Seattle nick names - Emerald City
I have always wondered why Seattle is called the Emerald City and the history and orgin of it. As I was reading more about this topic, I also came across other nick names that people commonly use for Seattle. I thought it would be a good idea to share this in case someone is curious enough to know the history of these names.
Seattle wasn’t always called the Emerald City.Seattle becomes the Emerald City in 1982 according to HistoryLink.org. The origins of the term come from a contest held by the Convention and Visitors Bureau in 1981. In 1982, the name Emerald City was selected as the new nickname or best epithet for Seattle.
Emerald city logo(in 1982) is pictured above. Above logo was used until 2001, when it was retired in favor of a rebus combining a stylized eye, the email “@” symbol, and the capital letter “L” to phoneticize See-at-L.(This is an excerpt from the historylink website itself) . I was actually impressed at the creativity to pitch the (See@L/see-at-L) logo. I could not find any active reference or usage of this logo now. In case you get further information, please send it to me via twitter, facebook or instagram and I will update it accordingly.
Seattle also had a few other common nicknames, including the Queen City of the Pacific Northwest and the Gateway to Alaska, Gateway to the Orient — neither of which works quite as well on a marketing brochure!. Seattle is also referred to as Jet City
Seattle, the Emerald City. Seattle is the jewel of the Northwest, the queen of the Evergreen State, the many-faceted city of space, elegance, magic and beauty (Seattle Post-Intelligencer). Now for those all who have visited Seattle know that the city produces some great coffee and it is also surrounded by majestic mountains, water and some pretty impressive greenery year-round. Seattle has also been known as Rain City, The Coffee Capital of the World
References
HistoryLink is an online encyclopedia of Washington state history. Most of the information I found is from HistoryLink.org and I am really grateful to people who provide such information. Walt Crowley was the founding president and executive director of HistoryLink.
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