Capitol Hill

Counter-Culture Hotbed of People Watching

Description

One of Seattle's oldest and most prestigious neighborhoods, Capitol Hill is also the center of the city's gay life and home to disaffected young hipsters sporting tattoos and piercings. In short, this is a wildly mixed neighborhood. Pubs and cafes are ubiquitous and make good vantage points for people-watching. A counterculture oasis, there are probably more nose rings, tattoos, and poetry readings on Capitol Hill's Broadway St than anywhere else in the Pacific Northwest. Both trendy young students and urban homeless street kids share the sidewalks and cafe tables. East of Broadway, on 15th Ave, you'll find a more subdued commercial area that serves some of the city's wealthiest residents, who live in the grand old mansions that line the lovely treed streets.