Pigs on Parade #5

On December 15, 2017December 15, 2017 By Fred KingIn downtown, Nikon D7000, Pike Place Market, portrait, Puget Sound, Seattle, street, street art, Streets, themes, Uncategorized, WashingtonLeave a comment

Pigs on Parade #4

On December 13, 2017December 13, 2017 By Fred KingIn Art, design, Nikon D7000, Pike Place Market, Seattle, Statue, Uncategorized, WashingtonLeave a comment

Pigs on Parade #3

On December 11, 2017December 11, 2017 By Fred KingIn Animal, Art, Nikon D7000, Parade, Pike Place Market, Seattle, Uncategorized, WashingtonLeave a comment

Pigs on Parade #2

On December 10, 2017December 10, 2017 By Fred KingIn Animal, Art, buildings, design, Nikon D7000, Pike Place Market, Seattle, themes, Uncategorized, WashingtonLeave a comment

Pigs on Parade #1

On December 9, 2017 By Fred KingIn Art, Blue Sky, commerce, Humor, Nikon D7000, Pike Place Market, Seattle, Statue, street, street art, Uncategorized, WashingtonLeave a comment

A few years ago the Pike Place Market celebrated its 100th anniversary. One of the more interesting events surrounding this occasion was called Pigs on Parade. Various sculpted pigs were given out to various artists to decorate/paint as they wished. The Pigs would then be placed at various locations in downtown Seattle. I went around one day and photographed as many as I could find in the time frame I had given myself. So, over the next couple of weeks I will be posting those photos. The Golden pig, in this post, was stationed on top of a building in the Market itself.

View from the Pike Place Market

On July 26, 2017 By Fred KingIn Alki Point, Architecture, Blue Sky, boat, buildings, city, Elliott Bay, iPhone 6, Landscape, Mountain, Pike Place Market, Puget Sound, Seattle, sky, street, Streets, summer, Thoughts, Uncategorized, WashingtonLeave a comment

Yesterday, on a Chamber of Commerce weather day, we took our two grandkids to the Pike Place Market to have lunch and to check out the refurbed section of the Market. We traveled by bus from West Seattle; I have to insert that I think comparing NYC Subways and Seattle Metro buses is likely close to happening).

Highlights of the images ( which are all shot on my iPhone, with the aid of a detachable lens are: The Wheel, Mt. Rainier, Elliott Bay, Alki Point in West Seattle and the soon-to-become extinct Viaduct/SR99.

One of the highlights of the outing was viewing and contributing to the new Gum Wall!

Anyway, the foray into downtown Seattle for a few of hours was about all my broken down body could endure. The current Seattle agency in charge of tourism promotion of the city seemed to be doing a bang up job as the Market was jam packed, even for a Tuesday!

Corner Market

On April 16, 2015April 16, 2015 By Fred KingIn Architecture, Blue Sky, buildings, Nikon D7000, Pike Place Market, Seattle1 Comment

Pepper

On March 29, 2015 By Fred KingIn Nikon D80, Pike Place Market, SeattleLeave a comment

Hair Today, Gone…………

On June 20, 2014 By Fred KingIn Blue Sky, Nikon D7000, people, Pike Place Market, SeattleLeave a comment

View From Below

On June 14, 2014 By Fred KingIn Blue Sky, Nikon D7000, Pike Place Market, SeattleLeave a comment

Working at the Market

On June 7, 2014 By Fred KingIn B&W, Nikon D7000, people, Pike Place MarketLeave a comment

Look Up

On June 6, 2014June 6, 2014 By Fred KingIn Blue Sky, Nikon D7000, people, Pike Place Market, SeattleLeave a comment

You can tell the tourist season has descended upon Seattle when the Market is overrun with camera/phone camera bearing humans aiming at the same object. The Alaska Cruise Ships ( currently, a total of 3 ) disgorge their passengers on Fridays for a frenzied weekend of sightseeing and by Sunday afternoon the ships slowly parade, one after another, up Puget Sound and to Alaska. Tour guides with pink umbrellas and stuffed animals.