The pike place market is probably one of the most famous attractions in Seattle. You probably have read it from some English textbooks or seen it from movies. It is not hard to find it. If you walk on Denny from Queen Anne to Downtown, when you see more and more people coming out or going in , that means you are probably very close to the market. It is a traditional place. It is a personal place. Crafts are handmade. Signs are hand written. Restaurants are family owned. Produces are sold by farmers. Fishmongers are entertaining. When they skillfully process the fish, fly it, and sing together, fishselling is turned into an art.
It is not easy to remain personal in such a industrialized and impersonal society today. For its survival, we need to thank this pig Rachel, a sculpture designed by a local artist, working as a piggy bank to collect donations and raise money for low income people and communiy service for the market.
It can be very easily spotted in popular areas around the city. This year, being both the Market’s centennial and the Chinese Year of the Golden Pig, there is also Pigs on Parade. What a fun idea!
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