If compelled to touch, remember the gooey wall is listed second to kissing Ireland’s Blarney Stone as the world’s most unsanitary tourist stop. Begun by patrons of a local theatre who stuck their Wrigley’s into bricks with a coin to save a spot in line, 30 years later there’s barely any space for new chew. Lance Hornby/Toronto Sunĭozens of local crafters share space with fast-food booths, while the Market’s lower floors, built into the steep hill, are a rabbit warren of nostalgia emporiums, gift stores and bars, leading down to Post Alley and its Gum Wall. The Gum Wall in Post Alley is best seen but not touched. Peak times can be claustrophobic, particularly if a cruise ship docks, but every visitor is drawn here to see hefty fishmongers toss Alaska king salmon overhead, grab some crab for lunch or just take in views of waterfront activities a few blocks below. Lance Hornby/Toronto SunĬontinue to the Olympic Sculpture Park on the waterfront or ride the restored World’s Fair monorail to explore more of Seattle. There’s a ‘greenhouse’ with ornate blooms, leading to an outdoor nature preserve, complete with live birds and rabbits, where his soaring trees, sea life and even more floral designs thrive in natural light.Ī ‘greenhouse’ showcases breathtaking ornate blooms of glass at Chihuly Gardens. Maybe you’ve seen a few pieces in Venice or Vegas, but this is where Tacoma’s world-renowned organic glass artisan Dale Chihuly is meant to be viewed. Indiana Jones’ fedora is part of MoPOP’s vast memorabilia collection. Further into the main collection are many Harry Potter movie props and a personal fave, the helmet John Cleese wore as a taunting French knight in Holy Grail. There’s Billy Mumy’s silver suit from the original Lost In Space, Indiana Jones’ crumpled fedora, and Leonard Nimoy’s Starfleet tunic. Nerd out on bios and artifacts linking everyone from Mary Shelley to Rod Serling and Steven Spielberg. MoPOP is directly under the Needle, distinct by its fluid Frank Gehry multicolour canopy, evoking constant change in music and sociology.īefore reaching the motherlode of its collection - based around a tornado funnel tower of guitars, banjos, keyboards, a live concert stage and personal strings of male and female greats, is a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Hall of Fame. Lance Hornby/Toronto Sun MUSEUM OF POP CULTURE The Museum of Pop Culture is rife with interesting pieces, including a tornado funnel tower of guitars, banjos and keyboards. Below, among other sites movie and TV buffs will recognize, is KOMO broadcast plaza, the exterior of the hospital in Grey’s Anatomy, an ideal starting point to explore surrounding Seattle Center and other kid-friendly sites. Rainier, Puget Sound and surrounding peaks. Amid the musty artifacts along the buried streets is the rusted evidence of that era, several mattress bedsprings.īoth its observation decks - one open, the other enclosed with a rotating see-through floor – have awesome views of the skyline, snow-capped Mt. The latter included Madame Lou Graham’s ‘sewing circle’ the largest and so vital to the economy after the Klondike gold rush made Seattle a miners’ hub. High retaining walls then entombed everything from the past, from banks to brothels. No Civil War-era vampires emerged for comment, but guide Shane knew the connection to the show and a hundred other subterranean tales during 90 minutes exploring part of this 25-block area beneath Pioneer Square, gradually sealed after the Great Fire of 1889.Īfter the blaze, to correct the double error of building a town on tidal flats with tinder wood, 35,000 giant logs were slid down the surrounding hills to the waterfront and pounded into the muck to secure new stone foundations. I’d always wanted to tour the labyrinth setting of the movie that preceded The Night Stalker TV series in the mid ‘70s with paranormal beat reporter Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin). Article contentįrom a top floor suite at the Silver Cloud Hotel, lounging poolside at sunset above both the diamond at fully lit T-Mobile and Lumen, we were in walking distance or a short ride of Seattle favourites, new and old: This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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