Pike Place Market opens in Seattle 110 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 17 1907)


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(Saturday, August 17, 1907)Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened today as City Council President Charles Hiram Burnett Jr., filling in for the elected mayor as acting mayor of Seattle, declared the day Public Market Day and cut the ribbon.