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and its 9 million annual visitors from the city's shopping and convention areas". In the 21st century, Second and Third Avenues between the same two streets has a similar reputation. The Seattle Business Association CEO said "drug dealers sort of own the real estate in that part of downtown" and the
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In February 2023, construction of an improved pedestrian and cyclist corridor on Pine and Pike streets began as part of a downtown revitalization project. Among the changes is a woonerf between 1st and 2nd avenues that would replace the existing cherry trees and widen the sidewalks.
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mayor called it "a dangerous open-air drug market" with 10,000 calls for police response in one year, according to the city and the FBI. The U.S. Department of Justice cited "what has become an open air drug market at Pike/Pine and Third Avenue in downtown Seattle" in 2015.
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The westernmost block of Pike Street, between 1st and 2nd avenues, was closed for renovations in March 2023. It remained closed to vehicles after construction was finished in June to promote it as a "green and healthy" street and add pedestrian space in downtown.
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said, "For decades, the Pike-Pine corridor between First and Third avenues has been known for run-down buildings, parking lots prone to drug deals and heroin addicts ... effectively a dam separating
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Major downtown Seattle drug crackdown nets 95 arrests: Thirty-seven people, some with serious criminal pasts, are facing federal indictments as the city tries to clean up a troubled area.
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The Pike–Pine corridor on Capitol Hill was once the city's center for automobile sales. After this moved to the suburbs, rents declined and it became a hub for gay culture and Seattle's
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leveled Denny Hill, it was the easiest way from the waterfront to Lake Union, and the main street of the north end of the city (boundaries now defined roughly by Downtown Seattle).
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between Pike and Pine Streets is a public square in the downtown retail area. The park and surrounding streets have been the site of the exercise of
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crossing over Pike, the convention center's "signature element" but one that was controversial when built, due to its obstruction of views of
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Jennifer Ott (October 10, 2012), "Seattle Coal & Transportation Company begins operating Seattle's first railroad on March 22, 1872",
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on Capitol Hill is the south end of another business district represented by the Broadway Improvement Area, authorized by city ordinance.
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store was also on a Capitol Hill block bounded by Pike and Pine until it relocated in the 1990s. The intersection of Pike and
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5th Avenue and Pike is the heart of the Seattle downtown shopping district, the Pike–Pine retail corridor, which includes
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In 1872, Seattle's first railroad, Seattle Coal & Transportation Company, followed Pike Street to deliver
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coal to Elliott Bay transshipped via Lake Washington and Lake Union. It lasted until 1878 when
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was the original shoreline of the city before major modification and construction of the
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either on the street or on blocks bounded by the street on Capitol Hill. The original
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Federal and Local Law Enforcement Team Up for Emphasis Operation in Downtown Seattle
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Black Lives Matter protesters disrupt Seattle traffic after downtown demonstration
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from Capitol Hill, and other architectural and public space considerations.
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scene. Gentrification the 21st century brought increasing property values.
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on Elliott Bay, connected to the rest of the street only by the pedestrian
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straddles Pike Street at 7th Avenue and the two sections are spanned by a
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built a direct line from the fields, around the lake and through Renton.
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Case Study: Commercial Gentrification in the Pike/Pine Corridor
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The street was one of the original named streets of Seattle in
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All un-suffixed roads are streets unless otherwise noted.
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In the 21st century the street remains the "epicenter of
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Pike was an experimental "people street", or temporary
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U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington
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Index

Pike Street (Seattle)
Allen Street

Washington State Convention Center
Seattle Department of Transportation
Seattle
Pike Place
Downtown Seattle
Interstate 5
Broadway
Madison Street
Lake Washington Boulevard
Madrona
Pike Place
Elliott Bay
Downtown Seattle
Capitol Hill
Lake Washington
Lake Washington Boulevard
Alaskan Way
Pike Street Hill Climb
Alaskan Way Viaduct
Seattle Seawall
street layout of Seattle

Arthur A. Denny
Washington Territorial University
Metropolitan Tract
Denny Regrade
Newcastle, King County

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