Seattle’s Pike Place Market opened 117 years ago today

It's an icon in Seattle. The Pike Place Market, known for its flowers, food, and art, turns 117 years old today. opened with about eight farmers selling produce from their wagons and carts on August 17, 1907. The farmers would sell out and the Market was born., the Pike Place Market started in response to the dishonest actions of many commission houses in downtown Seattle, who would sell the farmer’s products at a massive markup, and pay the farmers a much lower price.

On Aug. 17, the city set up an area for farmers to set up their wagons and proclaimed it as “Market Day.”

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