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North of Pier 62 is the Elliott 
Bay Marina and Pier 66 where you 
can dock a boat or eat at one of 
Anthony’s three restaurants. A third 
of the cruise ships for Alaska leave 
from Pier 66.
Pier 70 features Aqua by El Gaucho 
with specatular views of Elliott Bay, 
the Space Needle, and the Olympic 
mountains.
For a special treat, stop into 
CopperWorks Distilling on the east 
side of Alaskan Way at University 
Street for a tour and tasting of its 
distilled spirits. Or continue farther 
south to Urban Family Brewing
The highest point on the new 
waterfront is the Overlook Walk, 
connecting the Pike Place Market 
with the roof of the Seattle 
Aquarium’s new Ocean Pavilion. Be 
sure to walk around the outside of 
the Ocean Pavilion and look up into 
the 500,000 gallon exhibit from 
the sidewalk. Inside, you will find 
more than 3,000 fishes, sharks, 
rays, corals from the Coral Triangle 
in Indonesia and the aquarium’s 
volunteers will tell you all about 
them. If you want to delight in local 
creatures from the Salish Sea, visit 
(on the same admission ticket) 
the Aquarium’s Pier 59 or 60 with 
seals, sea otters, sea lions, local 
birds, touch tanks for the kids (and 
adult kids). 
Yesler’s Wharf, Denny Hill in background, taken from Plummer Building, ca. 1869 
Courtesy Washington State Historical Society
The Alaskan Way Viaduct, a double-decker elevated highway that ran along 
Seattle’s waterfront for decades, was torn down between 2019 and 2020 as part 
of Seattle’s waterfront revitalization project.

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