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Gas Works Park makes decay look good

It takes a city as eccentric as Seattle to take an abandoned 20-acre coal-processing facility, plant grass upon its grounds, and make one of the city's most beloved parks.

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Gas Works Park makes decay look good
  • Pike Place Market has it all, from fresh vegetables to flying fish
  • Woodland Park Zoo offers acres of wild fun
  • The (almost) first Starbucks: Grande-sided history
  • The Seattle Aquarium is a sight to sea

Pike Place Market has it all,

Seattle's oldest open-air produce, seafood and crafts market remains its best. It's practically impo...

Woodland Park Zoo offers acres

Seattle's 92-acre zoological preserve is home to more than a thousand animals, all residing in immer...

The (almost) first Starbucks:

It's hard to separate Seattle's recent history from the history of one of its most famous companies ...

The Seattle Aquarium is a sigh

As one would expect of a city bordered by the sea and two freshwater lakes, Seattle has a terrifical...

  • Wayward Coffeehouse: space age caffeine
  • B&O Espresso: Middle Eastern healthy meets Paris pastry
  • The Saint Social Club's Mexican plates earn an "ole!"
  • Chaco Canyon Organic Cafe: Eating in the raw

Wayward Coffeehouse: space age

Seattle has an inordinately large number of science fiction and fantasy literature writers and fans ...

B&O Espresso: Middle Eastern h

Vintage vibe and chocolate ganache everything. There's no wrong way to enjoy B&O Espresso.

The Saint Social Club's Mexica

Dozens of vintage portraits of matadors adorn the walls of this Capitol Hill restaurant and tequila ...

Chaco Canyon Organic Cafe: Eat

The University District's Chaco Canyon Organic Cafe serves vegan, raw foods that are worth a bite, e...

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Posted by: by Trent Hutton

Faux Bronze Bear. Hand sculpted Expanded Polystyrene coated with a Hydrothane Elastomeric polymer. Ultra durable, indoor-outdoor and ultra light (weighs around 100 pounds). Mounted on faux rock granite base. This sculpture is specially designed for display areas where weight is a significant concern. 4'H, 3'L, 2.5'W $8500

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Get Up! 3:05


Posted by: TERRY DAUN

Produced by Terry Daun. All music, lyrics, and arrangements by Terry Daun. Copyright 2004

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Friends of the Seattle Public Library Book Sale: The running of the books

Friends of the Seattle Public Library Book Sale: The running of the books

The twice-annual book sale, which sells over 200,000 donated, discarded or no-longer-needed books, prints, CDs, and VHS and DVD movies to benefit the library system..

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Vancouver Facts and Places:

Newspapers are Vancouver Courier, Vancouver Sun
Vancouver Sports teams are Lions, Canadians, Whitecaps
Local Schools are University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University

About Vancouver, Canada

Few cities in the world can rival Vancouver’s dramatic natural setting. Located on British Columbia’s rugged Pacific coast, Vancouver sits at the foot of forested mountain peaks and looks out across the shining waters of Georgia Strait. What began as a small sawmill town with muddy streets has evolved into Canada’s third largest metropolis and a multicultural Mecca that attracts millions of visitors annually.

The best place to get an introduction to Vancouver’s history is the Vancouver Museum overlooking downtown from the shores of English Bay. Its labyrinth of exhibits traces the city’s development from pioneer days to the present. The complex also houses the H.R. MacMillan Planetarium. Next door, the Vancouver Maritime Museum chronicles the city’s long relationship with the sea.

Vancouver’s indigenous roots can be explored in the spectacular Museum of Anthropology on the grounds of the University of British Columbia. Its collections of West Coast First Nations totem poles, cedar sculptures, and countless other artifacts are the largest in the world.

Gastown, Vancouver’s main historic district, is full of well preserved buildings erected by lumber barons during Victorian and Edwardian times. Art galleries, stores, and restaurants line this popular tourist area’s red brick streets. Storyeum, a new underground museum in the heart of Gastown, uses live theater and multimedia effects to bring British Columbia’s past back to life.

Vancouver has a large Asian population, and its Chinatown is the biggest in Canada. Chinatown’s buildings, with their typical recessed balconies and steep staircases, hark back to the turn of the late 18th century, when the first Chinese immigrants came to work in Vancouver. The Dr. Sun Yat-San Classical Garden in the heart of Chinatown was built with materials imported from Asia and is the only garden of its type outside China.

More cultural stimulation can be had at the neoclassical-style Vancouver Art Gallery facing trendy Robson Street, whose upscale clothing shops and restaurants throng with visitors from around the globe. West of downtown, Stanley Park boasts 22 miles of foot and bicycle trails winding through pristine West Coast rain forest, plus a sea-wall walk offering incomparable mountain and ocean views.

Written by: John Mitchell

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