The main downtown area sits on a narrow, hilly strip of land between Puget Sound to the west and Lake Washington to the east. Modern skyscrapers rise on high hills in the city center, with residential units lining the lower areas along the water and north of downtown. Read More about Seattle. To the south is the Pioneer Square Historic District, recalling 19th-century commerce, and beyond are the attractive, new stadiums of the Seattle Mariners baseball team and the Seahawks of the NFL.
Seattle has one of the more culturally rich and fun downtowns, for work or play, found anywhere. Most suburbs, some among the most attractive in the country, spread to the east across Lake Washington in such places as Bellevue, Redmond and Issaquah. Everett is a large suburban town to the north and site of an extensive Boeing manufacturing and test facility. To the south lie industrial areas and the less appealing suburbs of Renton, Kent and Auburn. The Seattle area goes on for miles in all directions and has a full complement of cultural, recreational, and transportation amenities.
Local geography and policy have restrained growth to a degree, but have also aggravated the traffic and congestion problems at Lake Washington crossings towards the east and along most north-south corridors. From its origins as a center of the forest products industry and as a gateway to Alaska and the Yukon to the north, Seattle has become an important regional center with banking, high-tech companies, and consumer products.
It retains its original character as a bustling seaport while also exuding an intelligence and sophistication commensurate with its prominent role in the knowledge economy. Some of the largest employers include Microsoft in Redmond to the northeast , Amazon. The economy is robust although the aerospace and technology sectors make it more cyclical than that of other large cities.
Cost of living and particularly housing have risen substantially in recent years. And the long stretches of cloudy days and rainy periods can be a significant downside. In general, the area represents the usual big-city tradeoffs—excellent cultural and educational resources, plenty to do and plenty of variety in exchange for high costs and crowding—but with the additional elements of natural beauty and climate to consider.
Along the edge of Puget Sound, the area is hilly and heavily forested where not completely built up. The Cascade Range rises to the east with 14,foot Mount Rainier to the southeast and the Olympic Mountains rise across the Sound to the west.
The climate is mild and moist, the result of prevailing westerly winds off the Pacific and the shielding effect of the Cascade Range. Steady marine air keeps winters comparatively warm and summers cool.
Temperature extremes are moderate and usually of short duration. Normal summers have fewer than 3 days above 90 degrees.
Summer nights are invariably cool. Daily winter highs are almost always above freezing. Winters are wet but as Seattle lies on the leeward side of the Olympic Mountains, the annual total of 36 inches makes it drier than many cities in the East and Midwest. Long stretches of cloudy days and rainy periods tend to occur in all seasons except summer. Seattle is far enough north to get winter snow, about 9 inches per year, but it seldom remains more than 2 days.
Thunderstorms and severe weather are rare. Explore documents in the Archives relating to the Great Fire here. The s were not so prosperous, despite the arrival of another transcontinental railroad, the Great Northern, in A nationwide business depression did not spare Seattle, but the discovery of gold along and near the Klondike River in Canada's Yukon Territory and in Alaska once again made Seattle an instant boom town.
The city exploited its nearness to the Klondike and its already established shipping lines to become the premier outfitting point for prospectors. The link became so strong that Alaska was long considered to be the personal property of Seattle and Seattleites. During the early s, Seattle, now having discovered the rewards of advertising, continued to experience strong growth. Two more transcontinental railroads, the Union Pacific and Milwaukee Road systems, reached Seattle and reinforced the city's position as a trade and shipping center, particularly with Asia and the North Pacific.
The city's population became increasingly diversified. Scandinavians came to work in fishing and lumbering, African Americans to work as railroad porters and waiters, and Japanese to operate truck gardens and hotels. There were significant communities of Italians, Chinese, Jews, and Filipinos. The International District, home to several Asian ethnic groups, was largely developed during this period. With its population now approaching ,, Seattle announced its achievements by sponsoring an international fair in The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition celebrated the economic and cultural links Seattle had forged along what is now known as the North Pacific Rim; you can read more about Seattle's role in its success here.
The forty-two story L. Smith building was completed in For more than four decades it was the tallest building in the American west and a symbol of Seattle's booster spirit and metropolitan aspirations.
World War I transformed the city's shipbuilding industry, which turned out 20 percent of the nation's wartime ship tonnage. The war also brought Seattle national attention when, early in , workers struck the shipyards to maintain their high wartime wages. This event soon led to the Seattle general strike of February , the longest such strike in American history. The strike lacked a cogent objective, but its success fueled postwar American fears about radicals and socialists.
Along with the city's early ventures into municipal transit service and public electrical power, the general strike helped establish Seattle's reputation as a hotbed of political radicalism. Seattle also had a reputation for a boom-and-bust economy, and the twenties brought depressed conditions in shipbuilding and the lumber trade.
The Depression of the s hit Seattle particularly hard, and a "Hooverville" of shacks and lean-tos housing nearly 1, unemployed men grew up at an abandoned shipbuilding yard south of Pioneer Square. Read more about Hoovervilles in Seattle here. World War II sparked an economic rebound as shipyards flourished again.
The Japanese American population did not enjoy this rebound. In , Executive Order forced the removal of anyone of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast; over 7, Japanese Americans had to leave Seattle for inland incarceration camps. After the war, many were unable to recover their homes and businesses. Seattle to New York — 2, miles or 3, kilometers.
Seattle is a city. It is the chief city of Washington state. It is in Washington state, and the two are different places. Anywhere you go, you can find green sceneries. Parks and other open spaces are created so you can enjoy the natural beauty of the city.
The majestic Mount Rainier stands tall amidst emerald Seattle. Seattle has evergreen trees to thank for its gorgeous nickname. Whichever season it is — yes, even winter — the city is emerald green in color. The nickname was derived after a contest was held by the Convention and Visitors Bureau in the year Seattle is famous for being the birthplace of Starbucks, the most famous coffee chain across the globe, therefore gaining the unofficial nickname Coffee Capital of the World.
It is also called the Rainy City as Seattle is famously known for its countless rainy days. Aside from these, Seattle also had an important role to play in the field of music, technology, food, beer, and wine. It is not that cold in Seattle, even in winter. Its coldest recorded temperature is 0 degrees Fahrenheit or degrees Centigrade. December is the coldest month of the year, with a low-temperature average of 35 degrees Fahrenheit or 2 degrees Centigrade.
Seattle is almost always depicted as rainy on screen and in print.
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