A Ramble Through Seattle’s Downtown Shopping District, Black Friday, 2023

Downtown
Written By rambling seattle

So, Black Friday, America’s premier day of shopping frenzy (the day after we give thanks for what we already have) is a consumerist dream. But, as you can see, it seems that we either have moved away from consumerism, or we are just ordering things online in the weeks-long run up to it. I know that I received 15 “Pre-Black Friday”, or “ Early Black Friday” promotional invitations from every online retailer I did business with every day since Veteran’s Day, and I presume that I am not alone in that. The demise of the brick-and-mortar retail space may have been called prematurely but it is easy to see in this sparsely populated video not only the lack of people in a shopping frenzy, but the retail spaces that, in the second mall that I visit in this video, half the spaces were shuttered. That said, the ambience is still holiday-themed even if the spirit is a tad weak. Enjoy!

  • Start Address: 5th Ave and Pine St.

  • Stop Address: Pacific Place

  • Mileage: 1.61 miles

  • Animated map: here

  • Difficulty/Terrain: Sidewalks and escalators

  • Ascent: 49ft, Descent: 49ft.

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