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Downtown is a standard American amalgam of boxy skyscrapers and brand-name
shopping opportunities that's given welcome oomph by Pike Place Market, the city's
number-one must-see. The waterfront, blemished since the 1950s by the soon-to-be-de-
molished Alaskan Way Viaduct, is undergoing a slow regeneration.
Pioneer Square & International District
Seattle's birthplace retains the grit of its 'Skid Row' roots with historic redbrick archi-
tecture and rambunctious street life. The ID is a scruffy quarter known for its dim sum
restaurants and Little Saigon.
Belltown & Seattle Center
Where industry once fumed, glassy condos now rise in the thin, walkable strip of Bell-
town. The neighborhood gained a reputation for trendsetting nightlife (read: grunge) in
the 1990s, but these days it's more renowned for its 100-plus restaurants. The adjacent
Seattle Center's frequent makeovers have kept it vital and relevant.
Queen Anne & Lake Union
Salubrious Queen Anne hoards old money in beautiful fin-de-siècle mansions. Lake
Union's southern shores are changing more quickly than the fresh-faced influx of tech-
ies can tweet about them, with celebrity chefs, a traffic-lightening streetcar and the
sprawling new Amazon offices.
Capitol Hill & First Hill
Capitol Hillers congregate in cafes to drink fair-trade coffee while trying to work out
how to keep their neighborhood edgy in the face of gentrification. But this is still
Seattle's best quarter for a spontaneous night out, a locavore lunch or an evening drag
show. More straitlaced First Hill is home to an art museum and multiple hospitals.
The CD, Madrona & Madison Park
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