Yesler Terrace, the International District and North Beacon Hill

A doctor's appointment took me downtown today so I decided to walk over to the area between Yesler and I-90 east of I-5. It was not easy to cross Rainier Avenue in this area so I walked the streets on its west side. My 9 mile walk included all the downtown streets I walked to and from the bus tunnel.

South of Dearborn, this area is industrial; I noted the Recycling Depot and Glassworks on Rainier and Color Graphics tucked right up against I-90. The east side of Rainier looked to be much more residential.

I walked the 12th Avenue overpass to the PacMed (old VA/old Amazon) building

then turned around and got great views of the stadiums and the downtown skyline on the way back.

The underside of I-90 along Rainier is nicely landscaped.

The Darigold Building is among the nicest along this stretch of Rainier (the sign on the top reads Since 1918).

Goodwill Industries takes up a few blocks on the north side of Dearborn and I couldn't resist stopping into their retail store.

The area between Weller and Main has lots of Asian restaurants and markets (Lam's was quite busy - so was the Hau Hau Market) and a few signs welcomed me to Little Saigon.

This area is home to Leschi Center (American Indian Center),

the Nichiren Buddhist Church,

the Chinese Southern Baptist Mission and, almost attached to it, the Asian Counseling and Referral Service Food Bank (distributing food for Asian and Pacific Islander diets),

as well as NVC (Nisei Veteran's Committee) Memorial Hall,

Pacific Rim Center, Viet Wah (Vietnamese Supermarket), MC Machinery, ICHS (International Community Health Services), 7 Point Studios and Central Bark (dog boarding). The area abuts Yesler Terrace (pictured in a prior post).

Everywhere I walked, I noted Seahawks support;

one billboard was even devoted to the fans.

Along the way, I spotted a Wonder Bread sign atop an apartment house,

a mural along Dearborn,

brightly painted posts under I-5 at King and Jackson.

parking under I-5 at Jackson,

Linc's Fishing and Tackle store,

trolly tracks along Boren, Yesler and Jackson (I wonder if my ORCA card will work on these lines), the playground for Bailey Gatzert Elementary School

and philosophical writings.

This was quite a varied walk and I'm looking forward to exploring the east side of Rainier.