A Short Walk from Pioneer Square to the Pike Place Market
November 3, 2013
The character of old Seattle still graces the ambience of the Pioneer Square area of Seattle and along Western Avenue to the Pike Place Market.
The Smith Tower
The 42-floor Smith Tower was the tallest building on the West Coast when it was built in 1914.
Totem Pole in Pioneer Square
Another totem pole by the Iron Pergola
Iron Pergola, Pioneer Square
Vine-covered wall along Western Avenue
Man hole cover on Western Avenue
Busker with duct-taped accordion, Pike Place Market
Pike Place Market
Sketch of rock fish
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November 3, 2013 at 7:22 am
I love your photography and your art and your journal experiences. So thankful for these blogs to be able to see all this creativity and inspiration. Thanks for sharing. I enjoy your posts so much!
November 3, 2013 at 7:35 am
I so appreciate your kind comments. Thank you!
November 3, 2013 at 9:12 am
What a cool place Pioneer Square is! I love the totem poles! I will have to remember to see this place in person, if I ever get back to Seattle. Thanks for sharing these pics.
November 3, 2013 at 5:46 pm
Oooooooooooo I’ve always wanted to see Pike Place Market!!
November 3, 2013 at 8:24 pm
I’m completely entranced by the resemblance between your rockfish sketch and the totem poles! I like the pergola, too. And those are pretty fancy manhole covers.
November 4, 2013 at 8:51 am
Until you and Camilla pointed out the resemblance between the totem poles and the rock fish, I hadn’t noticed. The way the rock fish are laid out in a stacked line does seem totem-pole-like, and the stylized animals on the totem pole do have some of the same curving, ovoid lines as the fish faces. Interesting!
November 4, 2013 at 10:00 am
I thought you did that on purpose! 🙂
November 4, 2013 at 8:45 am
Love your sketch of the totem pole. There is even a hint of the native style in the rockfish sketch. Nice! (Oh, I just saw that I’m not the only one who sees that! :-)) Great photos, too, as always.
November 4, 2013 at 6:17 pm
great to see the Seattle scenes. Haven’t been to the market in several years. I like your sketching too.
I was interested in an old schoolhouse I saw in Eastern Washington and in my research I found you blog with the pictures of the schoolhouse. Do you know anything about the building? I am curious about its history.
MB
November 4, 2013 at 6:33 pm
I know the schoolhouse you are referring to, and I know nothing about it. I just pulled over to the side of the road and took photos of it. Let me know if you uncover any information about it.
November 4, 2013 at 6:43 pm
ditto Shadowlilies! Great photos, art and photography…as always! 🙂