Spokane is a city for businessmen, little known as a tourist destination. Meanwhile, this city has quite a certain atmosphere and its own character. Many interesting and ancient buildings have been preserved here. A neighborhood of the city gives the traveler all the opportunities for outdoor recreation. Perhaps this is not the place to go specially, but as a stop on the way, for example, from Montana to Seattle, Spokane will do just fine.
How to get to Spokane
Spokane International Airport is located 13 km west of the city center and receives flights from Portland, Honolulu, Denver, Minneapolis, Salt- Lake City, Vegas, Oakland, Phoenix. You can also reach the city by train, along the lines of the Empire Bilder from Seattle / Portland and Chicago. In addition, buses from several companies from Pullman, Seattle and the nearest cities run to the city.
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Some history
The settlement of Europeans was founded here in 1871 . @, and the city of Spokane officially became in 1881 . It was named for the local Indian tribe, and the word itself means "Children of the Sun" . The official nickname of Spokane is "the city of lilacs": a lot of these bushes were planted here in early 20th century . At the end of the 19th century gold and silver were discovered in the northwest and the region became one of the most productive in terms of the mining industry . Since then and to this day the economy of Cn is traditionally based on natural resources: mining, felling and agriculture . Today, with a population of more than 200 thousand ., Spokane is the second largest city in Washington and the largest economic center of the region . In addition, historically Spokane is considered the place where Father's Day began to be celebrated for the first time .
Entertainment, excursions and attractions of Spokana
The history of the city is reflected in the appearance of its districts: they all look specifically, from South Hill and Brown ' c Addition in Victorian style and the Davenport Art District in the city center and ending with the more modern quarters of northern Spokane . In the historical downtown there are administrative and office buildings, among which stands the district court, built in the style of the French chateau, with high spiers . Similarly looks Georgian The city's athletic club, which stands opposite the beautiful Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes, a Catholic church with two symmetrical towers and a contrasting red and white trim .
- rounded on the historic carousel 1909 in Riverfront Park. The carousel is included in the National Register of Historic Places: it is one of the most beautiful and well-preserved wooden carousels made by hand in the US
- See the diverse city monuments in the Ringfront Park and beyond: for example, the statue of a local astronaut who died in the shuttle "Columbia", a giant Japanese flashlight, a trash can and a spiral twisted poem "A place where salmon ghosts jump."
- Take a cable car over the Spokane waterfalls.
- Take a picture of the clock tower with the darkened The time of day is an amber dial.
Brown's Addition is a national historic area to the west of the city where the first prestigious urban blocks began to be built . Here lived the urban elite, and still you can see a lot of old mansions, built in the style of Queen Anne . Here is also the park Cair d'Alene and the Museum of Art and Culture .One of the buildings of the museum is the building of Campbell House, built at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries for a local tycoon: a beautiful Tudor Revival mansion with original decor and one of the city's foreseeable sightseeing attractions . But the museum itself is even very it is the largest cultural organization in the northeast with underground galleries and a training center . In its exhibitions the main accents are made on three themes: American Indians and other cultures, local history and visual art .
Other The famous building in Brown's Addition is the Patsy Clark mansion, designed in 1897 for another millionaire. It can be found on Western Second Avenue. For a long time, in a mansion with a complex architecture, a remarkable main entrance and a corner tower with a colonnade over the top, a restaurant was working, and weddings and parties are being held here.
The green western part of the South Hill area is one of the oldest residential areas of the city . If you look from the downtown, then South Hill seems entirely covered with evergreen trees, among which are dominated by two high buildings: the medical center and the beautiful St. John's Cathedral, a sample of modern English Gothic architecture . obor began to erect on the site of the one that preceded him in 1925 . and finished in 4 years . The construction of the cathedral was made entirely from the shaded stone, and the building is decorated with stone carvings and stained-glass windows in the classical Gothic style . Also noteworthy is the cathedral body with more than 4 thousand . pipes, so qualitatively made that even the smallest tubes are audible in every corner of the building . And on the Bishop-Cross tower there is a carillon of 49 bells, one of the few hand carillons of the north-west cast in England . Listen to how he plays, you can go to the resurrection In addition, every July in the city hosts a festival of carillonists with weekly concerts, where masters from all over the world come to .. Spokane's business center is Riverside
Here you can also find shops, hotels and entertainments for every taste . Like most cities built on the river, the history of Spokane is closely related to it . Further downstream there are the Spokane waterfalls . There is also the popular Riverfront Park with a lot of entertainment opportunities for small and large, conference center with exhibition as well as the big shopping mall "River Park Square" . In 1974 . Riverfront Park hosted the World Exhibition, and all pavilions have been preserved here, as well as the famous clock tower with four dials .. Monroe Street, recently restored, spans across the Spokane waterfalls and is considered one of the most recognizable symbols of the city. This arch bridge, originally built in 1911 - at that time it was the largest monolithic-arched bridge in the country and the third longest in the world.
@.and became the first skyscraper in the north-west . This fifteen-story building 66 m high became a symbol of the economic growth of the region, and its interior decoration was also very rich for that time . At the two-level grand lobby, granite columns were installed, and in the second lobby - five elevators . In 1963 . the building was renovated due to a remarkable highlight that won the national award, and today the whole facade is flooded with fluorescent light .
There are some beautiful green places in the city . In particular, one of them is a 90-acre Manito park, opened in 1904. It houses the Danken Gardens, a classical symmetrical garden in the style of a European Renaissance with a central fountain and an adjacent greenhouse with exotic plants. In addition, the park has a rosary, a lilac garden, a Japanese garden with bridges and a carp pond, a duck pond and a picnic area.
Book popular Spokane hotels at the best prices
| The Davenport Tower, Autograph Collection from 8 002 rubles Spokane 111 South Post Street | DoubleTree by Hilton Spokane City Center from 6,094 rubles Spokane 322 North Spokane Falls Court | |
| Comfort Inn Downtown / University Hotel from 4 309 rubles Spokane 923 East Third Avenue | from the Red Lion Hotel Spokane at the Park from 6 710 rubles Spokane West 303 North River Drive | Hotel Ruby from 4 309 rubles Spokane 901 West 1st Avenue |
| Comfort Inn North Spokane from 4 063 rubles Spokane 7111 N. Division | Best Western Plus City Center from 6 033 rubles Spokane 33 West Spokane Falls Boulevard | Appl e Tree Inn from 3 078 rubles Spokane 9508 North Division Street |
Events of Spokane
The Lilac Festival is the largest holiday in the country devoted to the armed forces . It takes place on the third Saturday of May and includes a large military parade . In addition, there is a spring literary festival in Spokane that lasts a week: there are discussions, master classes, fairs, slams and t . d . Two famous events of a different kind are Pride Parade ", Combined with Rainbow Fest, the largest in Eastern Washington, the festival of sexual minorities, which is being held June, as well as the film festival of the same minorities, taking place on the first weekend of November .
Surroundings of Spokane
Spokane is located in an excellent location among the forests, and from here you can reach the number of amazing national parks by car - for example, to the famous Glacier. But near the city you can have a good rest. Thus, trips to Mount Spokane remain popular at any time of the year, although in winter the highest peak of the mountain is closed. At the top there is a ski resort, however, the possibility of skiing depends on natural snowfalls.