Pike Place Links:
Pike Place Market in "Sleepless in Seattle" (Pix!)
Pike Place (novel set in 1971 Seattle)
Pike Place "Grey's Anatomy" Episode
Pike Place "Fraiser" Episode ("1000th Show")

Awards & Accolades for the novel Pike Place:

• "Best Novel of the Year" - 2008 Premier Book Awards
• "Award-Winning Finalist" - 2007 USA National Best Books Awards
• "Finalist" - 2008 Indie Excellence Book Awards

Seattle Post-Intelligencer -- Printed Continously from December 10, 1863 to March 17, 2009
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Pike Place Market in the News:

2009
May 31: Cascade Farmers Market Opens in Seattle (in Partnership with Pike Place Market
Apr 22: Pike Place Market Begins $73M Facelift
Apr 03: Goodbye Johnny Rockets, Hello "Seattle Coffee Works"
Mar 27: Pike Place Bucks Nation Housing Trend -- New High-Rise Selling Out
Mar 17: Starbucks Opens Retro Coffee-House Near Pike Place Market
Mar 17: Seattle Post-Intelligencer's Last Printed Issue -- See Famous Seattle PI Covers 1887-2009
Mar 06: Seattle on a Low Budget -- Things To Do Free or Very Cheaply
Mar 03: Pike Place to Close Streets Again
Feb 18: Pike Place Street Performers Might Have to Face Street on Crowded Days -- Proposed Rule
Feb 02: "Pike Place -- The Soul of Seattle" (3 min video by Voice of America)
Jan 30: Beatles Tribute at Pike Place
Jan 28: Starbucks Closes Stores and Lays Off Workers
Jan 09: Seattle Post-Intelligencer For Sale
Jan 01: Tea Time at PPM Starbucks



Shooting scene in "Brand New Day" movie (release in September 2009)
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2008
Dec 29: Western to Become 1-Way Street
Dec 04: Winter at Pike Place Market
Nov 16: Waterfront Parkway to Replace Alaskan Way Viaduct? (editorial)
Nov 05: Seattle Voters Approve Pike Place Market Levy
Sep 28: Ghosts at Pike Place Market
Sep 22: Seattle: Urban Adventure (CNN story)
Sep 13: Survey: Seattle #1 in Smart People
July 29: Pike Place Goes Upscale -- $12M Condo!
July 18: Starbucks to Close 600 Stores -- # of Closings by State
July 15: VIDEO: Details on What Pike Place Tax Will Fix
July 14: Seattle to Vote on $73M Pike Place Market Improvement Tax
July 11: Celebrating Bastille Day at Pike Place Market
July 03: The Origin & Evolution of the Starbucks Mermaid Logo
June 26: Nice Tribute to Jim Hinde
June 24: Pike Place Improvements Plan
June 20: $75M Levy for Pike Place Market Upgrade
June 11: Pike Place Market Busker Jim Hinde (1951-2008)
June 04: Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels Wants to Upgrade Pike Place Market
June 01: 2008 Pike Place Market Street Festival!
May 27: Pike Place Market -- Long Hours & Harder Work for Farmers
May 24: Fishmongers' Attitudes Contribute to Pike Place Market Popularity
May 23: Starbucks' Controversial Pike Place Nude Mermaid Logo to be Discontinued
May 17: 2008 Seattle Cheese Festival at Pike Place Market
May 15: "Pike Place" named Finalist in 2008 Indie Excellence Book Awards (Chick Lit)
May 02: Salmon Fishing Banned on Entire West Coast (1st time in 160 years)
Apr 28: Former Seattle Mayor Charles Royer Reflects on Pike Place Market
Apr 20: Pike Place Market is "Casbah of the Pacific"
Apr 15: Wild Salmon Shortage at Pike Place Market
Apr 10: Pike Place Memories (1971 ) -- Starbucks grand opening, Boeing, Vietnam ...
Apr 08: Starbucks Gives out Free "Pike Place" Coffee Nationwide
Apr 01: 211 Cruise Ships to Come to Seattle & Pike Place Market this Summer
Mar 25: Seattle Mayor Outlines Pike Place Market Renovation Needs
Mar 19: Starbucks Rolls Out "Pike Place Roast" to all Stores
Mar 18: "Traveling" Shoots Scenes at Pike Place Market
Mar 18: "Traveling" Writer Talks about Seattle
Mar 11: New Film "Traveling" Shooting at Pike Place Market
Mar 09: Chef Tom Douglas Honored in Seattle
Mar 04: Pike Place Market Street Festival Coming Soon!
Mar 04: Starbucks -- Back to Basics -- Back to Pike Place Market
Feb 27: Bones Found Near PPM -- Near Duwamish Tribe Burial Ground
Feb 26: PPM Busker Vince Mira Hits it Big with Johnny Cash Tribute
Feb 26: Manning's Coffee Shop -- Started 1908 in PPM (1930 photo below)
Feb 17: PPM's Liberty Theater -- Then and Now
Feb 05: More on PPM $80 Remodeling
Feb 01: Pike Place Market's Planned $80M Facelift Worries Merchants
Jan 24: PPM Outdoor Vendor -- The 4-Foot Store
Jan 20: Gloved Busker Plays Piano at Pike and Pine
Jan 18: New York Times on Pike Place Market in the Winter
Jan 10: Forbes: Seattle Ranks #2 in America's Most-Wired List
Jan 07: Starbucks' Howard Schultz talks about Pike Place Market

