Seattle’s Belltown

When most of Seattle’s original founders settled at today’s Pioneer Square, William Bell set up his own neighborhood a couple of miles up the waterfront. Bell’s Town grew in the early 20th century, when Seattle leveled the adjacent Denny Hill, and the newly flat regrade became a low-rent district of bars, hotels, and industry. In recent decades, Belltown has become a fast growing urban neighborhood with upscale condominium towers and fashionable restaurants.