Capitol Hill & First Hill - Seattle - page 237

lish tree-lined streets such as 14th Ave (aka Millionaires Row). Gawp at the opulence
as you make your way up to Capitol Hill's peak, Volunteer Park, home to the Asian Art
Museum, a conservatory and a water tower.
More genteel First Hill is best accessed from the bottom of Pike-Pine.
Local Life
» Espresso Vivace at Brix Check out next month's fashion and the latest in facial
hair at hipster-ville's (and possibly Seattle's), best coffee roasters.
» Cal Anderson Park On warm summer evenings this is the place to come to watch
bike polo, office-versus-office baseball games and tattooed bodies picking up a tan.
Getting There & Away
» Bus Metro bus 43 travels between downtown and the U District via Capitol Hill. Bus
10 goes to downtown (Pine and 5th); bus 8 goes to the Seattle Center. To reach First
Hill, catch bus 2 on the western side of 3rd Ave downtown and get off at the Swedish
Medical Center.
» Streetcar A new line is coming in 2014, from Pioneer Square up through First Hill
to Broadway in Capitol Hill.
» Walk Capitol Hill can be reached from downtown by walking up E Pine St.