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54-462: 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 ). Like all Seattle neighborhoods, the boundaries of

108-501: A grooved trolley shoe at the end of a trolley pole . A contact shoe is used as a ground on the running rail of a rubber-tired metro. A long and narrow contact shoe shaped like a ski , or "skid" or "ski collector" or "contact ski", was historically used on stud contact systems so it maintains contact with small studs in the road placed at large intervals. A single ski was as long as 12 feet (3.7 m) in some systems. Stud contact systems were short-lived due to safety issues with

162-475: A bank beyond Latona looking (?) one another[!]. One cow was tossed over [the] bank and hit the track just as [the] engine came by. [The] [e]ngine was raised off the track[,] and when it came down [the] wheels went off the rails. Engineer reversed but [it] was too late. [The] [c]oal tender shot ahead[,] tearing part of [the engine] car [(cab)] off and decapitating [the] fireman and killing [the] brakeman. Engineer and coal passer [were] unhurt. Steam and dust enveloped

216-420: A collector or contact shoe against the rail or overhead wire. As the vehicle moves, the contact shoe slides along the wire or rail to draw the electricity needed to run the vehicle's motor. The current collector arms are electrically conductive but mounted insulated on the vehicle's roof, side or base. An insulated cable connects the collector with the switch , transformer or motor . The steel rails of

270-768: A few smaller neighborhoods. Mann and Minor neighborhoods in the Central District , were built around their schools. The University Heights school (1903) in the north of the University District was named for the neighborhood, as was the Latona School (1906) in Wallingford . Parks similarly define some neighborhoods. Madrona Beach and Cowen and Ravenna Parks were privately established to encourage residential development upon otherwise unusable land. The plan for Olmsted Parks fulfilled its goal and significantly influenced

324-401: A group of concerned Wallingford citizens enlisted the University of Washington Community Development Bureau to survey their neighborhood; the survey revealed that more residents of southwest Wallingford considered themselves citizens of Fremont than of Wallingford. Minor arterial roads are generally located along the boundaries of neighborhoods, with streets and highways built according to

378-542: A growth phase, and the portion due west of the present University of Washington campus was laid out as the Brooklyn Addition. This land was owned by real estate developer James A. Moore, his wife, and the Clise Investment Company and included much of the original Brownfield homestead. This central area was called Brooklyn, which gave the current Brooklyn Avenue in the neighborhood its name. Nielsen notes that

432-481: A library branch. The community organizations build a voting constituency, and in so doing define a neighborhood. In the absence of ward politics, this and campaign finance legislation are seen as more open alternatives. The Greenwood-Phinney Commercial Club was particularly active in organizing toward the Greenwood branch that opened in 1928. The Lake City Branch Library opened in 1935 as a few shelves of books in part of

486-574: A major bike commuting and recreation path across North Seattle. Below, an 1894 report describes a train wreck just west of the current University District in the Latona neighborhood (now located west of I-5). August 20, 1894. Wreck on [the] Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern just west of Latone [now Latona Avenue]. Freight train from Gilman [now Snoqualmie ] hit a cow. [Trainload was a] [m]ixer freight train, 10 co[a]l cars, logs and box cars. Train had slowed down at Brooklyn [Avenue] for cows. Engineer saw cows on

540-582: A portion of said property ... except a domestic servant or servants who may actually and in good faith be employed by white occupants. Further restrictions on conveyance (rental, lease, sale, transfer) were often included, effectively defining most of the neighborhoods in Seattle during the first decades after establishment. The Supreme Court ruled in 1948 that racial restrictions would no longer be enforced. The Seattle Open Housing Ordinance became effective in 1968. Although unenforceable, legal complications prevent

594-680: A result of a contest held by the University Commercial Club in 1919, 14th Avenue (by then already known as "The Avenue" or " The Ave ") was renamed University Way, and the neighborhood was renamed the University District. An alternative proposal was to rename the area "UniverCity," in recognition of the urban feel of the district and the major commercial presence along its main streets. The City of Seattle does not publish an official neighborhood map, and many neighborhood boundaries in Seattle are somewhat informal. Neighborhoods within

