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West Seattle. West Seattle is a conglomeration of neighborhoods in Seattle, Washington, United States. It comprises two of the thirteen districts, Delridge and Southwest, and encompasses all of Seattle west of the Duwamish River. It was incorporated as an independent town in 1902 before being annexed by Seattle five years later.
The soil of Seattle, the county's (and state's) largest city, is approximately 80% glacial drift, most of which is Vashon glacial deposits , [7] and nearly all of the city's major named hills are characterized as drumlins (Beacon Hill, First Hill, Capitol Hill, Queen Anne Hill) or drift uplands (Magnolia, West Seattle).
It is a point jutting into Puget Sound, the westernmost landform in the city's West Seattle district. Alki is the peninsular neighborhood on Alki Point. Alki was the original settlement in what was to become the city of Seattle. It was part of the city of West Seattle from 1902 until that city's annexation by Seattle in 1907.
It covers all of Vashon as well as West Seattle, White Center, and west Burien. The district's legislators are state senator Joe Nguyen and state representatives Emily Alvarado (position 1) and Joe Fitzgibbon (position 2), all Democrats.
Westwood is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is located in the southwest part of the city known as West Seattle, close to the neighboring CDP of White Center. Westwood is known for its International Baccalaureate high school, Chief Sealth High.
[1] [2] West Seattle Blog grew in prominence following the 2006 Hanukkah Eve windstorm and became a full-time news operation in the following year; by 2011, it had over 80,000 monthly visitors. [3] [4] A sister website, White Center Now, launched in 2008 to cover the White Center area immediately south of West Seattle. [5]
In 1994, 4th and 5th graders from Pathfinder K-8 School helped make Me-Kwa-Mooks a park. In 2009, Pathfinder moved to Cooper Elementary School, a 10-year-old building on the other side of West Seattle, so they could no longer work on the park. Me-Kwa-Mooks Park, facing west and looking across Puget Sound, late afternoon October 2023. Seattle, WA
The 34th district includes White Center, West Seattle, Vashon Island, and part of Burien. [9] He aimed to increase the representation of people of color in government and "for people here to realize they have the power, the authority, to actually make positive change", [10] also launching a podcast series to attract other potential candidates. [11]