MarketFront
Plaza on west side of MarketFront, 2019
General information
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. 2022-07-08. Archived from the original on 2022-11-06. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  2. ↑ Trimbath, Tom (2017-02-07). "Pike Place Market announces MarketFront Grand Opening". Curbed Seattle. Archived from the original on 2022-11-06. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  3. ↑ Lacitis, Erik (2017-06-26). "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 2022-11-06. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  4. ↑ Hill, Megan (2017-06-29). "Grab Free Samples as Pike Place Market's Expansion Debuts Today". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2022-11-06. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  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 (2016-12-16). "Billie the Piggybank moves to new location at Pike Place Market". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 2022-11-06. Retrieved 2022-11-06.

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