Central Business District of Seattle
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The Central Business District of Seattle is the city’s primary downtown core, characterized by dense high-rise offices, major retail centers, and key financial, governmental, and cultural institutions.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Seattle central business district | 3 |
| Seattle downtown business district | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
central business district
ⓘ
neighborhood ⓘ urban core ⓘ |
| borders |
Belltown
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Denny Triangle NERFINISHED ⓘ First Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Pioneer Square NERFINISHED ⓘ Waterfront NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Benaroya Hall
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Columbia Center NERFINISHED ⓘ Fifth Avenue Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ King County Courthouse NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Place NERFINISHED ⓘ Pioneer Square (adjacent historic district) NERFINISHED ⓘ Seattle Central Library NERFINISHED ⓘ Seattle City Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Seattle Municipal Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ Seattle bus tunnel stations ⓘ Westlake Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dominantBuildingUse |
commercial office
ⓘ
hospitality ⓘ retail ⓘ |
| hasApproximateEraOfMajorDevelopment | late 19th century onward ⓘ |
| hasBuildingType |
high-rise office towers
ⓘ
skyscrapers ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
cultural institutions
ⓘ
dense high-rise development ⓘ financial institutions ⓘ governmental institutions ⓘ major office concentration ⓘ major retail concentration ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
cultural center
ⓘ
financial center ⓘ government center ⓘ regional employment center ⓘ |
| hasSignificantGrowthPeriod |
late 20th century high-rise boom
ⓘ
post–World War II ⓘ |
| hasStreetGridOrientation | roughly north–south and east–west ⓘ |
| isPrimaryDowntownCoreOf | Seattle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
King County
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ⓘ
Seattle NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington ⓘ
surface form:
Washington (state)
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| partOf | Downtown Seattle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedBy |
King County Metro bus network
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Link light rail NERFINISHED ⓘ Sound Transit Express buses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Seattle downtown business district
this entity surface form:
Seattle central business district
subject surface form:
5th Avenue (Seattle)
this entity surface form:
Seattle central business district
subject surface form:
3rd Avenue (Seattle)
this entity surface form:
Seattle central business district