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Location Information:
Seattle is the northernmost major
city in the United States, and the
largest city in the state of
Washington. A seaport situated on an
isthmus between Puget Sound (an arm
of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake
Washington, about 100 miles (160 km)
south of the Canada - United States
border
The
Space Needle, dating from the
Century 21 Exposition (1962), is
Seattle's most recognizable
landmark, having been featured in
the logo of the television show
Frasier and the backgrounds of the
television series Dark Angel, Grey's
Anatomy and iCarly, and films such
as It Happened at the World's Fair
and Sleepless in Seattle. The
fairgrounds surrounding the Needle
have been converted into Seattle
Center, which remains the site of
many local civic and cultural
events, such as Bumbershoot,
Folklife, and the Bite of Seattle.
Seattle Center plays multiple roles
in the city, ranging from a public
fair ground to a civic center,
though recent economic losses have
called its viability and future into
question. The Seattle Center
Monorail was also constructed for
Century 21 and still runs from
Seattle Center to Westlake Center, a
downtown shopping mall, a little
over a mile to the southeast.
The Smith Tower was the tallest
building on the West Coast from its
completion in 1914 until the Space
Needle overtook it in 1962. The late
1980s saw the construction of
Seattle's two tallest skyscrapers:
the 76 story Columbia Center
(completed 1985) is the tallest
building in the Pacific Northwest
and the fourth tallest building west
of the Mississippi River; the
Washington Mutual Tower (completed
1988) is Seattle's second tallest
building. Other notable Seattle
landmarks include Pike Place Market,
the Fremont Troll, the Experience
Music Project and Science Fiction
Museum and Hall of Fame (at Seattle
Center), and the Seattle Central
Library.
Starbucks has been at Pike Place
Market since the coffee company was
founded there in 1971. The first
store is still operating a block
south of its original location. The
National Register of Historic Places
has over 150 Seattle listings. The
city also designates its own
landmarks
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