Pikes Place Market Turns 100 The Market is more than the produce, its the experience

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Pikes Place Market Turns 100The Market is more
than the produce, its the experience
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How did the Market Come About?

• 1907 City dwellers were outraged at sky rocketing
  prices of produce
• August 17, 1907, eight farmers brought their
  porduce to the Seattle boadwalk of First and Pike
  St

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Who was and is the Audience?

• Seattle residents
• City dwellers
• Low income housing
• Tourists

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What Significant Signs were Created?

• Rachel
• Neon Clock
• Diversity
• Multiculturalism
• Income brackets
• Tourism vs. Local

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Where is the Emphasis?

• Tradition
• City Unity
• Soul of the city
• Why is this emphasized?

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What is Missing?

• Commemoration vs. Authenticity
• "We are a preservation organization, but the
  Market is not a museum,"

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From the ReadingsZerubavel

• Social effects
• Remembering is regulated
• Mnemonic Communities
• Mnemonic Transivity
• Defining the beginning

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Questions?Comments?