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Seattle
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A little further
along was a panoramic view of south Seattle. Qwest Field is the home
of the Seattle Seahawks football team. In the background can be seen
large cranes. |
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| Nearby is Safeco
Field with its retractable roof, home of Seattle's baseball team, the
Seattle Mariners. |
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| Looking northward
at the city skyline, you can see the small white tower on the left, the
Smith Tower which used be the tallest building west of the Mississippi.
The largest black tower is the Columbia Center. |
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| Nearby
is the Jose
Rizal Park, built in honor of a Filipino patriot who made lasting
contributions to medicine, political and social reform, engineering and
a large number of other disciplines. |
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a short distance away is yet another park, a Japanese Stroll Garden named
Katie
Black's Garden. It is said that in 1913 Frank D. Black offered his
wife, Kate Gilmore Black, a "Grand Tour" of Europe. But Kate
replied that she would much prefer a grand Japanese garden instead. |
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| Our
last stop was the Pioneer
Square Area in downtown Seattle. On one corner of the square is the
beautiful little Waterfall Garden Park, birthplace of UPS. |
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| A
22 foot waterfall cascades down rocks with a burbling sound. |
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| There
are several levels of seating, and the area is very popular at lunchtime,
and with shoppers who need a break. |
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