Pike Place Market, 1907 and circa 1908
A century ago, “Seattle’s Heart,” the Pike Place Market, was created in a joyful conspiracy of families and farmers. Growers and shoppers first conducted business from the backs of farmers’ wagons, but soon the market required more permanent housing, moving to the covered stalls seen in the photo below (bottom right), dating from about 1908.
By selling their carrots and cabbages directly to consumers, farmers got around the middlemen who normally controlled the flow of food from the Commission District, which was then located on the waterfront and near the public market. The market informally opened in the late summer of 1907, when the covered shed
was not yet in place (top). The century-old public market survives as Seattle’s most cherished destination—a cornucopia of crafts, fresh fish and produce, and a thousand indigenous delights. —PD
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