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Pioneer Square
A snapshot profile of the Pioneer Square neighborhood, gleaned from city, Pioneer Square Community Development Organization and 1990 U.S. Census records:

The numbers

Square miles: .22

Population: 1,485

Median income: $23,750

Median condo value: $205,769

Median apartment rent: $295

Parks: 3

Housing units: 635

Number of businesses: 500

The people

Racial breakdown

Median age: 41

Enrolled in public school (K-12): 12

Completed four-year college or higher: 14 percent

Below poverty level: 51 percent

Home ownership: 5 percent

Renters: 95 percent

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Saturday, August 16, 1997

In city's historic heart, a new ballgame for artist lofts and flophouses, tourism and nightlife

Big changes planned in tiny area

Pioneer Square forms its own home team of defensive specialists

Artists fear their low rents and high ceilings will fly, fly away

From Smith Tower to lesser lights, Samis plans to upgrade its buildings

Out of smoking desolation, blocks of high Victorian Romanesque style

Nightclubs draw hot bands and huge, young crowds on weekends

Residents blame much of Square's crime on thousands of visitors

Since early days, this area has fed and bedded homeless

Jon Hahn: Who wouldn't crack a smile at the antics at Wood Shop Toys?

Things to do while you're here

Scenes of Pioneer Square

Pioneer Square historical album

Pioneer Square by the numbers

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First Hill

International District

SoDo

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