Pike Place Market neon sign

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The Public Market Center neon sign and the round clock beneath it were installed in 1937 at the corner of Pike Street and Pike Place in downtown Seattle, projecting from the Stewart House building above the Main Arcade. The market itself opened thirty years earlier, on August 17, 1907.

The main horizontal sign reads Public Market Center, with Pike Place Market spelled out in smaller letters beneath. A round clock hangs below the main sign and faces both Pike Street and First Avenue. The whole assembly is built from red glass tubing filled with neon gas on a painted steel frame.

The Public Market Center clock was installed at the same time as the neon sign above it, in 1937, and has been keeping time at the corner for nearly nine decades. It has two faces, one toward Pike Street and one toward First Avenue, and is maintained as part of the protected fabric of the historic district.

Yes, the assembly is the original 1937 installation, with its neon tubing repaired by hand when individual tubes fail. Replacement tubing is bent by traditional sign shops to match the original pattern. The sign and clock are protected as part of the Pike Place Market Historical District, designated in 1971.

From the median of First Avenue at Pike Street, looking northwest across the intersection toward the corner of the Stewart House building. The neon sits above the Main Arcade roofline, with Elliott Bay falling away to the west. The blue hour around sunset and the wet small hours give the most-recognised images.

The Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority, the public corporation chartered by Seattle voters in 1971 to operate the historic district, maintains the sign and clock as part of the protected fabric of the buildings. The Public Market Center neon is treated as a contributing feature of the district.

The corner under the sign is the most-photographed spot in Seattle. The Public Market Center neon has hung above the same corner since 1937 and has become the postcard image of the city, the visual shorthand for Pike Place Market and for Seattle itself in travel writing, magazine covers, and family albums.

It has been a meaningful gift for many of our customers with Seattle in their photographs. The Public Market Center sign is the image of the city that travels in postcards, magazine covers, and family albums. Lit since 1937, it stands at the most-photographed corner in Seattle. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio carries well.

The piece reads as urban-loft Industrial, neon-and-brick American Mid-century, and Pacific Northwest cabin. The palette of red neon, wet asphalt, and Seattle blue hour sits well next to exposed brick, reclaimed timber, brushed brass, and dark wood. It also pairs with a more graphic Mid-century interior in walnut and wool.

Yes. Current urban interior direction favours art that names a specific neon or known corner over a generic skyline. The Public Market Center sign is among the most recognised neon landmarks in North America, and the red-on-blue-hour palette pairs with the brick, timber, and brushed metal typical of the style.

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