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648-605: A room in Lake City School, shared with the Works Progress Administration (WPA), sponsored by the Pacific Improvement Club community group. The library moved into a new building in 1955. Elementary public schools effectively defined many neighborhoods, which are often synonymous with the name of the elementary school when the neighborhood and school were established. Many of the neighborhoods contain

702-566: A setting for political arguments between the city council and the mayor; controversies over accountability, cronyism, and ward politics occurred in 1974, 1976, and 1988. In 1991 the CSCs were renamed Neighborhood Service Centers (NSCs) and were placed under the jurisdiction of the Department of Neighborhoods. More recently, their number has been reduced. As of 2011, there are NSCs located in Ballard, Lake City,

756-573: A single wire with return through the grounded running rails. Three phase AC systems use a pair of overhead wires, and paired trolley poles . Electric overhead cranes and gantry cranes may use a current collector system to provide power over the full length of their operating area. The current collector assembly use sliding shoes that run on rails. Depending on the size of crane, contact rails may be copper wires, copper bars, or steel channels. mounted on insulating supports. Two rails are used for DC supply, and three for three-phase AC, with grounding of

810-553: A year. Because of the tax revolt that took place in Washington in the late 1990s and early 21st century, the county's budget has been reduced and the county has said it is unlikely to be able to maintain adequate levels of funding for urban services in unincorporated areas. The nearby city of Burien , however, issued a 2004 draft report for its own annexation of all or part of North Highline. North Highline, which adjoins SeaTac , Burien, and Tukwila in addition to Seattle, consists of

864-665: Is held over a weekend in May, primarily on The Ave, and is among the longest-running street fairs in the United States. It was first held in 1970 with 300 vendors and organized by local merchant and peace activist Andy Shiga; it grew to 600 vendors and 100,000 visitors later in the decade. The fair was paused in 2020 and 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic and returned in 2022; it now attracts over 50,000 visitors and has 250 vendors. The Blue Moon Tavern has become an unofficial cultural landmark and

918-515: Is the highest point in the Downtown neighbourhood area. Seattle annexed eight municipalities between 1905 and 1910, nearly doubling the area size of the city. Annexations by law were begun by the annexee and had to be approved by the Seattle City Council. The appeal of the inexpensive and accessible electric power and water system services of the public utilities were the primary motivations for

972-641: Is the southeastern boundary of the Maple Leaf neighborhood, while the city clerk's archival map places that district's southern boundary at 85th Street. Another example of boundary ambiguity is "Frelard," which local residents call the area shared by Fremont and Ballard between 3rd and 8th Avenues NW. Signs facing opposite directions on NW Leary Way reveal the overlap. Further difficulty in defining neighborhoods can result from residents' identification with neighborhoods different from those marked on signs and maps. After an acrimonious development dispute in 1966,

1026-505: Is used against the guide bars on rubber-tired metros . A vertical contact shoe is used on fourth rail systems. A pair of contact shoes was used on underground current collection systems . Contact shoes may also be used on overhead conductor rails , on guide bars or on trolley wires in the case of trams or trolleybuses . Most railways use three rails , while the London Underground uses four rails . Trams or trolleybuses use

1080-517: The 'CD' to 'Madrona' to 'Greater Madison Valley' and now 'Madrona Park.' " Some neighborhoods, such as northwest Seattle, do not have widely recognized names for their greater districts. Throughout Seattle one can find signs indicating the boundaries of neighborhoods; the locations of these signs have been specified by the city's many community councils. However, the boundaries suggested by these signs routinely overlap and differ from delineations on maps. For example, signs indicate that Lake City Way NE

1134-505: The Boulevard Park neighborhood and part of White Center . West Hill, which abuts Tukwila and Renton as well as Seattle, consists of Bryn Mawr-Skyway , Lakeridge , and Earlington . Its 2010 population is 15,645. On December 11, 2006, the Seattle City Council agreed to designate North Highline a "potential annexation area". Electric trolley Typically, electric current connectors have one or more spring-loaded arms that press

