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Silhouette Sky Seattle Drawing

Silhouette Sky #85 Seattle

Silhouette Sky #85 Seattle

Here’s some fun facts about Seattle

~It was the first U.S. city  to play a Beatles song on the radio
~The World’s first gas station opened in 1907 on East Marginal Way.
~It has the highest percentage of residents with a college degree or higher.
~Starbucks, Nordstrom and Amazon.com were all founded and headquartered in Seattle.
~The Farmer’s Market at Pike’s Place Market is the longest continuously operating farmer’s market in the US.
~Seattle residents buy more sunglasses per capita than any other city in the nation.
~Hmmmm, Seattle is also in the top ten U.S. cities with the most rainy days.

 
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Silhouette Sky Detroit Drawing

Silhouette Sky #84 Detroit

Silhouette Sky #84 Detroit

 

Did You Know?

~The first concrete highway was built in Wayne County in 1909.
~The first Ice Cream Soda was served in Detroit in 1876.
~The Detroit News financed the first radio station to broadcast regular news in 1920.
~Detroit supplied 75% of the liquor during Prohibition.
~Detroit has the only floating Post Office in the U.S., the JW Westcott II.
~There are 1400 acres of salt mines with more than 50 miles of roads that lie 1200 feet below Detroit

 

 

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San Francisco Silhouette Sky

Silhouette Sky #83 San Francisco

Silhouette Sky #83 San Francisco

 

San Francisco is a super fun city to visit!

Ride the cable cars.Visit the different neighborhoods, such as Union Square, Chinatown and Fisherman’s Wharf.
Visit Alcatraz
Walk the Golden Gate Bridge
Enjoy unending art exhibits
And the food and drink…..

Traveling down Lombard Street was very cool!

 

 

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