– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Emerald City Guitars Shop Front Just around the corner from Pioneer Square and the Pagoda that we visited in the last post is another famous Seattle landmark, especially if you are in to antique guitars. Since Emerald City Guitars on South Washington Street was established in 1996 it has become a nationally...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Pioneer Square Pergola The Pioneer Square neighborhood in the southwest corner of Downtown Seattle was once the heart of the city. The city’s Seattle’s founders settled there in 1852. The early structures in the neighborhood were mostly wooden, and nearly all burned in the Great Seattle Fire of 1889....
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Chittenden Locks The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks are on the Lake Washington Ship Canal which links Lake Washington, Lake Union and Salmon Bay with the Puget Sound. They are located just a few miles west of the Fishermen’s Terminal we visited last week. Following the failure of several private canal...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Barbados Lighthouses The island of Barbados, located in the Atlantic to the east of the other islands of the Lesser Antilles, has four historic lighthouses. Three are listed as active, although there are reports that they are not always in service. All four are endangered by neglect and are much in need of...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Meadowlark Botanical Garden Tulips Spring is officially here as determined by both the astrological and meteorological calendars. Try telling that to the weather! The famous Cherry Blossom Festival has begun in Washington DC but nobody thought to consult with the trees themselves. Due to the prolonged cold the...
Learn More– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Fishermens Terminal Seattle Fishermens Terminal is located on Salmon Bay in the Interbay neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, east of the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks and immediately west of the Ballard Bridge (seen in the background of the image above). Operated by the Port of Seattle, it is home to the Pacific...
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