Pike Place Market (1907)
Seattle's Pike Place Market opened in 1907 as a public market where farmers sold directly to shoppers, bypassing middlemen. It grew into a dense cluster of small independent stalls and shops.
It quickly became a civic anchor and drew more vendors and shoppers than expected.
Over a century later it still operates as a public market with dozens of small vendors.
A market built on many small independent stalls shows how individual vendors layer into a lasting destination — the model Woodbine is repeating at a smaller scale.
