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By 1853, Henry Yesler's steam-powered sawmill was processing and exporting timber from the densely forested hillsides. Called Djicjila'letc, 'little crossing over place,' by friendly Duwamish Indians, it was near the heart of their ancient homeland. In 1852, a group of settlers who had spent the winter on Alki Beach relocated to the east side of Elliott Bay and chose the only flat area along the shoreline for the first settlement in downtown Seattle, Pioneer Square. It reveals that Pioneer Square has always been a barometer of Seattle's health and an incubator for trends that characterize the city today.

In 1971, the City of Seattle created the thirty-block Pioneer Square Historic District, the first designated landmark district in the city. Architects, gallery owners, activists, and many others recognized that Pioneer Square was not only a place of beautiful buildings, but a place of spirit as well. From the late 1950s the neighborhood became a battleground between advocates of urban renewal and those who envisioned a restored district of handsome buildings, outdoor cafes, and an easy mingling of artists, merchants, and the down-and-out. The term later entered the national vernacular as a synonym for urban slum. As Pioneer Square deteriorated, a local minister dubbed it Skid Road, applying the name of the mill logslide (now Yesler Way) to people on the skids.

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