"Market Sketchbook... consists of more than 200 pen-and-ink drawings of Seattle's 103-year-old Pike Place Market, as well as breezy, handwritten commentary that captures that fabled harborside marketplace well before Seattle's transformation into an upmarket-lifestyle city."

"A monument to an unforgettable and significant part of Seattle. . . . this book should be read by all who would replace history with progress. It creates a mood of love and appreciation for all that the Market has been to so many people in the past--and should continue to be for the future. Steinbrueck captures and brings to the reader the full flavor of the Market--it's like a walk through the wonderful mixing bowl of Seattle's world."

"Seattle's Pike Place Market, a rambling congeries of stores, shops, and stalls, has a history going back to the turn of the century when farmers from all around brought their produce to sell directly to the public. . . . The author is an architect and professor of urban planning, and he has been in love with this market since he was a boy. With more than two hundred pen--and--ink sketches and expertly hand--lettered commentaries, he has caught the flavor and movement of a kind of urban life that is rapidly fading from view."