50th Anniversary of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair

[takncarabizniz]

Having lived here only slightly more than 20 years, learning about this incredible venue has been delightful.
 
I watched an entire PBS program on the history of the World's Fair and have been reading all the great stories about the hype and hoopla that came w/ introducing Seattle to world, which was virtually unknown before that time...
 
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Words-Fair-Bubbleator--148215955.html
 
 
http://kcts9.org/when-seattle-invented-future-1962-worlds-fair
 
 
And they just repainted the top of the Space Needle in its original "Galaxy Gold"...
 
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/ccnXHrVYPSw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/ccnXHrVYPSw</a>

[takncarabizniz]

Very cool...
 
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/flatpages/living/worldsfair50thanniversary.html

[emilyB]

That's cool.  We're taking a short trip to Seattle in a couple of weeks - thought it would be fun to celebrate an anniversary there.  If you have any pointers on what's going on let me know - we'll only be there for a couple of days and it's been a while.  I like to go to the Pike Place Market and also there's a pub around there that has good food.

[sunshine]

I think of Columbine on this day.  But Happy 50th World's fair.

[takncarabizniz]

So much to do, so little time.  You have to be careful, Seattle has changed a lot of its parking regulations, and they'll catch ya and ticket ya heavy.
 
The PP market is great as is the waterfront shops, but the construction along the waterfront is daunting right now so parking around PP has become quite clogged.
 
If you haven't ever seen the Olympic Sculpture park, that would be a great stop, it's also downtown on Western Ave.
 
The SAM has a Gauguin exhibit through the end of April too.
 
Have you ever been on an Argosy cruise?  And I highly recommend the Tillicum Village tour and dinner...
 
 
 

[mudslinger]

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/fT-Q-BbDaHs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/fT-Q-BbDaHs</a>  HERE IS SOMETHING WAY COOLER, THIS GAL HAS ABSOLUTELY NO TALENT AT ALL. LMAO

[emilyB]

Thanks takn - I'm going to make notes on those suggestions.  It's good to know about the parking around Pike's Peak.  We haven't booked a hotel yet so I'll keep in mnd the location for walking!  Our experiences of Seattle were when we camped all around the Olympic Peninsula and then took a ferry across to Seattle to explore for the day............other than driving straight to the docks from where we live now to take a cruise.

[takncarabizniz]

My son just spent 4 days living at the Paramount...gorgeous room in a top notch hotel...it's down by the convention center, but close to all the major shopping and two of the best steak houses in the region, though they're expensive, Morton's and Ruth's Chris and you're even within walking distance of Benihana-the Japanese place which is an experience within itself...but you are also within a few blocks of Westlake center and could catch the monorail over to the Seattle Center and from there, it's a straight shot down the hill to the waterfront...though it's pretty hilly...
 
I wish I knew about more of the hotels in Seattle...the only two we've ever been to are the Paramount and the Camlin...both really, really nice.