It may look like a charming rambler, tucked away in a Bellevue neighborhood. But there’s something a little different about this house: the world’s largest online retailer was born here. That’s right: Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com, originally called Cadabra, in the house’s converted garage while renting it in the mid-1990s.
View The Geek’s Guide to Seattle in a larger map Location: 1200 12th Avenue S., Seattle. Amazon.com’s current hub is the Pacific Medical Center in Seattle, a 16-story art deco tower that once housed a veterans’ hospital and public health center. Visitors should check out the Amazon reception area just inside the front doors. It ... - Read full post
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