Excerpt from Seattle, Washington First and lasting impressions of a city, or of a community settlement of any size, are created by conditions disclosed in the business districts. It is here that the majority of visitors first find themselves; it is here that the city's work is planned and for the most part executed; it is here that individual enterprise is inspired and from here that all manner of undertakings, large and small, are directed and controlled. Whatever the geographi cal extent of a city, its business district is its heart, the pulsa tions of which are felt to the utmost suburb and far beyond. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.