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This 1909 map of Seattle shows many neighborhood names that remain in common use today—for example, Ballard, Fremont, Queen Anne Hill, Capitol Hill, West Seattle, and Beacon Hill—but also many that have fallen out of use—for example, "Ross" and "Edgewater" on either side of Fremont, "Brooklyn" for today's University District, and "Renton Hill" near the confluence of Capitol Hill, First ...
The Census Bureau adopted metropolitan districts in the 1910 census to create a standard definition for urban areas with industrial activity around a central city. [11] At the time, Seattle had the 22nd largest metropolitan district population at 239,269 people, a 195.8 percent increase from the population of the equivalent area in the 1900 census. [12]
Big Ass Fans is an American company that manufactures fans, evaporative coolers, and controls for industrial, agricultural, commercial and residential use. The company's headquarters is in Lexington, Kentucky , with additional offices in Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and Canada.
The designation covers the area between Northeast 46th Street to the south, Interlake Avenue North to the west, North 50th Street to the north, and 5th Avenue Northeast to the east, which has 570 single-family homes and 66 multifamily buildings. The designation was criticized as an attempt to prevent further density in the neighborhood and ...
Pages in category "Cities in the Seattle metropolitan area" The following 66 pages are in this category, out of 66 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Seismologist Jackie Caplan-Auerbach examines the seismic activity generated from two of Taylor Swift's The Eras tour concerts in Seattle to that of an earthquake. Get her results!
An informal library predated the 1891 annexation of Fremont to Seattle, and annexation made it the city's first branch library. [18] The present structure dates from 1921. Besides the B.F. Day playfield, Fremont has three small public parks, Fremont Peak Park just south of N. 45th Street, Ross Park and Playground at 3rd Avenue NW and NW 43rd ...
The Wedgwood Rock. The area has been inhabited since the end of the last glacial period (c. 8,000 BCE—10,000 years ago). The Dkh w 'Duw'Absh, "the People of the Inside", and the xachua'bsh or hah-choo-AHBSH, "People of a Large Lake" or "Lake People", today the Duwamish tribe, Native Americans of the Lushootseed (Skagit-Nisqually) Coast Salish hunted and traveled through what is now Wedgwood. [3]