The First Starbucks Isn't Where It Started

The Original Starbucks, Seattle

2 min story9-stop walk

The story

You're on Pike Place, the brick street that runs along the market, and the narrow storefront with the line out the door is the one people cross oceans to see: the Original Starbucks, at 1912 Pike Place.

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Victor Steinbrueck Park
The Lookout He Couldn't Save TwicePhoto: Wknight94, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
2You're here
The Original Starbucks
The First Starbucks Isn't Where It StartedPhoto: John Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
3
Pike Place Market
The Day the Middleman LostPhoto: photographed by wac at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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The Gum Wall
The Wall the Market Tried to ScrubPhoto: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Pioneer Building and the Pergola
The Building That Was Waiting for StonePhoto: Msuner, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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The Seattle Underground
The Sidewalks Beneath Your FeetPhoto: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Smith Tower
The Son Who Wanted It TallerPhoto: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
8
Occidental Park
A Picnic That Became Seattle PridePhoto: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Klondike Gold Rush Museum
A Ton of Gold, a Ton of GroceriesPhoto: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

Written from public sources, every claim checked against them, narrated by a synthetic voice.

The story

The rest unlocks with the walk

Part of Seattle Walking Tour

Victor Steinbrueck Park

The Original Starbucks

Pike Place Market

The Gum Wall

Pioneer Building and the Pergola

The Seattle Underground

Smith Tower

Occidental Park

Klondike Gold Rush Museum