The story
An entire buried city of storefronts and sidewalks, sealed underground after Seattle raised its streets following the 1889 Great Fire.
Everything that was here
- 1889–present · still open
Seattle Underground (Pioneer Square)Landmark
An entire buried city of storefronts and sidewalks, sealed underground after Seattle raised its streets following the 1889 Great Fire.
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Nearby history
Doc Maynard's Public House and Seattle Underground
614 1st Avenue · 69 m away
Merchant's Cafe and Saloon
109 Yesler Way · 88 m away
Owner F. X. Schreiner ran a Sunday exchange here trading miners' gold dust for cash. Years later he sold the business to
Central Saloon
207 1st Avenue South · 158 m away
Nirvana played the Central for the first time on June 5, 1988, and afterward agreed to a record deal with Sub Pop.
OK Hotel
212 Alaskan Way South · 188 m away
Smith Tower
506 2nd Avenue · 200 m away
When Smith Tower opened on July 4, 1914, it was the tallest building west of Ohio. Its namesake, typewriter magnate L. C
The Double Header
407 2nd Avenue South · 209 m away
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