Rachel the Pig

Rachel the Pig is the Pike Place Market Mascot. She is actually an oversized bronze piggy bank standing under the famous market sign and clock at the corner of Pike St. and Pike Place. All proceeds collected from Rachel go to The Market Foundation and its charitable programs.

Pike Place Market uses the pig theme in other ways too. At Christmas, plastic pigs are strung with lights and displayed along the rooftop. Currently, on Western Avenue, the road that runs along the west edge of the market, there is construction blocking one of the entrances. Signage intructs one to "follow the pink piggies" to a useable entrance. In typical Seattle style, one of the pigs has already been decorated with an amusing (yet sobering) sticker.



That's one of the neatest things about living in Seattle. Everywhere you go, people have added their creative touch to normal, everyday surroundings. There's a surprise around every corner!








The construction fence at the market was even decorated Rachel-style! How cool is that?