Jerri Lane
Vice President, Seattle’s CVB
What are three of the most interesting neighborhoods for attendees to explore in Seattle?
- Downtown Seattle is a great neighborhood to explore if you just have a small amount of time. If shopping is what you enjoy, downtown Seattle offers boutiques, the flagship Nordstrom store and two malls just blocks from each other. If you’re hungry, there are world-class restaurants all around, ranging in cuisine from steak to seafood. Downtown Seattle is also home to Pike Place Market, one of Seattle’s most popular attractions. There you can buy some flowers for your hotel room, some fresh fruit to snack on, a gift to remember your stay or a fresh salmon that you can have shipped back home.
- Fremont is a fun and funky neighborhood located just north of downtown Seattle. The neighborhood is known for its public art, including a 16-foot bronze statue of Lenin as well as Waiting for the Interurban, a statue of six people and one dog that Seattle residents dress up for every reason from birthdays to political statements. Fremont has an eclectic mix of restaurants and bars and an equally eclectic mix of shopping, including great boutiques and second-hand stores. During the spring, summer and fall, a Sunday Farmer’s Market is where you will find residents and visitors alike.
- The lower Queen Anne neighborhood is where you’ll find the Seattle Center, home of the 1962 World’s Fair. The Seattle Center has different attractions that can fill up a day. It is home to Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame, a music museum and science fiction museum co-located in the same building. If you like the performing arts, you’ll enjoy a trip to Marion Oliver McCaw Hall to see the Seattle Opera or the Pacific Northwest Ballet perform. And perhaps one of the most famous attractions to call the Seattle Center home is the Space Needle.