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The market was created in 1907 when city councilman Thomas P. Revelle took advantage of the precedent of an 1896 Seattle city ordinance that allowed the city to designate tracts of land as public markets [12] and designated a portion of the area of Western Avenue above the Elliott Bay tideflats off Pike Street and First Avenue. [13]
The hotel was renamed the Mayflower Park Hotel in 1974, after it was bought for $1.1 million by a limited partnership that gave control to Marie and Birney Dempcy. The hotel had been in foreclosure and was in need of repairs, necessitating an extensive renovation. [5] [7] The hotel currently has 160 rooms, [1] and six meeting and banquet rooms. [8]
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Pike Place Market is a public market in Seattle, Washington founded in 1907. [1] Throughout its history, in spite of various challenges brought about by changing ordinances and planning initiatives, it has operated without major interruptions, making it one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the United States.
The building of the Camlin Hotel was sponsored by Adolph Linden and Edmund W. Campbell, the President and Vice-President/Secretary of the Puget Sound Savings & Loan. However, in May, 1926, the month of the hotel's opening, a bank employee had noticed some questionable withdrawals, and had brought them to the attention of the bank's board.
Post Alley is a short street in Seattle. The northern end of the street runs under and through Pike Place Market.The alley is mostly paved with bricks. [1] It was called "Seattle's best-known alley for its pedestrian environment and abutting shops and restaurants" out of all 425 alleys in the city, [2] and has been described as having a "European feel".
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