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The University District (commonly the U District) is a neighborhood and a major district in central northeastern Seattle, Washington, comprising several distinct neighborhoods. The main campus of the University of Washington (UW) is located in the district, lending its name to both the district as well as University Way NE (commonly The Ave ).
Erroneous signage for "University Avenue NE" at the intersection with NE 41st Street (2008) University Way Northeast, colloquially The Ave (no period; [2] pronounced /æv/), is a major street and commercial district in the University District of Seattle, Washington, located near the University of Washington (UW) campus.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer; Talbert, Paul (1 May 2006). "SkEba'kst: The Lake People and Seward Park". The History of Seward Park. SewardPark.org. Archived from the original on 14 December 2005 "University District". Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas. Office of the Seattle City Clerk. June 2002
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 ...
Seattle is a major port city that has a history of boom and bust. Seattle has on several occasions been sent into severe decline, but has typically used those periods to successfully rebuild infrastructure. There have been at least five such cycles: The lumber-industry boom, followed by the construction of an Olmsted-designed park system.
The university established a specific program to train teachers, called the "Normal" curriculum, in 1878. The University of Washington Normal College was established in 1892–1893, with a series name changes occurring over the next several years: Department of Pedagogy, 1893–1894; Department of Education, 1895–1896; Department of ...
Inside Suzzallo Library, University of Washington campus. Seattle is home to one of the nation's most respected public universities, the University of Washington.With over 40,000 under-graduates and post-graduates, UW is the largest school in the Pacific Northwest [4] and many of its departments are ranked in the top 10 for research universities in the United States according to the Chronicle ...
Seattle University (Seattle U or SU) is a private Jesuit university in Seattle, Washington, United States. [5] It is the largest independent university in the Northwestern United States , with over 7,500 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs within six schools.