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The Pike Place Market (specifically Pike Place, the street) is a mess from a streetscape perspective. There's a general push to make it pedestrian-only except delivery trucks but that's moving slowly if at all. Post Alley tends to be a better "street."
But more to my point, the volume of people can be insane, including the four-block uninterrupted main hallway (kind of a "street" in its own way) that can take 15 minutes to walk through unless you act like a running back.
The Pike Place Market (specifically Pike Place, the street) is a mess from a streetscape perspective. There's a general push to make it pedestrian-only except delivery trucks but that's moving slowly if at all. Post Alley tends to be a better "street."
But more to my point, the volume of people can be insane, including the four-block uninterrupted main hallway (kind of a "street" in its own way) that can take 15 minutes to walk through unless you act like a running back.
It's a great place but yes, sometimes it's way too crowded and I hate that they let vehicles drive into the circle and the streets.
Pike Place in Seattle is great when you want to get out of the metaverse and be balls to butt in a crowd just to buy some flowers and a bag of plums. It’s like walking out of a playoff game every regular weekend.
It’s honestly impressive for such a small city to muster on a regular basis, even in winters. Place like Chicago only feel that way on special venues like Taste of Chicago etc.
I go pretty often to buy produce and occasionally other things. My typical produce stand is across Pike Place at the intersection with Post Alley. You can usually walk a little more normally in that area.
I love the crush of people, but I also walk like a running back, go in front of the fish-thrower crowd instead of behind it, etc.
Pike Place in Seattle is great when you want to get out of the metaverse and be balls to butt in a crowd just to buy some flowers and a bag of plums. It’s like walking out of a playoff game every regular weekend.
It’s honestly impressive for such a small city to muster on a regular basis, even in winters. Place like Chicago only feel that way on special venues like Taste of Chicago etc.
There's a great bar down the steps where you can sort of hide. It's very Seattle if that makes sense. I miss Seattle
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