Pick up a tourist brochure of Seattle, and you are bound to see this sign. It's for the Pike Place Market, which has enjoyed a rebirth over the last couple of decades.
The market actually dates back to 1907, and was briefly headed for demolition before it was preserved. Now it's thriving. It has an assorted of shops and restaurants, and people flock to see the fish salesmen display the day's catches. It's always great to see big crowds downtown on a Sunday.
This is now Seattle's top tourist attraction. An estimated 20 million people show up here every year. Some of them stop for a cup of coffee. That's only appropriate, since the first Starbucks store was located here. The original is gone, but the successor is still around at 1912 Pike Place.
And speaking of fish, they get thrown around quite a bit at this facility. It's one of the highlights of a visit.
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