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Pike Place Market (Seattle, Wash.)

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Corporate name headingPike Place Market (Seattle, Wash.)
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Variant(s)Pike Place Markets (Seattle, Wash.)
Pike Place Public Market (Seattle, Wash.)
Marché de Pike Place (Seattle, Wash.)
Пайк-Плейс-маркет (Seattle, Wash.)
Paĭk-Pleĭs-market (Seattle, Wash.)
Beginning date1907
Special noteNon-Latin script reference not evaluated.
Found inPike Place Market website, viewed April 3, 2013: (Pike Place Market; market in Seattle; est. in 1907
Gee, N. Reflections in Pike Place Markets, 1968.
Moody, F. Seattle and the demons of ambition, 2003: p. 76 (Pike Place Public Market; built in 1907)
GNIS, April 15, 2013 (Pike Place Market, locale, King County, Washington, 47.6089872° -122.3406822° 47°36ʹ32ʺN 122°20ʹ26ʺW. History: Outlet for local farmers to sell their crops since 1907. Almost turned into a parking lot in 1960s. Architect Victor Steinbrueck held out for preserving the market. Description: Covered arcade shelter stalls where fish, fruit, and vegetables are sold. Also handcrafted jewelery, pottery, and other art.)
Wikipedia, April 15, 2013 (Pike Place Market is a public market overlooking the Elliott Bay waterfront in Seattle, Washington, United States. The Market opened August 17, 1907, and is one of the oldest continually operated public farmers' markets in the United States. It is a place of business for many small farmers, craftspeople and merchants; run by the quasi-government Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority (PDA); 47°36ʹ33.93ʺN 122°20ʹ30.12ʺW) French page (Marché de Pike Place) Russian page (Пайк-Плейс-маркет = Paĭk-Pleĭs-market)
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