Pike Place Market is a public market overlooking the Elliott Bay waterfront in Seattle, Washington, United States. The Market opened August 17, 1907, and is one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the United States. It is a place of business for many small farmers, craftspeople and merchants. Named after the central street, Pike Place runs northwest from Pike Street to Virginia Street. With more than 10 million visitors annually, Pike Place Market is Seattle's most popular tourist destination and is the 33rd most visited tourist attraction in the world.[2]
The Market is built on the edge of a steep hill, and consists of several lower levels located below the main level. Each features a variety of unique shops such as antique dealers, comic book and collectible shops, small family-owned restaurants, and one of the oldest head shopsin Seattle. The upper street level contains fishmongers, fresh produce stands and craft stalls operating in the covered arcades. Local farmers and craftspeople sell year-round in the arcades from tables they rent from the Market on a daily basis, in accordance with the Market's mission and founding goal: allowing consumers to "Meet the Producer".
Pike Place Market is home to nearly 500 residents who live in 8 different buildings throughout the Market. Most of these buildings have been low income housing in the past; however, some of them no longer are, such as the Livingston Baker apartments. The Market is run by the quasi-government Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority (PDA). Wiki
市場建在陡峭山坡的邊緣，由位於主層下方的幾個較低層組成。 每間都設有各種獨特的商店，如古董商，漫畫書和收藏品商店，小型家庭式餐廳，以及西雅圖最古老的商店之一。 上層街道包含魚販，新鮮農產品攤位和在有遮蓋的拱廊中經營的工藝攤位。 根據市場的使命和創始目標，當地農民和手工藝人每天在市場上從他們從市場租賃的桌子上全年銷售：允許消費者“與生產者見面”
ReplyDelete派克市場是居住在整個市場的8個不同建築物中的近500名居民的家園。 這些建築大多數過去都是低收入住房; 然而，其中一些不再是，如利文斯頓貝克公寓。 該市場由準政府派克市場保護和發展局（PDA）運營。---維基百科資料
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