Pike Place Market

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Seattle's Pike Place Market will remain car free into 2026

Citing positive feedback, increased foot traffic, and a need for more research, Seattle’s Pike Place Market is extending its car-free experiment through next spring.
- Nate Sanford
Controversial totem poles must return to Pike Place Market, says historical commission

The city’s parks department petitioned the Market Historical Commission to be allowed to replace the totem poles with art more representative of local tribes.
- Ann Dornfeld
Pike Brewing is moving out of downtown Seattle
- Paige Browning
Should vehicles be allowed through Pike Place Market?

Earlier this week, a serious confrontation occurred on the cobbled street running through Pike Place market. Involving three motorists, a hammer, and an injured bystander, the altercation is the latest fiasco to reignite a decades-old debate on whether Pike Place Market should stay open to cars.
- Libby Denkmann
A little known dark episode in Seattle's Pike Place Market

Seattle turns 150 years old this year. To mark this major milestone, the city picked 150 objects from its archives that tell the story of the region’s early years. One of them highlights a little known dark episode in the city’s beloved icon, Pike Place Market.
- Ruby de Luna
Pike Place Market’s news man is leaving the biz after 40 years

You are at the mouth of the Pike Place Market, in downtown Seattle, facing the water. The bronze pig is within a stone’s throw.
- Joshua McNichols
What it's like at 4 a.m. at the Pike Place Market

Pike Place Market before dawn is empty. Eerily so, because the neon lights are still on.
- Esmy Jimenez
'Save the Showbox' effort successful, for now

Pearl Jam, Death Cab for Cutie, Tacocat: All these bands have called on Seattle officials to "Save the Showbox." Monday, that's what the Seattle City...
- Paige Browning
Shopping with chefs: Baby zucchinis at Pike Place

Daisley Gordon, chef-owner of Café Campagne in downtown Seattle, doesn’t have to go far to find fresh, summer ingredients when he’s in a pinch. Gordon’s...
- Ruby de Luna
That shop owner you met at Pike Place Market? They've probably seen a ghost

Millions of people across the world believe in ghosts or have had a paranormal experience. RadioActive’s Diego Villarroel and Carlin Bills delve deep...

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