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Located on the northern edge of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, Fremont is a neighborhood with a long history as a family oriented, residential but working neighborhood with idiosyncratic individuals.
Today the neighborhood is characterized by its quirky public art: the Troll under the Aurora Bridge, who clasps a VW-Bug; a nine-ton statue of Lenin which is perpetually for sale; our very own Rocket; Dinosaur topiaries, which once graced the roof of Pacific Science Center; local artists' work on display weekly at the bustling Fremont Sunday Market; and performance art at the annual Solstice Parade.
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| Photo: Jon Hegeman |
Fremont's brick and mortar businesses bring both pop-culture treasures in the two-story Fremont Vintage Mall, and funky, new fashions at over a dozen unique and local clothiers, used books and music stores and hilarious gift shops like Portage Bay Goods, with their "full bottle of wine" glasses and other modern keepsakes. Fremont offers something for everyone, from the country's only 100% organic, fair-trade chocolate factory - with daily tours, to a bar with over 50 beer taps, a Sunday ice cream cruise around Lake Union, and Seattle's museum of neighborhood history.
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| Fremont Sunday Market. Photo: Jon Hegeman |
Fremont has historically been a working neighborhood, but industry over time has shifted from sawmills and manufacturing to high-tech businesses.
Today Fremont is home to campuses for Adobe Systems, Impinj, Google, Getty Images, and many small tech companies. But Fremont still holds some of the manufacturing, which you can see as you bike the Burke Gilman Trail. The combination of manufacturing and tech has created a community rich in human connections with a great mix of old and new architecture.
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