Avenue and Marion Street. There you will find a rather lovely art deco structure, the Exchange Building, originally built to house the city’s commodity exchanges. Alas, it opened in 1930 and the Depression prevented the building from meeting the owners’ great expectations. (Talk about bad timing!) But they did choose wisely with their building stone, the Morton Gneiss of Minnesota.
- Alki Point, Seattle
- Ballard, Seattle
- Beacon Hill, Seattle
- Belltown, Seattle
- Bitter Lake, Seattle
- Blue Ridge, Seattle
- Brighton, Seattle
- Broadview, Seattle
- Bryant, Seattle
- Capitol Hill, Seattle
- Central District, Seattle
- Cherry Hill, Seattle
- Chinatown–International District, Seattle
- Columbia City, Seattle
- Crown Hill, Seattle
- Delridge, Seattle
- Denny-Blaine, Seattle
- Denny Triangle, Seattle
- Downtown Seattle
- Dunlap, Seattle
- Eastlake, Seattle
- First Hill, Seattle
- Fremont, Seattle
- Georgetown, Seattle
- Green Lake, Seattle
- Greenwood, Seattle
- Haller Lake, Seattle
- Hawthorne Hills, Seattle
- Interbay, Seattle
- Lake City, Seattle
- Lakewood, Seattle
- Laurelhurst, Seattle
- Leschi, Seattle
- Madison Park, Seattle
- Madison Valley, Seattle
- Madrona, Seattle
- Magnolia, Seattle
- Maple Leaf, Seattle
- Montlake, Seattle
- Mount Baker, Seattle
- Northgate, Seattle
- Phinney Ridge, Seattle
- Pigeon Point, Seattle
- Pioneer Square, Seattle
- Portage Bay, Seattle
- Queen Anne, Seattle
- Rainier Beach, Seattle
- Rainier Valley, Seattle
- Ravenna, Seattle
- Roosevelt, Seattle
- Sand Point, Seattle
- Seward Park, Seattle
- SoDo, Seattle
- South Beacon Hill, Seattle
- South Lake Union, Seattle
- South Park, Seattle
- University District, Seattle
- View Ridge, Seattle
- Wallingford, Seattle
- Washington Park, Seattle
- Wedgwood, Seattle
- West Seattle
- Windermere, Seattle
- Yesler Terrace, Seattle
northbound on Interstate 5
Youre golde and youre silver are cankred and the rust of them shalbe a witnes vnto you and shall eate youre flesshe as it were fyre. Ye have heaped treasure togedder in youre last dayes:
James 5:3 TYN
setting in a movie but filmed in Vancouver
- Vancouver Never Plays Itself (YouTube)
Perhaps no other city has been as thoroughly hidden from modern filmmaking as Vancouver, my hometown. Today, it’s the third biggest film production city in North America, behind Los Angeles and New York. And yet for all the movies and TV shows that are shot there, we hardly ever see the city itself. So today, let’s focus less on the movies and more on the city in the background.
- Bothell, Washington
- Burien, Washington
- Edmonds, Washington
- Kenmore, Washington
- Kent, Washington
- Kirkland, Washington
- Lake Forest Park, Washington
- Medina, Washington
- Mercer Island, Washington
- Shoreline, Washington
- Hunts Point, Washington
Washington Trails Association
- Carkeek Park (wta.org)
Carkeek Park is located in northwest Seattle, between 3rd Ave NW and Puget Sound. The park includes all of Piper’s Creek (sometimes written without the apostrophe) plus the adjoining side hills and some side streams, plus a beach area. Park trails can be accessed from several points, and there is an access road that leads to a parking area near the beach. Park entrance is free, and official hours are daily, 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Green Lake (wta.org)
The quintessential Seattle walk around the perimeter of a 15,000 thousand-year-old glacial lake, this trail is accessible to folks of all ages and abilities. It continues to be a preserve for hundreds of species of trees and plants, as well as numerous birds and waterfowl.
- Magnuson Park (wta.org)
The trails in Warren G. Magnuson Park are frequented and beloved by locals, but are often overlooked by those just passing through Seattle. The Frog Pond Trail is a series of paths that are part of a wetland reconstruction project that seeks to restore parts of the former military base. They feature ducks, ponds, well-maintained gravel, and a welcome stillness within what is normally a chaotic area. Three of these trails, described below, make up the possible outings at Magnuson Park.
- Seattle (Wikipedia)
Seattle (/siˈætəl/ see-AT-əl) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It is the 18th-most populous city in the United States with a population of 780,995 in 2024, while the Seattle metropolitan area at over 4.15 million residents is the 15th-most populous metropolitan area in the nation. The city is the county seat of King County, the most populous county in Washington. Seattle’s growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 made it one of the country’s fastest-growing large cities.
- Seattle (Wikivoyage)
Seattle, Washington sits at one of the most beautiful spots in the United States. Occupying a narrow isthmus between the Puget Sound and Lake Washington, it is the biggest city in the Pacific Northwest, with 780,000 people in Seattle and over four million people in the metro area. Seen from above, carpets of evergreen trees, pristine blue waters, and snowy white mountains surround the downtown’s metallic skyscrapers, earning the city its nickname The Emerald City.
