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About
SoDo
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SoDo
is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, that makes up part of the
city's Industrial District. It is bounded on the north by South King
Street, beyond which is Pioneer Square; on the south by South
Spokane Street, beyond which is more of the Industrial District; on
the west by the Duwamish Waterway, across which is West Seattle; and
on the east by the Metro Busway, beyond which is the International
District and the rest of the Industrial District.
SoDo was
originally named for being located South of the (King)Dome, but
since the stadium's demolition in 2000, the name has usually been
explained as meaning South of Downtown, and extends a bit further
north to include the stadium's former footprint. The name also
deliberately echoes SoHo in New York City, where, during the 1970s,
cheap spaces vacated by departing factories were converted by
artists into lofts and studios; SoDo has undergone a similar process
but has not experienced much of the gentrification experienced by
its putative model.
SoDo is
home to Safeco Field, where the Seattle Mariners play Major League
baseball, and to Qwest Field, built where the Kingdome once stood,
where the Seattle Seahawks play NFL football.
Some of
SoDo's warehouse buildings remain in their original use; others have
been carved up for artists' lofts, art galleries, and an assortment
of other businesses. One building directly across from Safeco Field
houses Pyramid Breweries, Inc. downstairs and a variety of small
offices upstairs. As one travels further south along 1st Avenue
South, these conversions peter out, and light manufacturing,
warehouses, and warehouse-style retail stores predominate. Starbucks
world headquarters is housed in a converted Sears building at 1st
Avenue South and South Lander Street.
SoDo's
main thoroughfares are 1st and 4th Avenues South and Alaskan Way
South (north- and south-bound) and South Lander and Holgate Streets
and South Royal Brougham Way (east- and west-bound).
Information
provided by:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoDo,_Seattle,_Washington
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