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1188-453: The Central District for people of African ancestry, clearly defining those neighborhoods. Ballard – Sunset Hill, Beacon Hill, Broadmoor, Green Lake, Laurelhurst, Magnolia, Queen Anne, South Lake City, and other Seattle neighborhoods and blocks had racially or ethnically restrictive housing covenants, such as the following sample: No person or persons of [any of several minorities] blood, lineage, or extraction shall be permitted to occupy

1242-534: The Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas , which in turn is based on a variety of sources, including a 1980 neighborhood map produced by the now-defunct Department of Community Development, Seattle Public Library indexes, a 1984-1986 "Neighborhood Profiles" feature series in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer , numerous park, land use and transportation planning studies, as well as records in

1296-1021: The Seven Gables Theatre at a converted American Legion building in 1976. It was an arthouse theater that operated until 2017; the building was destroyed by a fire in December 2020. The locally-owned Scarecrow Video , the largest video rental store on the West Coast, was founded in 1988 and is the last of its kind in the city. It has 140,000 titles and is operated by a nonprofit organization. 47°39′18″N 122°18′12″W  /  47.65500°N 122.30333°W  / 47.65500; -122.30333 List of neighborhoods in Seattle The city of Seattle, Washington, contains many districts and neighborhoods . The city's former mayor Greg Nickels has described it as "a city of neighborhoods". Early European settlers established widely scattered settlements on

1350-436: The tracks act as the electrical return . Electric vehicles that collect their current from an overhead line system use different forms of one- or two-arm pantograph collectors , bow collectors or trolley poles . The current collection device presses against the underside of the lowest wire of an overhead line system, which is called a contact wire . Most overhead supply systems are either DC or single phase AC, using

1404-420: The 1954 annexation of Lake City. The following previously incorporated cities and towns were annexed by Seattle. This list is in order of annexation. Other areas annexed to Seattle, were unincorporated before annexation. Examples of the latter include the northern part of Queen Anne Hill, the University District, and the northern area of the city that were once part of then-unincorporated Shoreline . Because of

1458-552: The Seattle Municipal Archives. The following table is largely based on maps from the Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Atlas, but also includes designations from other sources. ( Licton Springs ) Belltown currently is largely residential with some commercial office buildings, with 1st street containing a large concentration of nightlife dining and drinking establishments. The intersection of 2nd ave and Virginia

1512-532: The University District are informal; by common usage, the University District is bounded on the west by Interstate 5 ; on the east by University Village and Union Bay ; on the south by Portage Bay and the Lake Washington Ship Canal ; and on the north by NE Ravenna Boulevard. What is now the University District has been inhabited since the end of the last glacial period (c. 8,000 BCE—10,000 years ago). The most recent Native American settlement in

1566-656: The University District, the Central District, West Seattle, Southeast Seattle, and Delridge. A local improvement district (LID) is a method by which a group of property owners can share the cost of transportation infrastructure improvements. This involves improving the street, building sidewalks and installing stormwater management systems. Without Seattle's LID assessment system, the city would be unable to maintain its rapid growth in population and territory. LIDs have helped define neighborhoods by localizing decisions about issues like sidewalks, vegetation and other features of

1620-399: The annexation movements. Ballard was its own incorporated town for 17 years, annexed as its own ward . West Seattle incorporated in 1902, then annexed Spring Hill, Riverside, Alki Point, and Youngstown districts. It was the largest of the incorporated towns to be annexed. Southeast Seattle merged the towns of Hillman City and York with other Rainier Valley neighborhoods, then incorporated for

1674-455: The area was slower to develop than areas to the north and west such as Ravenna and Latona, due to those areas being more gently sloped and located closer to the central lakes (Union and Green Lakes). Materials for land/street development and improvements were hauled in by horse-drawn wagons. One year later (in 1891) much of the land north of the Ship Canal, including the future University District,

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1728-575: The area were the Duwamish villages of the Lushootseed (Skagit-Nisqually) Coast Salish peoples. The Duwamish had several prominent villages in and around the University District, including "SWAH-tsoo-gweel" ("portage") and "hehs-KWEE-kweel" ("skate)" on Union Bay. The Duwamish peoples living in this area were known as "hah-choo-AHBSH" (people of HAH-choo, meaning 'a large lake' and referring to present-day Lake Washington). The Duwamish also had trails through

