Bainbridge Island is an island suburb and city of its own just across the water from downtown Seattle. The ferry commute, which is done daily by many of the residents, is 35 minutes from the city. However, Bainbridge is its own city, on its own...
Belltown is a sub-neighborhood, sometimes considered to be a part of downtown, located north of the central business district. Nestled between the skyscrapers of downtown and the sky-scraping monuments of Seattle Center, Belltown holds its own as...
Downtown Seattle is a bustling central business district, chock full of skyscraper office buildings, a variety of stores and the occasional historic or tourist sight. It faces the waterfront strip of Elliott Bay, with the main industrial port to...
Seattleās First Hill is named for being the first hill from downtown, headed east. It is also known by its nickname, Pill Hill, so called for the high concentration of hospitals in the neighborhood. First Hill is one of the few neighborhoods in...
The International District, or the I.D., as locals call it, is Seattleās answer to the issue of what was originally Chinatown becoming a much more diverse area of town. The area known as the I.D. has a mix of stores, services and restaurants run...
Seattleās original downtown was located in the Pioneer Square neighborhood. It was not, however, the first white settlement in the area. The original settlers moved their homes from Alki, across Elliott Bay in what is now West Seattle, to the...
South Lake Union is a neighborhood nearly as old as the city, but which has been pinched, pulled and prodded into being one of the newest in terms of buildings and business. South Lake Union can be considered an extension or subset of downtown,...
