Guest post by Sarah Kohl Have you ever found yourself sitting in a conference secretly longing to get outside and explore? I was in that exact restless state on a recent trip to Seattle. That is when my friend, a native, suggested I go underground.<\/p>\n No, not the musical underground made famous by groups such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden, the other<\/em> underground\u2026an abandoned cityscape just beneath the sidewalks of old downtown.<\/p>\n I had never heard of this.<\/p>\n Now being on the curious side I frequently explore catacombs and caves. But I had never seen anything like this: a ghost town under the city but in plain view.<\/p>\n What were the clues?<\/p>\n Small purple squares of glass in all the sidewalks. And large basement access stairs along the corners of the buildings instead of the usual metal door in a sidewalk. I also noticed a curious lack of wooden buildings despite Seattle having been started as a lumber town.<\/p>\n
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