1782-464: The areas that connected the village sites with waterways and fire-managed (burned) areas. These areas were cleared by fire for hunting purposes and to promote good crop growth. Blackberries, salmonberries, and root crops were plentiful, along with game including wolves, cougar, bear, deer and elk. One trail found by early non-native surveyors of the area extended from Portage Bay to Lake Washington and connected two native encampments, one on Portage Bay near

1836-503: The campus. The district's skyline was formerly defined primarily by the UW campus, UW Tower , and the art deco style Graduate Hotel Seattle (originally the Meany Hotel). More recently, the U District has entered a new period of growth and several residential and office towers have recently been constructed, and several more are under construction and proposed. The annual U District Street Fair

1890-533: The character of neighborhoods around parks and playgrounds. East Phinney and West Meridian neighborhoods are sometimes called Woodland Park, as well as South Green Lake or North Wallingford for Meridian. Housing covenants became common in the 1920s and were validated by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1926. Minorities were effectively limited to the International District and parts of some neighborhoods in south-east Seattle for Asian- and Native Americans; or

1944-464: The city council would result in Tammany Hall -style politics. In 1973, inspired by Boston's model, Mayor Wes Uhlman 's administration implemented a system of Little City Halls , where Community Service Centers (CSCs) assumed responsibility for coordinating municipal services. Uhlman's political opponents called the CSCs a thinly disguised ward system designed to promote Uhlman's reelection. CSCs became

1998-611: The cost of providing city services, low-density residential neighborhoods represent a net revenue loss for municipalities. Because vehicle-license revenue is no longer used to subsidize unincorporated areas, these neighborhoods have become increasingly orphaned. In April 2004, the City Council voted to defer a decision on Mayor Nickels' proposal to designate the West Hill and North Highline neighborhoods, part of unincorporated King County , as potential annexation areas (PAAs) for at least

2052-422: The covenants from being expunged from property title documents. Seattle initially adopted a ward system; however, in 1910, this system was replaced by non-partisan, at-large representation. Variations on ward systems were proposed and rejected in 1914, 1926, 1974, 1995, and 2003 and convictions for campaign-related money laundering followed the 1995 campaign. Critics claimed that district-style elections of

2106-399: The crane through contact with the runway rails. The contact rails are mounted out of the reach of people working in the area to prevent an electric shock hazard. The trolley pole wheel is a grooved contact wheel mounted on top of the trolley pole instead of a trolley shoe. The trolley pole wheel somewhat resembles a pulley . Trolley pole wheels are now rarely used. A collector pole is

2160-445: The derailed cars. Engineer ran to Fremont to telegraph to stop [the] evening passenger train[;] also [illegible] Engineer claimed train going 20 miles per hr. The old neighborhood name "Brooklyn" began to fade around this time. Electric trolley tracks had been laid up Columbus Avenue (later known as 14th Avenue, and later still University Way) either in 1891 or 1892, and the neighborhood soon began to be called "University Station" after

2214-594: The district include: The district is served by two Link light rail stations: University of Washington Station near Husky Stadium opened in 2016 as part of the University Link Extension ; and U District on Brooklyn Avenue near NE 45th Street which opened in October 2021 as part of the Northgate Link Extension . Light rail service connects the U District to Capitol Hill and Downtown Seattle to

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2268-473: The foot of Brooklyn Ave and one on Union Bay. No remnants of the Native American use of the area are extant in the University District today. The area now occupied by University Village was at that time a much larger Union Bay prior to the artificial lowering of Lake Washington . The district was first surveyed in 1855, and its first white settlers arrived 12 years later. In 1890, the district began to enter

2322-550: The heated waiting house at the corner of what is now NE 42nd Street. The street cars eventually came to be operated by the Seattle Municipal Street Railway, which ceased operations in 1941. The University of Washington relocated to the U District in 1895, leaving its previous location in the Metropolitan Tract in downtown Seattle . Much of the U District was still clear cut forest or stump farmland. As

