title: Soul of the City: The Pike Place Public Market
author:  Alice Shorett 
description: "Punctuated by pictures and individualized anecdotes, <i>Soul of the City</i> is less a scholarly work than a loving portraita good, quick reference for those interested in the market. It captures both the history and the atmosphere of a clearly beloved city and place."<i>Gastronomica</i>
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  # Title Page
  
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  # [Copyright Notice](toc01.html)
  
  
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  # Dedication
  
  
  For Darren and Mox
  
  
  _Everything that broke me brought me here_
  
  
  _and I would do it all again_
  
  
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  For Lori Cossetto
  
  
  _I couldn’t have gotten through it without you_
  
  
  _and I am forever grateful_
  
  
  
  
  
  # [Chapter 1](toc01.html)
  
  
  Pike Place Market is a tourist trap on a regular day. Combine it with last-
  minute holiday shopping and an extremely mild, sunny weekend—almost unheard of
  in December—and you were in the busiest nine acres on a Saturday afternoon in
  Seattle.
  
  
  Sebastian’s jacket is shoved into one of Marin’s shop