2007
Dec 31: Seattle is #1 Place for "Healthful Living"
Dec 28: Blog From New Pike Place Vendor (Artist)
Dec 24: Starbucks Phenomenon -- Started at PPM in 1971
Dec 20: "Seattle Wall of Gum" at Pike Place
Dec 18: Pioneer Square & Pike Place Market
Dec 12: Pike Place Looking for $80M for "Basic Repairs"
Dec 09: Starbucks Pike Place Mugs Recalled
Nov 26: Great Holiday Pike Place Photos!
Nov 15: 21st Century Upgrades to Pike Place Market
Nov 09: At $4000/lb, Most Expensive Food at Pike Place Mkt
Nov 05: The Real Pike Place (early in the morning)
Nov 01:"Pike Place" Award-Winning Finalist - 2007 Best Books
Nov 01:Ghosts at Pike Place Market
Oct 23: Remembering Seattle Poet Richard Hugo
Oct 23: PPM: A Bona Fide Seattle Institution
Oct 09: Seattle People Most Intelligent & Has Best Coffee
Oct 03: Pike Place on of America's 10 "Great Neighborhoods"
Oct 01: Ghosts at Pike Place Market!
Sep 19: 1907-2007: 100 Years of Change in Seattle
Sep 18: 6th Annual Pike Place Buskers' Festival!
Sep 01: Coffee Pioneer Alfred Peet Dies
Aug 26: Bumbershoot: A Seattle Tradition Since 1971
Aug 18: Celebrating 100 Years
Aug 17: Pike Place is Officially 100
Aug 12: Looking Beyond August 17, 2007
Aug 09: Pike Place 100th Anniversary Celebrations
Aug 04: Seattle-born UPS celebrates 100th Anniversary
July 29: PPM: "Seattle's Heart and Soul"
July 22: Pike Place Market Photos (15) -- Behind the Scenes
July 19: New Pike Place Musical
July 17: John Nez (artist) visits Pike Place Market!
July 17: What to eat at Pike Place Market (food & prices)
July 14: Seattle: "Boom Town"
July 12: Seattle to Sell "Pike Place" Street Sign on eBay
July 11: Pike Place Celebrates 100th Anniversary
July 08: "Double Strike" Novella set in PPM -- Part 1
July 06: Seattle: Record "Visitor Volumes & Spending"
July 01: "Pike Place" novel -- brief author interview
June 28: Waking up at Pike Place Market
June 22: Rachel the Pig (at Pike Place Market)
June 14: Food Memories - Pike Place Market
June 10: Starbucks "third environment" (p2 of article)
June 07: Pike Place at 100
June 03: A Century at Pike Place Market
June 01: Pike Place Market Street Festival
May 28: Belfast Recommends Pike Place
May 23: Giant Shoes at Pike Place Market
May 22: Pigs on Parade 2007 at PPM
May 18: Seattle Cheese Festival at PPM
May 17: PPM 100 Years
May 17: First Starbucks in New Pike Place novel
May 15: Video: Fish Sells for $1100 at PPM!
May 11: Sol Amon: 51 Years at Pike Place Market
May 10: Zev Siegl Remembers Pike Place Market
May 10: 100 Days until Pike Place 100th Anniversary!
May 10: Summer '07 at Pike Place Market
May 09: Seattle-area Farmers' Markets (list)
May 08: Great Slideshow; includes Pike Place shots
May 05: Pike Place at "Top of Everyone's Top 10 List"
May 04: Living at Pike Place Market (The LaSalle)
May 01: Makeover Plans for Pike Place Market
May 01: Starbucks from PPM to "Ambassador for Seattle"
Apr 29: Pike Place Reviews (Residents & Tourists)
Apr 28: PPM Advocate Charlie Chong Dies
Apr 17: NYC Publisher Announces "Pike Place" Novel -- Seattle 1971
Mar 20: Pike Place Next 100 Years (Seattle P-I)

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Post Office at Pike Place Market (Date Unknown)


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American Messenger Company (UPS) founded "under the sidewalk" in Seattle in 1907

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"When a city begins to grow and spread outward, from the edges, the center which was once its glory is in a sense abandoned to time. Then the buildings grow dark and decay sets in; ... and then one day perhaps the city returns and rips out the sore and builds a monument to its past." John Steinbeck on Pike Place Market, 1960

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