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Pike Place Designated Temporary Market
Thomas P. Revelle has the area of Western Avenue recently called Pike Place designated as a temporary outdoor market via a city council vote. -
Market Officialy Opens
The first buliding of the market opens, the Main Arcade. -
Market is Booming
By 1909, the market averages 64 farmers per day and 300,000 visitors per month. -
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Improvements Made
Public restrooms, arcades, and a footbridge is added. -
Elliot Ave. Extended
Elliot Avenue is extended, making the market a major arterial through downtown. -
Farmers Moved off Street
City council votes that the farmers can not be in the street, in responce to complaints from local businesses regaurding traffic flow.
Frank Goodwin (Goodwin Real Estate Company) provides more space. -
City Leases Sidewalk
City gives Goodwin exclusive use of sidewalk. Goodwin rents the space to people who sold other farmers' produce imported from California. -
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WWII
World War Two -
Repairs Needed
After WWII, the market is in desperate need of repair. With the age of the supermarket just beginning, it is hard to attract visitors to Pike Place. -
Century 21 Exposition
Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair) is held from Apr 21- Oct 21, 1962. Nearly 10 million people attend. -
Pike Plaza Renewal Project Proposed
The Proposal- The Central Association and the municipal planning commission proposed plans for putting Seattle on the map, with a new and improved Pike Place Market being in the center of all this new revitalization. -
City Votes to Move Forward
The city council votes to go on with the project despite the popular opinion. -
Friends Fight Back
Friends of the Market pushes to create a 7-acre historical district prohibiting demolition of the market. -
PPM Added to Nat'l Register of Historical Places
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Petition Circles
A petition, which collected 25,000 signatures in two weeks time, allowed Initiative 1 to be on the ballot in November, 1971. -
City Counters Initiative 1
The city council and the mayor, as well as some of the business community, propose their own plan, which would preserve only a small portion of the area that the Friends' historical district would. -
First Starbucks Opens
The first Starbucks opens in Pike Place at 2000 Western Avenue -
Initiative 1 Passes
The public votes in favor of the Friends of the Market Initiative. -
PDA Created
The Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority (PDA) is put in place to run the market and the buildings are restored. -
Rachel Created
Rachel, the bronze piggy bank located under the "Public Market Center" sign is created. She brings in $6,000–$9,000 (US) annually in all types of world currency.
