Insight Guides: Seattle City Guide by Insight Guides

Insight Guides: Seattle City Guide by Insight Guides

Author:Insight Guides
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Travel, United States, Seattle
Publisher: APA
Published: 2013-10-09T04:00:00+00:00


West and South Seattle

The ‘birthplace of Seattle’ has views, parks, and sandy beaches, while South Seattle is the place for new homeowners and urban pioneers.

Main Attractions

The Junction

Alki Beach

Schmitz Park

Lincoln Park

Columbia City

Georgetown

Seward Park

Maps and Listings

Map, click here

Restaurants, click here

It was on the windswept shores of what is now Alki Beach that Seattle’s pioneers first built a community. The area’s early settlers, led by Arthur Denny, came from the state of Illinois, in the American Midwest, seeking a better life. After one blustery winter on Alki (pronounced Al-kai, rhymes with ‘pie’), however, most of the Denny party moved away from the beach’s winds to the shelter and deeper anchorage of Elliott Bay.

That exodus seems surprising given Alki’s current popularity. In summer, the sandy beach is a mass of tanned bodies, and year-round, the footpath and its adjacent bike-and-skating path are crowded with promenading, strutting, jogging people.



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