THE BEST OF BALLARD
Jul 31, 2018
3 minutes
BY MIKE MACEACHERAN
as the city of ground coffee, Bill Gates, and grunge, Seattle’s character is far more complex, particularly when it comes to the neighborhood of Ballard, a 20-minute drive northwest of downtown. Independent-minded Ballard first evolved as a separate city, drawing prospective immigrants to work in its salmon fisheries and lumber mills. What was once a hardscrabble, working-class waterfront area settled by sizeable numbers of Nordic arrivals in the 19th century quickly developed until
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