Seattle

Seattle is the largest city in Washington State, situated between Puget Sound and Lake Washington. It is a regional center for technology, trade, culture, and higher education.

Puget Sound: An inlet of the Pacific Ocean in northwestern Washington, bordered by the Olympic and Cascade ranges. Seattle occupies Puget Sound's eastern shore, where waterways shaped settlement and trade.
Denny Party: A group of settlers who arrived at Alki Point in 1851 and helped establish the settlement that became Seattle. Their arrival marks the beginning of the city's settler-colonial history.
Boeing: An American aerospace company founded in Seattle in 1916 and later headquartered elsewhere. Its early growth made aircraft manufacturing a defining part of Seattle's industrial history.
Space Needle: A 184-meter observation tower built for Seattle's 1962 World's Fair. It became Seattle's best-known landmark and an emblem of its postwar civic ambitions.
Seattle housing affordability crisis: A shortage of housing affordable to many Seattle residents, driven by high costs and uneven housing supply. Technology-sector growth and limited housing have intensified displacement and affordability pressures.
Lake Washington: A large freshwater lake east of Seattle, connected to Puget Sound by the Lake Washington Ship Canal. Its shoreline defines Seattle's eastern edge and links the city to the regional waterway system.
Chief Seattle: A Suquamish and Duwamish leader whose name became the name of the city of Seattle. The city's name honors a leader whose people faced profound land loss as the settlement expanded.
Amazon: An American technology and retail company founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994. Amazon's headquarters and workforce have reshaped Seattle's economy and urban development.
Pike Place Market: A public market in Seattle established in 1907, overlooking Elliott Bay. The market reflects the city's longstanding connection between waterfront trade and neighborhood life.
Gentrification: The transformation of a lower-income urban area through investment and an influx of wealthier residents, often displacing existing communities. Seattle's neighborhood change has raised disputes about displacement, development, and who benefits from growth.

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