the Pink Elephant Car Wash sign on Denny is the most
photographed object in the city. Suck it Space Needle.
Seattleites buy the most sunglasses per capita than any other U.S. city.
Seattle Hempfest is the biggest “legalize weed” festival
in the country. Damn potheads.
More Seattleites bike to work than any other residents
in other U.S. cities. Maybe that’s why our drivers are so bad?
Debatably the world’s first/second gas station was built
at what is now Pier 32. Maybe they took it away in
order to try and reduce the great number of bad drivers in Seattle.
Seattleites like to read.
We have the most library card holders per capita.
Prior to clearcutting in the 1880’s, wagons had to transport
dead bodies through woods in order to get to
what is now Lake View Cemetery in Cap. Hill.
The Elite Tavern in Cap Hill,
arguably the first gay bar on Broadway,
was bombed by neo-Nazis in 1993.
Screw you Nazis, nobody likes you.
Pioneer Square is home to Seattle’s oldest bar and restaurant,
Merchants Cafe, which was founded in 1890. The bar’s original
back bar is still used and was shipped around Cape Horn in the 1860s.
Georgetown is arguably the oldest neighborhood in Seattle.
A few families arrived in Georgetown in 1851,
with the intent of farming its rich soil.
Some of Central Seattle’s notable residents
include Bruce Lee, Sir Mix-a-lot, Jimi Hendrix,
Quincy Jones, Brandon Roy, and No Clue
(named official world’s fastest rap MC by
the Guinness World Records).
In Seattle's General Strike in 1919, 60,000 shipyard workers walked out of their jobs. This was the US's first general strike.
The whopping 42 story Smith Tower was once the tallest building west of the Mississippi. Now the 76 story Columbia Tower is the largest building in the city and 12th largest nationwide.
Established in 1907, the farmers' market at Pike Place Market
is the oldest continually running farmer's market in the US.
