MarketFront

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MarketFront
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Plaza on west side of MarketFront, 2019
MarketFront
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Completed2017
Opened2017

The MarketFront is an addition to Seattle's Pike Place Market. [1] Designed by Miller Hull Partnership, [2] The $74 million expansion was unveiled in 2017. [3] A grand opening was held on June 29. [4] The MarketFront occupies the former site of the Municipal Market, demolished in 1974. [5]

Billie the Piggybank, a 700-pound statue of a pig, was moved to the MarketFront development in late 2016. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "The Buzzy New Projects Inside Pike Place Market's Makeover". Seattle Magazine. July 8, 2022. Archived from the original on November 6, 2022. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  2. ↑ Trimbath, Tom (February 7, 2017). "Pike Place Market announces MarketFront Grand Opening". Curbed Seattle. Archived from the original on November 6, 2022. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  3. ↑ Lacitis, Erik (June 26, 2017). "Check out the Pike Place Market's $74M addition: See 360-degree views of the new MarketFront". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on November 6, 2022. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  4. ↑ Hill, Megan (June 29, 2017). "Grab Free Samples as Pike Place Market's Expansion Debuts Today". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on November 6, 2022. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  5. ↑ Garnick, Coral (June 26, 2017). "Sneak peek: Pike Place Market expansion officially opens Thursday". Puget Sound Business Journal. Archived from the original on July 3, 2017. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  6. ↑ Andrews, Johnny (December 16, 2016). "Billie the Piggybank moves to new location at Pike Place Market". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on November 6, 2022. Retrieved November 6, 2022.

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