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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 ...
Beacon Hill is a hill and neighborhood in southeastern Seattle, Washington.It is roughly bounded on the west by Interstate 5, on the north by Interstate 90, on the east by Rainier Avenue South, Cheasty Boulevard South, and Martin Luther King Junior Way South, and on the south by the Seattle city boundary.
The City of Seattle does not publish an official neighborhood map, and many neighborhood boundaries in Seattle are somewhat informal. Neighborhoods within the district include: University Park (east from 15th to 25th Avenues NE, north from NE 50th Street to NE Ravenna Boulevard) Greek Row (NE 45th to NE 50th Streets, 15th to 22nd Avenues NE)
Georgetown is a neighborhood in southern Seattle, Washington, United States.It is bounded on the north by the mainlines of the BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad, beyond which is the Industrial District; on the west by the Duwamish River, across which is South Park; on the east by Interstate 5, beyond which is Beacon Hill; and on the south by Boeing Field.
At the same time, the Black Panther Party used the neighborhood as a staging area for their movement. As of 2010 the total population of the Central Area is 29,868 with a population that is 59.6% White or Caucasian, 21.4% Black or African-American, 9.1% Asian, 0.6% Native American, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 3.2% from other races and 6.1% from two ...
Northgate is a neighborhood in north Seattle, Washington, named for and surrounding Northgate Mall, the first covered mall in the United States. [1] Its north-south principal arterials are Roosevelt Way NE and Aurora Avenue N ( SR 99 ), and its east-west principal arterials are NE Northgate Way and 130th Street.
The neighborhood's population is 34,241, with Asians making up the largest group (with Filipinos the largest within the Asian population of the Valley). However, there remains a large African American population, as well as European Americans. Its zip code is 98118, which also includes the neighborhood directly east of Rainier Valley of Seward ...
As African Americans moved to Seattle to be part of the wartime industrial boom, many settled in the area, and in the 1960s the area began to suffer the effects of redlining and racism. By the 1970s, the neighborhood had fallen victim to poverty, housing stock had deteriorated, and many storefronts along Rainier Avenue S. were vacant.