2376-429: The only reason of being annexed. Similarly, the town of South Seattle consisted of mostly industrial Duwamish Valley neighborhoods (except Georgetown); one enclave adjacent to Georgetown omitted at this time was annexed 1921; some land near the river in this area remains part of unincorporated King County. In 1910 Georgetown was the last of this sequence of small incorporated cities and towns to be annexed to Seattle before

2430-426: The pole at the end of a bumper car . It has a contact shoe on top. Electric railways with third rails or fourth rails carry collector or contact shoes, or paddles (the name used by MARTA ), projecting laterally (sideways), or vertically, from their bogies . The contact shoe may slide on top of the third rail (top running), on the bottom (bottom running) or on the side (side running). The side running contact shoe

2484-431: The public space, permitting neighborhoods to remain distinct from their neighbors. No official neighborhood boundaries have existed in Seattle since 1910. Districts and neighborhoods are thus informal; their boundaries may overlap and multiple names may exist for a single district. Boundaries and names can be disputed or change over time. In 2002 a Department of Neighborhoods spokeswoman said, "I've seen my area go from

2538-418: The same way trolley stops defined neighborhoods before cars. The Department of Neighborhoods designates a number of Historic Districts, which have a similar status to Seattle Landmarks . As of 2021 these are: Source of list: Despite complications in Seattle's system of neighborhoods and districts, the names and boundaries in the following list are generally accepted and widely used. They are based on

2592-414: The south, and Roosevelt and Northgate to the north. The neighborhood's north-south arterials are (from west to east) Roosevelt Way NE (southbound only), 11th Avenue NE (northbound only), Brooklyn Avenue NE, University Way NE, and 15th Avenue NE. East-west arterials include NE Pacific Street, NE 45th Street, and part of NE 50th Streets. NE Campus Parkway is a minor east-west arterial, running only west of

2646-487: The street classification system. These effectively help define neighborhoods. Development in accordance with the street classification system maintains the quality of life of city neighborhoods and improves efficiency of the road system. The classification system discourages rat running through local neighborhood streets. Transportation hubs, such as business zones and transit stations, such as Park and Ride facilities, provide focal points for districts of neighborhoods

2700-404: The surrounding areas. Some community clubs used covenants to restrict the ethnicity of residents. Establishing public library branches can define districts as well as neighborhoods. Public libraries are among the most heavily used buildings. Seattle elected its city council at large from 1910 to 2014, and community clubs lobby councilors for the interests of local residents – such as for

2754-548: The surrounding hills, which grew into neighborhoods and autonomous towns. Conurbations tended to grow from such towns or from unincorporated areas around trolley stops during the 19th and early 20th centuries; the city has consequently suffered from transportation and street-naming problems. Seattle was established during an economic boom fueled by the timber industry; its early years were characterized by hasty expansion and development, under which residential areas were loosely defined by widely scattered plats . This arrangement

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2808-631: Was annexed by the City of Seattle. In the early 1870s, coal was discovered east of Seattle in the Newcastle area near Bellevue . The coal was transported across Lake Washington to Union Bay , and initially was portaged across Montlake to eventually reach Elliott Bay . After around 1888, the Seattle Lake Shore and Eastern Railway was built and ran along tracks which now form the Burke–Gilman Trail ,

2862-448: Was founded in 1934. The neighborhood is home to several long-running movie theaters and performing arts venues. The Neptune Theatre opened as a movie theater in 1921 and was converted into a performing arts venue in 2011 under the ownership of Seattle Theatre Group . The independent Grand Illusion Cinema was founded in a renovated dental's office in 1970 by Randy Finley and is run by the nonprofit Northwest Film Forum. Finley also founded

2916-435: Was further solidified by the establishment of locally initiated community clubs, public libraries, public schools, and public parks, which created a sense of community and civic participation. At the beginning of the 20th century, Seattle's community clubs became influential in the organization of public improvements. These had a significant effect upon the character of their neighborhoods and allowed them to remain distinct from

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