The inspiration for our name comes from the rich history that shaped this old brick neighborhood — the first one in Seattle. 

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Pioneer Square owes its existence to the lumber mill. Mill Street was the northern boundary and log shoot (skid row) to the water where they'd pack up the logs and ship them out. Later on, Mill Street was renamed Yesler Way, after a city founder.

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SOMI is two blocks south of that historic log run.