Public Market Sign - "Sleepless in Seattle"
N 47° 36.586 W 122° 20.469
10T E 549516 N 5273139
The public market sign has become a Seattle landmark. In this scene Sam and Jay(Tom Hanks and Rob Reiner) have turned off 1st Ave onto Pine St heading towards the Athenian Inn at Pike Place Market
Waymark Code: WM9HFC
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 08/23/2010
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After the death of his wife Sam
Tagline
What if someone you never met, someone
you never saw, someone you never knew
was the only someone for you?
After the death of his wife Sam's son
Jonah calls in a nation wide radio
showing saying his father needs his
father needs a new wife
Annie(Meg Ryan) althought engaged ,
needs to see Sam just in case he happens
to the man of her destiny
Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993
American romantic comedy film written
and directed by Nora Ephron. Based on a
story by Jeff Arch, it stars Tom Hanks
as Sam Baldwin and Meg Ryan as Annie
Reed.
The film was inspired by An Affair to
Remember and used both its theme song
and clips from the film in critical
scenes. The climactic meeting at the top
of the Empire State Building is a
reference to a reunion between Cary
Grant and Deborah Kerr in An Affair to
Remember that fails to happen because
the Kerr character is struck by a car
while en route
A
musical of Sleepless in Seattle is
planned for 2010
In this screen capture from Sleepless
in Seattle we see Sam and Jay (Tom Hanks
and Rob Reiner) coming down
Pine ave heading towards Pike Place Market for
lunch at the Athenian Inn
Jay:You cant even turn on the news
nowadays without hearing how some babe
thought some guys butt was cute....
Sam: So Hows my Butt
Jay:Not Bad
Here is a shot of the same locations 17
years later from my trip to Seattle
WikipediaPlot summary
Sam Baldwin, a Chicago architect, loses his wife to cancer. He and his young son
Jonah start new lives in Seattle, but Sam still grieves.
18 months later, on Christmas Eve 1992, Jonah—who wants his father to find a new
wife—calls into a talk radio advice show. He persuades Sam to go on the air to
talk about how much he misses his wife. Hundreds of women from around the
country, touched by the story, send him letters.
One of the listeners is Annie Reed, a Baltimore Sun reporter. She is engaged to
the nice Walter but feels that there is something missing from their
relationship. After watching An Affair to Remember Annie impulsively writes a
letter suggesting that Sam meet her on top of the Empire State Building on
Valentine's Day. She does not intend to mail it but her friend and editor Becky
does it for her, and agrees to send Annie to Seattle to "look into doing a story
on those radio shows."
Sam begins to date a coworker, Victoria, whom his son dislikes because, among
other things, she "acts like a ho'" and "laughs like a hyena". Jonah, a baseball
fan, reads Annie's letter and likes that it mentions the Baltimore Orioles, but
fails to convince his father to go to New York to meet Annie. On the advice of
his friend Jessica, Jonah replies to Annie agreeing to the New York meeting.
While dropping Victoria off at the airport for a flight, Sam sees Annie exiting
from her plane and is infatuated, although he has no idea who she is. Annie
spies on Sam and Jonah playing on the beach together, but mistakes Sam's sister
Suzy for his girlfriend. He recognizes her from the airport and says "Hello",
but Annie can only respond with another "Hello" before fleeing. She decides she
is being foolish, and goes to New York to meet Walter for Valentine's Day.
Jessica, whose parents are travel agents, helps Jonah fly to New York. Sam
follows his son and finds him at the observation deck of the Empire State
Building. Annie sees the skyscraper from the Rainbow Room, where she is dining
with Walter, and confesses her doubts. They amicably end their engagement. Jonah
and Sam get on the down elevator just before Annie reaches the observation deck.
She finds Jonah's backpack, not knowing whom it belongs to. Jonah and Sam return
for the backpack and finally meet Annie for the first time. They leave, Sam and
Annie walking off hand in hand.
Wikipedia Pike Place Market
Pike Place Market is a public market overlooking the Elliott Bay waterfront
in Seattle, Washington, United States. The Market opened August 17, 1907, and is
one of the oldest continually operated public farmers' markets in the United
States. It is a place of business for many small farmers, craftspeople and
merchants. Named after the central street, Pike Place runs northwest from Pike
Street to Virginia Street, and remains one of Seattle's most popular tourist
destinations.
The Market is built on the edge of a steep hill, and consists of several lower
levels located below the main level. Each features a variety of unique shops.
Antique dealers, comic book sellers, small family-owned restaurants, while the
area contains one of the few remaining head shops left in Seattle. The upper
street level contains fishmongers, fresh produce stands and craft stalls
operating in the covered arcades. Local farmers and craftspeople sell year-round
in the arcades from tables they rent from the Market on a daily basis, in
accordance with the Market's mission and founding goal: allowing consumers to
"Meet the Producer."
Pike Place Market is home to nearly 500 residents who live in 8 different
buildings throughout the Market. Most of these buildings have been low income
housing in the past, however, some of them no longer are, such as the Livingston
Baker apartments. The Market is run by the quasi-government Pike Place Market
Preservation and Development Authority (PDA). The Pike Place Market sees 10
million visitors annually