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36-603: The University of Washington Medical Center ( UWMC ) is a hospital in the University District of Seattle , Washington . It is one of the teaching hospitals affiliated with the University of Washington School of Medicine and is located in the Warren G. Magnuson Health Sciences Center . The UWMC opened on May 5, 1959, and became home to the world's first pain center and also the world's first long-term kidney dialysis which

72-476: 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

108-543: 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

144-575: 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

180-732: 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

216-668: 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

252-612: Is long, narrow and finger-like. Ribbon lakes are excavated by glaciers. As the Puget lobe of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet flowed south near the end of the Late Pleistocene , it met bands of harder and softer rock. Erosion of the softer rock was faster and a linear depression was created in the flow direction. When the glacier melted, the lake filled with the meltwater, which was retained by moraine deposits. A dam can also be created by

288-778: The Duwamish and other Indigenous peoples living on the lake for millennia as x̌ačuʔ (lit. "lake" in Lushootseed ). At the time of European settlement, it was recorded as At-sar-kal in a map sketched by engineer Abiel W. Tinkham ; and the Chinook Jargon name, Hyas Chuck ("great/large water"), was also used. Other English names historically used for the lake include Lake Geneva by Isaac N. Ebey ; and Lake Duwamish in railroad surveys under Governor Isaac Stevens . Lake Washington received its present name in 1854 after Thomas Mercer suggested it be named after George Washington , as

324-750: 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 Lake Washington Lake Washington has been known to

360-429: 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 the University District are informal; by common usage,

396-694: The Cedar supplying most of the water. Seasonal changes in the flow of the Sammamish are moderated by a weir at the Lake Sammamish inlet. The lake is drained by the Lake Washington Ship Canal . In addition, there are numerous small creeks and rivers which feed the lake, including: Historically, construction of the Lake Washington Ship Canal drastically changed the inflow and outflow of

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432-731: The SR 520 Albert D. Rosellini Evergreen Point Floating Bridge) carries State Route 520 from Seattle's Montlake neighborhood to Medina while the Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge and the Third Lake Washington Bridge (officially the Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge) carry Interstate 90 from Seattle's Mount Baker neighborhood to Mercer Island . The East Channel Bridge carries Interstate 90 from Mercer Island to Bellevue . The Evergreen Point, Lacey V. Murrow, and Third Lake Washington bridges are

468-410: 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

504-456: 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,

540-474: 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

576-464: 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

612-517: The bands of harder rock either side of the softer rock. There is usually a river at both ends of a ribbon lake, one being the inlet, and the other the outlet, but in the case of present-day Lake Washington, inlet rivers are at both ends, and a man-made outlet is in the middle. The lake was previously drained by the Black river to the south. The main inflowing rivers are the Sammamish and Cedar Rivers, with

648-636: The bridge's concept or design. Concrete floating bridges continue to remain a viable means for the conveyance of vehicle traffic over Lake Washington. In 1950, approximately one year after the tolls were removed from the Murrow bridge, the inland ferry system on the lake came to an end, having operated since the 1880s. The cities and towns bordering the lake, going clockwise from the west, are Seattle , Lake Forest Park , Kenmore , Kirkland , Yarrow Point , Hunts Point , Medina , Bellevue , Beaux Arts Village , and Renton . The city of Mercer Island occupies

684-506: 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

720-446: 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

756-530: The desirable fish populations declined, and masses of dead algae accumulated on the shores of the lake. After significant pollution, the October 5, 1963 issue of the Post Intelligencer referred to the lake as "Lake Stinko". Citizen concern led to the creation of a system that diverted the treatment-plant effluents into nearby Puget Sound, where tidal flushing would mix them with open-ocean water. The diversion

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792-545: 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

828-481: The emplacement of the pilings or towers necessary for the construction of a causeway or suspension bridge . The bridges consist of hollow concrete pontoons that float atop the lake, anchored with cables to each other and to weights on the lake bottom. The roadway is constructed atop these concrete pontoons. Three floating bridges cross Lake Washington: the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge (officially

864-474: 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

900-553: 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

936-515: The island of the same name, in the southern half of the lake. Around 1900, Seattle began discharging sewage into Lake Washington. During the 1940s and 1950s, eleven sewage treatment plants were sending state-of-the-art treated water into the lake at a rate of 20 million gallons per day. At the same time, phosphate-based detergents came into wide use. The lake responded to the massive input of nutrients by developing unpleasant blooms of noxious blue-green algae ( cyanobacteria ). The water lost its clarity,

972-659: The lake. Before construction of the canal in 1916, Lake Washington's outlet was the Black River , which joined the Duwamish River and emptied into Elliott Bay . When the canal was opened the level of the lake dropped nearly nine feet (2.7 m). The canal became the lake's sole outlet, causing the Black River to dry up and disappear. Before construction, the Sammamish River was the primary source of water for Lake Washington, and

1008-532: The longest, second longest, and fifth longest floating bridges in the world, respectively. Many questioned the wisdom of concrete floating bridge technology after the sinking of a portion of the Lacey V. Murrow bridge on November 25, 1990. However, a Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) investigation revealed that the incident resulted from the improper handling of hydrodemolition water being used during bridge renovations, rather than in any basic flaw in

1044-473: The lowering of the lake slightly increased its flow. As part of the ship canal project, the Cedar River was diverted into Lake Washington to become the lake's primary source. The Montlake Cut , part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal , connects the lake to Lake Union and ultimately Puget Sound . Concrete floating bridges are employed to span the lake because Lake Washington's depth and muddy bottom prevented

1080-553: The new Washington Territory had been named the year before. The lake provides boating and sport fishing opportunities. Some fish species found in its waters include sockeye salmon , coho salmon , Chinook salmon , rainbow trout , largemouth bass , smallmouth bass , yellow perch , and black crappie . Lake Washington has two passenger seaplane bases : Kenmore Air Harbor on its north end; and Will Rogers – Wiley Post Memorial Seaplane Base on its south end, adjacent to Renton Municipal Airport . A ribbon lake , Lake Washington

1116-415: 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

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1152-632: 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 ,

1188-596: Was announced that UW Medicine , which owns and operates the UWMC, and PeaceHealth would join forces with one another in a "strategic affiliation." The American Civil Liberties Union criticized the merger, due to PeaceHealth being "directed by the Catholic Ethical and Religious Directives." 47°39′00″N 122°18′29″W  /  47.65000°N 122.30806°W  / 47.65000; -122.30806 University District, Seattle The University District (commonly

1224-424: Was completed in 1968, and the lake responded quickly. The algal blooms diminished, the water regained its clarity, and by 1975, recovery was complete. Careful studies by a group of limnologists from the University of Washington showed that phosphate was the culprit. Since then, Lake Washington has undergone major improvements, drastically improving the ecology and water quality, making the water twice as clear as it

1260-500: Was developed by UW professor Belding H. Scribner , M.D. The 2007 issue of U.S. News & World Report 's "America's Best Hospitals" ranked the UWMC 10th out of 5,000 hospitals nationwide. According to the report, several UWMC programs scored highly in specialty rankings, including primary care, rehabilitation medicine, and neurology/neurosurgery. In 2012, UWMC added the eight-story, $ 210 million Montlake Tower which expanded its capacity to more than 570 patient beds. In May 2013, it

1296-452: 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

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