V IVAR-Lands-at-P54-adver-date-WEB March 3, 2013 500 × 767 V IVAR-Lands-at-P54-adver-date-WEB During Seattle’s 1951-53 Centennial, Ivar promoted his own landing at Pier 54 as second only in historical importance to the earlist settlers arrival at Alki Point in 1841.