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Savoring The Time In Seattle

1.8 Arival; District 1

Sunday 2024-04-14

1.8a Arrival

I started my journey from Vancouver to Seattle on Sunday April 14, 2024. I took the FlixBUS at 7:20am from Pacific Central Station in Vancouver to Seattle, USA.

The bus took about 3 hours 40 minutes. I arrived in 6th Ave S&S Lane Street, downtown Seattle at 11am.

Seattle

Seattle is a city on the West Coast of the United States. The Seattle metropolitan area's population is 4.02 million, making it the 15th-largest in the United States. Its growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 made it one of the country's fastest-growing large cities.

Seattle, a city on Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest, is surrounded by water, mountains and evergreen forests, and contains thousands of acres of parkland. Washington State’s largest city, it is home to a large tech industry, with Microsoft and Amazon headquartered in its metropolitan area. The futuristic Space Needle, a 1962 World’s Fair legacy, is its most iconic landmark.

I checked in Hilton Garden Inn Seattle Downtown upon arrival in Seattle.

Hilton Garden Inn Seattle Downtown
1821 Boren Ave, Seattle,
WA 98101, United States
https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/seabagi-hilton-garden-inn-seattle-downtown/

Craft Bar + Kitchen
Hilton Garden Inn Seattle Downtown
1821 Boren Ave, Seattle, WA 98101, United States

https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/seabagi-hilton-garden-inn-seattle-downtown/dining/

❤ Salmon, Spinach, Asparagus and Mashed Potato in Cream

1.8b District 1

West Seattle

West Seattle is a conglomeration of neighborhoods in Seattle, Washington, United States. It comprises two of the thirteen districts, Delridge and Southwest, and encompasses all of Seattle west of the Duwamish River. It was incorporated as an independent town in 1902 before being annexed by Seattle five years later. Among the area's attractions are its saltwater beach parks along Elliott Bay and Puget Sound, including Alki Beach Park and Lincoln Park. The area is also known for its views of the Olympic Mountains to the west and the Cascade Range to the east. One-third of Seattle's green space and urban forest is located in West Seattle, much of it in the West Duwamish Greenbelt.

Alki Beach Park
2665 Alki Ave SW, Seattle,

WA 98116, United States
https://www.seattle.gov/parks/allparks/alki-beach-park

Alki Beach Park is a 135.9-acre park located in the West Seattle neighborhood of Seattle, Washington that consists of the Elliott Bay beach between Alki Point and Duwamish Head. It has a 0.5 miles of beachfront, and was the first public salt-water bathing beach on the west coast of the United States.

Lincoln Park
8011 Fauntleroy Wy SW, Seattle,
WA 98136, United States

https://www.seattle.gov/parks/allparks/lincoln-park

Lincoln Park is a 135 acres park in West Seattle alongside Puget Sound. The park's attractions include forest trails, a paved walkway along the beach, athletic fields, picnic shelters, and a heated saltwater swimming pool which is open during the summer. The park is adjacent to the Fauntleroy neighborhood.

SoDo

Seattle's Sodo used to be called "South of the Dome", referring to the now-demolished Kingdome; to keep some sense in the name, it is sometimes explained now as "South of Downtown".

SoDo (alternatively SODO) is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, that makes up part of the city's Industrial District. It is bounded on the north by South King Street, beyond which is Pioneer Square; on the south by South Spokane Street, beyond which is more of the Industrial District; on the west by the Duwamish River, across which is West Seattle; and on the east by Metro Transit's Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel and SoDo Busway, beyond which is the International District and the rest of the Industrial District.

Showbox SoDo

1700 1st Ave S, Seattle,
WA 98134, United States

https://www.showboxpresents.com/plan-your-visit/showbox-sodo

The Showbox (originally known as the Showbox Theater) is a music venue in Seattle, Washington, United States. It has been owned by AEG Live since 2007.

A converted-warehouse-turned-concert-venue, the Premier nightclub opened in the building in early 2004 but closed in 2005. In Fall 2006, the Fenix Underground, a club that spent 15 years in two locations in Pioneer Square, took over the space but just as quickly folded when it filed for bankruptcy in May 2007. The Showbox stepped in and added the venue to its family, opening as the Showbox SoDo in September 2007.

The space has wood-beam and brick architecture. With a capacity of 1,800, it is larger than its elder sibling, which was renamed The Showbox at the Market to distinguish the two.

The venue has hosted events featuring Kid Rock, Heart, The Pogues, M.I.A, The Hives, Dropkick Murphys, Josh Ritter, Counting Crows, Panic! at the Disco, Adam Lambert, Odd Future, Jillian Banks, The WhiteTrash Whiplash, Trivium and others.

George Town

Georgetown picks up from Sodo somewhere around Spokane street and extends south to Boeing Field and is Seattle's thriving emerging arts neighborhood, full of great restaurants, coffee houses and funky taverns tucked between industrial buildings.

Georgetown is a neighborhood in southern Seattle, Washington, United States. It is bounded on the north by the mainlines of the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad, beyond which is the Industrial District; on the west by the Duwamish River, across which is South Park; on the east by Interstate 5, beyond which is Beacon Hill; and on the south by Boeing Field.

Connections Museum Seattle
7000 E Marginal Wy S, Seattle,
WA 98108, United States
https://www.telcomhistory.org/connections-museum-seattle/

The Connections Museum (formerly the Herbert H. Warrick Jr. Museum of Communications, originally the Vintage Telephone Equipment Museum) is located in Centurylink's Duwamish Central Office at East Marginal Way S. and Corson Avenue S. in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood. It "reveals the history of the telephone and the equipment that makes it all work." The museum was originally sponsored by the Washington Telephone Pioneers, and is now a part of the Telecommunications History Group, based in Denver. It features vintage equipment from AT&T, Western Electric, Pacific Northwest Bell, USWest, and other organizations.

Oxbow Park
6430 Corson Ave S, Seattle,

WA 98134, United States
https://www.seattle.gov/parks/allparks/oxbow-park

Oxbow Park is a public park in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. It houses the landmark Hat 'n' Boots roadside attraction, which was relocated to the park.

Pioneer Square

Art galleries, coffee shops and trendy bars fill Pioneer Square’s late-1800s Romanesque Revival buildings. Tourists explore subterranean streets on the guided Underground Tour, and learn about Seattle’s roots at the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. Office workers unwind in secluded Waterfall Garden Park or grab lunch from food trucks at Occidental Square, a plaza with bistro tables and bocce courts.

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
319 2nd Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104, United States
https://www.nps.gov/klgo/index.htm

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park is a national historical park operated by the National Park Service that seeks to commemorate the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s. Though the gold fields that were the ultimate goal of the stampeders lay in Yukon, the park comprises staging areas for the trek there and the routes leading in its direction. There are four units, including three in Municipality of Skagway Borough, Alaska and a fourth in the Pioneer Square National Historic District in Seattle, Washington.

Waterfall Garden Park
219 2nd Ave S, Seattle,

WA 98104, United States

https://pioneersquare.org/businesses/waterfall-garden-park/

Waterfall Garden Park, also called UPS Park and UPS Waterfall Park, is a private 60-by-80-foot (18 m × 24 m) pocket park in Seattle, Washington, created in 1978 at the original United Parcel Service building in Pioneer Square. It is open to the public during the day and closed at night.