Pioneer Square-International District

Pioneer Square is 's oldest neighborhood, showcasing a wealth of art galleries, bookstores, antique shops, cool restaurants, and buzzing nightclubs within easy walking distance of Downtown.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: neighborhood in the southwest corner of downtown Seattle, Washington, USA
  • Also known as: Pioneer Place”, “Pioneer Square”, “Pioneer Square–Skid Road Historic District”, and “Pioneer Square, Seattle

Places of Interest

Highlights include Seattle Central Library and King Street Station.

Library
The is the flagship library of the Seattle Public Library system. The 11-story glass and steel in the of , was opened to the public on May 23, 2004.

Railway station
is a train station in , , United States. It is served by Amtrak's Cascades, Coast Starlight, and Empire Builder, as well as Sounder commuter trains run by Sound Transit.

Museum
The is an art museum located in , , United States. The museum operates three major facilities: its main museum in ; the in , Capitol Hill; and Olympic Sculpture Park on the central Seattle waterfront, which opened in 2007.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Seattle and Sodo-Georgetown.

Packed between Elliott Bay and the hilly neighborhoods to the east, Downtown unsurprisingly contains the city's bustling financial and retail district.

's SoDo used to be called "South of the Dome", referring to the now-demolished Kingdome stadium; to keep some sense in the name, it is explained now as "South of Downtown".

Suburb
The Chinatown–International District is a neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. It is the center of the city's Asian American community. Within the district are the three neighborhoods known as Chinatown, Japantown and Little Saigon, named for the concentration of businesses owned by people of Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese descent, respectively.

Pioneer Square-International District

Latitude
47.59778° or 47° 35′ 52″ north
Longitude
-122.33407° or 122° 20′ 3″ west
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
Open location code
84VVHMX8+49
Geo­Names ID
11778205
Wiki­data ID
Q3388921
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Pioneer Square-International District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بايونير سكوير
  • Chinese: 先驅廣場
  • Chinese: 拓荒者广场
  • Dutch: Pioneer Square
  • French: Pioneer Square
  • Hebrew: סיאטל/כיכר פיוניר-המחוז הבינלאומי
  • Japanese: パイオニア・スクエア
  • Japanese: パイオニア・ストリート
  • Russian: Пайонир-сквер (Сиэтл)
  • Russian: Пайонир-сквер
  • Turkish: Pioneer Square

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