Tour takes you inside downtown homes | Home & Garden

Urban lofts, waterfront views and 99.99 percent walking scores are just some of the perks for paying the big bucks for downtown Seattle living.

Get a peek inside some of the most distinctive living spaces in the Pike Place Market, Waterfront, Belltown, Denny Triangle and South Lake Union neighborhoods during Urban Living: Downtown Seattle Home Tour benefitting the Pike Place Market Foundation on Sunday.

Tickets for the self-guided walking tour costs $25 presale or $30 the day of the event. The tour lasts approximately two to three hours.

This annual event is a benefit for the Pike Place Market Foundation, a nonprofit organization that raises money to support the Market's four human service agencies for low-income and elderly residents of downtown Seattle. Collectively, these agencies support more than 10,000 people each year. In 2010, money raised benefited:

• 25,000 clinic visits for thousands of uninsured patients at the Pike Market Medical Clinic
• Access to quality early education and nutrition for nearly 100 children at the Pike Market Child Care & Preschool
• 40,000 free hot meals for homeless and low-income seniors at the Pike Market Senior Center
• More than 259 tons of groceries at the Downtown Food Bank