Although just 1,800 Amtrak passengers use it each day, the recently renovated King Street Station in Seattle serves as a landmark and urban catalyst at the junction of several changing neighborhoods. With historic Pioneer Square to the north and the ethnically diverse International District to the east, the station is playing an important role in stitching together a part of town that had become quite ragged over the past few decades. Major new developments nearby— such as two sports stadiums and a $300 million mixed-use complex called Stadium Place—are turning the area into a critical hub increasingly reliant on mass transportation. Within just a few blocks, you'll find a Sounder commuter rail station, two Link light-rail stations connecting downtown to the Seattle-Tacoma airport, and, starting this fall, new streetcar stops.
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