One Can Be Lost In The Distinct Ambiance Of Seattle – Part I
North America | Ricky | October 29, 2009 at 12:54 amRinged alongside the shore of Elliot Bay, with its back to the Lake Washington and blur view of snow-capped Mt. Rainier lying at a close distance, Seattle is placed in a breath-taking backdrop. The relentless radiant luster of glass skyscrapers reflecting across the Bay proudly symbolizes three decades of vibrant urban restoration. Going through the pages of history, Seattle has faced lots of ups and downs; however its beginning marked an adverse start, with its outflow from the initial location on the flat little peninsula of Alki Point. During the 1850’s, the town had to reorganize itself on the location which is today known as Pioneer Square, by renaming itself after the name of Native American Chief Sealth as Seattle.
At the inception period, this land was marshy, hence compelling the small logging community to construct its houses on stilts. Because of which the forest lying in the vicinity wiped off as the wood was utilized, Seattle saw gradual prosperity until the Klondike Gold Rush, 1897 traced it on the national map. The city gained prominence during the World War I as there was heavy requirement of resources for the purpose of ship-building. This urge boosted Seattle as a large industrial center. With the passage of time, trade unions revolving around ship-workers came into the picture.
As twentieth century marked its beginning, the Boeing Airline Corporation became a significant aspect of Seattle. By the arrival of World War II, employment opportunities came into existence by employing one amidst every five workforce until the 1960’s. The success story brought by the arrival of Boeing and Microsoft and internet shopping site amazon.com is apparently conspicuous in a revamped old center, a nationally applauded arts scene with vigorous movie and music industries, inundation of coffee houses and lip-smacking line up of restaurants.
Today, the position at which Seattle stands is outstanding and people keenly look after Seattle for being a part of it. It is no more outshined by California’s two largest metropolises and this fact is clearly visible by the point that Seattle regularly makes it to swanky magazine surveys of “Desirable places to live” and “Attracting migrants across the social and economic spectrum.” These have also opened ways for both positive and negatives i.e. stimulated growth as well as dreadful traffic jams.
The horrendous February 2001 earthquake shuddered the entire Seattle reminding the inhabitants that they are as vulnerable to quakes of Pacific Rim alike the southern counterparts in the Golden State. In spite of the ever-growing expansion, the city’s surroundings remain to be distinct, leaving Seattle with a realistic and pleasant atmosphere. Although the city has tasted success and is filled with enormous wealth, it has to share space with chaos which is visible in the street community of teenage fugitives and homeless people, and the flourishing radical scene that made headlines in the newspapers and television screens with the WTO Trade Conference in 1999, an awful event that witnessed black-attired anarchists rioting amidst peaceful protesters in turtle costumes.
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I was totally zapped reading after the 1st paragraph only! I am in love with this place now.
This has to be the no. 1 city of the world! What a classy way of explaining its history and this is city is more than a century old! wo!
This city was built from scratch! only forest, then woods used for ship building then gradually living started and now one of the place to be to enjoy!
Seriously I am in love with this article rather than this city. Author must have done a very good research on this place.