“I just moved here from Denver because I always wanted to check out Seattle…
I kept hearing about it.
I was a mobility instructor for the blind and the ended up blind in one eye (not related).
This is my personal Starbucks. I like to hang here in the morning and get my caffeine.”
“This is such a great part of town.
Yes, there are lot of homeless, but I’ll take the bad any day.”
“Everyone gave from all over, it was really great.”
Seattle artist Amanda Gallagher Quinn set up the #howseatleriots funding campaign. More here.
“Emerge” was created by Seattle-based artist Jeff Jacobson, aka #Weirdo.
He received two grants from the Alliance of Pioneer Square
and Kickstarter.com to fund the aerosol project.
Standing at approximately 17 feet tall and 120 feet wide,
this piece of art took four weeks to complete.
Take a walk downtown. You can’t miss it.”
“My background is in fine arts and I would love to do a mural project in and for pioneer square.
I think it’s important for a community to feel the importance of ‘place’.”
“Pioneer Square was the heart of the city historically and architecturally…and should be again.”
Stash
“I’m making my money stretch.
I like working with my hands;
I don’t know, there’s some kind of therapy goin’ on here or somethin’
because I feel better when I do it. It’s nice to get out.”
Then he asked me out to lunch, “no strings.”
“Pioneer Square seems really friendly.
There’s a lot of eye contact…but maybe that is because the suns out.”
“I grew up here and there used to be places you could come on the weekends and hang out during the day–like the Elliott Bay Bookstore.
Now, there are like ten rug places.
We need some places to come hang on the weekends in the afternoon, more brunch places.”
“I just travel through Pioneer Square. I’m an international student studying guitar. I hope to continue studies in California.”
“I’m homeless and Pioneer Square is the safest place for me.
I sleep in the door wells over there. It’s quiet.
‘Not like Belltown where all the crackheads are.
They’ll wait till you go to sleep and take you for everything you’ve got.”
“There’s a lot happening in Pioneer Square.
Lots of new businesses and restaraunts-place to go. New development.”
“Lots happening around here, a lot of new development and interest.”
My apologies to this nice gal, I should have taken a second shot.
She had great eyes. Maybe I’ll come across her again.
“It’s run down.”
He didn’t want to be photographed, but he was standing right there.
“How are classes going?”
“Good.”
“When will you be done?”
“Oh, about 4 years or so.”
“What’s your name?”
“You can call me The Weiner Man.”
Seen in Pioneer Square
I mean really, what were the odds?
Baby Seahawk
“Take our picture! Go Hawks!”
People of Pioneer Square 