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The Seattle
Waterfront
The Seattle Waterfront is in view
from almost any point in the city. With the downtown buildings
perched on hills overlooking the water, as you walk the streets, you
will constantly catch glimpses of the waters of Elliott Bay and Puget
 Sound.
The Seattle Waterfront was reminiscent of the Fisherman's Wharf area of
San Francisco. The vast waterfront deck area is adorned with neon
signs and a myriad of seafood restaurants, fish and chips counters, ice
cream stands, and curio stores.
 The
impressive glass buildings of the Seattle skyline form a backdrop to
this waterfront district. The southern end of the waterfront is
the industrial district. This is where the commercial harbor is
located, with the gigantic rows of
 shipping
containers, towering cranes and moored shipping vessels. The
professional sports arenas Safeco Field and Qwest Field are located at
the edge of this district.
 Talk
a walk down to the waterfront, on the way there stop by the
famous Pike Place Market, known for the throwing of the fish.
Pike Place is located just one block off of the water.
Directly below Pike Place is the Seattle Aquarium, located just
north of Pier 57.
 The
Royal Argosy Cruises are located at Pier 56, offering public and private
tours of the harbor, the locks, Tillicum Village, Lake Union and Lake
Washington, and more. Check out
available cruises.
 We
took a walk down to the waterfront in the early morning, around
7:00AM. This early all the stores and restaurants were
still closed, and the area is beautifully quiet and tranquil.
The water was still and the sky still grey with a slight
overcast, not yet
 burned
off by the early sun. You could still see the early
morning ferries traveling to and from the ferry station near
pier 48. This early, you could still hear the sounds of
the sea gulls and pigeons, and the splashing of the waves onto
the pier and seawall.
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