More bad luck happened when there was an earthquake in 1948 that caused a lot of structural damage to buildings in Pioneer Square. Then in the late 1950s the Central Association of Seattle was created to upgrade the city's image and infrastructure, and the Seattle Center was built in 1962 for the World's Fair. In the late 1960s, the clean-up of Pioneer Square began, as buildings were renovated and artists, architects, interior designers who "liked the aesthetics of the old buildings" (Morley, 75) - along with young professionals who prized the proximity to downtown - began moving in.
By 1975, about $10 million ($8 million from private investors) had gone into Pioneer Square's redevelopment, but prior to that, there had been a political battle overcome before Pioneer Square could become the wonderful venue it is now; urban sprawl and shopping centers had taken precedence over historic preservation and the King Dome sports facility had sucked a lot of money and energy away from historic consciousness. Indeed, there was a battle over whether or not to preserve the venerable and unique "Pike Place Market," where tourists love to watch fish being offloaded from fishing boats and fresh produce being displayed in abundance. But on Nov. 2, 1971, voters passed Initiative 1, and the market was preserved. The market "succeeded in providing Seattle with a civic identity," Morley summarized on page 126. Along with the Space Needle and Mount Rainier, "images of the Pike Place Market have become synonymous with Seattle," Morley asserted (Morley, 126).
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