Today marks the 102nd birthday of the Seattle Public Market, the Pike Place Market if you will. Started back in the days of progressive movement, the market was a win for both farmer and consumer, as it blocked out the commission houses. The commission houses were terrible capitalist middlemen that screwed both farmer and consumer. Strangely, it is the evil commission houses that are the real heroes here, if they have been on the up and up, giving good prices to both farmer and consumer the chances are that the Market is never started and at least not successful enough to warrant several city blocks of buildings for market space. Thus robbing Seattle of its eclectic heart, rendering the city to be indistinguishable when compared to Tacoma or Boise. So tonight in honor of those greedy jerks that unwittingly gave Seattle it's heart and soul, and not to mention really good donuts, pictures of the market.
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