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This walk connects easily to five other walks. It crosses ssss1 at several points, starts and ends two blocks northeast of ssss1, and crosses ssss1 at 1st Ave. At 1st and Marion you’re three blocks northwest of ssss1. At 6th and Seneca you’re two blocks southeast of ssss1.

POINTS OF INTEREST

Harbor Steps harborsteps.com, Western Ave. and University St.

Seattle Art Museum seattleartmuseum.org, 1300 1st Ave., 206-654-3100

Seattle Tower 1218 3rd Ave.

Rainier Square rainier-square.com, 4th Ave. and University St.

ACT Theatre acttheatre.org, 700 Union St., 206-292-7676

Freeway Park seattle.gov/parks, 700 Seneca St.

Plymouth Church Seattle plymouthchurchseattle.org, 1217 6th Ave., 206-622-4865

Seattle Central Library spl.org, 1000 4th Ave., 206-386-4636

Safeco Plaza safeco.com, 1001 4th Ave.

Colman Building 811 1st Ave.

Eagles Auditorium

ROUTE SUMMARY

1. Start at Western Ave. and University St. Climb the outdoor stairs, or take the elevator, to 1st Ave. 2. Cross 1st at University. Take the steps outside the Seattle Art Museum to 2nd Ave. 3. Cross kitty-corner at 2nd and University to the 1201 Third Avenue Building. Take the escalator to, then exit through, the 3rd Ave. lobby. 4. Cross 3rd and enter the Seattle Tower lobby. Take the elevators to the fifth floor. Take a right and leave through the skybridge to the Financial Center. Descend that building’s plaza stairs. 5. Cross kitty-corner at 4th and University. Take the south entrance into Rainier Square; turn right at the signs for the pedestrian concourse. Take this passageway to its end. 6. Take the escalator up to Two Union Square’s food court. Walk toward a small fireplace, then take a left and a right to another escalator. Take it up into the building’s upper plaza level. Walk ahead to a pedestrian skybridge. 7. Take the path to the Convention Center’s second floor. 8. Take the escalator or elevator to the fourth floor; exit the exterior doors to your east into Freeway Park. 9. Zigzag through Freeway Park to the outdoor plaza at 6th Ave. and Seneca St. Cross kitty-corner. 10. Go southeast on 6th one block. 11. Turn southwest on Spring St. to 5th Ave. and enter the Central Library. Take the escalator down and exit at 4th Ave. 12. Cross 4th Ave. at Madison St. Enter Safeco Plaza. Take the elevators or escalators down, then exit onto 3rd Ave. 13. Cross kitty-corner at 3rd and Madison. Walk through the Wells Fargo Center lobby; take an outdoor escalator to 2nd and Marion St. 14. Cross kitty-corner to the Exchange Building. Take its elevators to, and exit through, its 1st Ave. level. 15. Cross 1st at Marion. Walk on Marion back to Western, or take a skybridge to the ferry terminal.

Entryway of Exchange Building