University District, Seattle, Washington
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The University District (commonly, the U District) is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, so named because the main campus of the University of Washington (UW) is located there. The UW moved in two years after the area was annexed to Seattle, while much of the area was still clear cut forest or stump farmland. The district of neighborhoods grew with the university to become a microcosm (for better and worse) of urban American cities.[1]
Like all Seattle districts, the boundaries of the University District are informal; by common usage, the University District is bounded on the west by Interstate 5; on the east by 25th Avenue NE; on the south by the Lake Washington Ship Canal; and on the north by NE Ravenna Boulevard. It also includes, east of these boundaries, a small district on the north shore of Union Bay, bounded on the north by NE 45th Street and on the east by 35th Avenue NE. This extension consists mainly of the "east campus" and extensive parking lots of the University.[2] Its main commercial street, University Way NE, is known throughout the city as "The Ave" in the "U District".
What is now the University District has been inhabited since the end of the last glacial period (c. 8,000 B.C.E.—10,000 years ago). Prominent Native American Duwamish villages of the Lushootseed (Skagit-Nisqually) Coast Salish nations were on a then-larger Portage Bay at what is now called Brooklyn Avenue, and the other on a larger Union Bay, near the present UW power plant (which is across from the UW IMA building), around the north shores a mile farther than today, and shores east of what is now the Union Bay Natural Area. (See also adjacent Ravenna neighborhood.) The Duwamish,[3] ("People of the Inside") tribe had the prominent village of SWAH-tsoo-gweel ("portage") on then-adjacent Union Bay, and what is now Ravenna was their backyard before the arrival of European settlers.[4] Villages were diffuse. In spring, people dispersed from their winter villages of longhouses to camps, gathering in summer for salmon. Gaps in the forest were maintained to encourage game and food supplies. Such "prairies" (anthrogenic grasslands) were cultivated in what is now the University District.[5] They were connected by a well-travelled path along what is now the Lake Washington Ship Canal (1883, 1916).
Surveyors noted several large Douglas-firs and western red cedars (given that large trees were not unusual back then, these must have been especially large). The U. District was first surveyed in 1855, and its first white settlers arrived 12 years later. In 1890, that part of the neighborhood due west of the present UW campus was laid out as the Brooklyn Addition. One year later much of the land north of the Ship Canal, including Brooklyn, was annexed to Seattle. The UW moved from Downtown in 1893, and the first university building was built in 1895.
An 1894 report describes a train wreck just west of the current University District. Latona has now been cut off from the University by Interstate 5.
The name "Brooklyn" began to fade soon thereafter. Electric trolley tracks had been laid up Columbus Avenue (later 14th Avenue) in 1892, and the neighborhood soon began to be called "University Station" after the heated waiting house at the corner of what is now NE 42nd Street (1895). The name Brooklyn is not lost, however, for Brooklyn Avenue NE runs parallel to University Way, one block west.[7] North and west of the campus, within the University District, the University Heights—a name now little used—was named for its elementary school (1903–c.1988; since 1990 the University Heights Center for the Community, host for numerous activities small and large.[8]
But for the trolley, in early decades of the U. District Downtown was a trek, a boat, and a horsecart ride away. Given these early transportation difficulties, the U. District was largely self-sufficient, with area businesses for people with ties to the University. Construction of family homes increased in the early 1900s, as did churches, theaters, stores, and a YMCA. The district's first bank and the first local public library opened in 1906, the modest library organized by local merchants.[10]
As 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 (1919).[7] The neighborhood's north-south arterials are (from west to east) Roosevelt Way NE (southbound)), 11th Avenue NE (northbound), Brooklyn Avenue NE, University Way NE, and 15th Avenue NE. NE Pacific, 45th, and part of 50th streets are principal east-west arterials, NE Campus Parkway is a minor east-west arterial, running only west of the campus.[11]
The U District is characterized by the indigenous annual May U District Street Fair] [1], first of its kind in 1971,[12] started by Japanese-American merchant and dedicated peace activist Andy Shiga in 1970,[13] and the University District Farmers Market [2], Seattle's first (1993) and largest local farmers-only neighborhood market.[14] Andy Shiga (1919-1993) of Shiga's Imports and local attorney Calmar McCune (1911-1996) long supported development of the alternative character of the U District.[15] The ASUW Experimental College [3], founded in the college culture of 1968 by a group of UW students seeking education in areas not found in the traditional university environment, is now the largest nonprofit student-run program of its kind. Open to all, it has contributed to the cultural ambience of the U District ever since.[16] The Blue Moon Tavern has become an unofficial cultural landmark, since 1934.[17] Big Time is Seattle's original brewpub (1988).[18] Six theatres (including the Neptune built in 1921,[19] the Varsity since 1940;[20] the Grand Illusion Cinema (founded in a former dental lab in 1968 by Randy Finley,[21] now owned and run by dedicated volunteers);[22] and the (locally-owned) Scarecrow Video, the largest video store on the West Coast[23] further characterize the neighborhood. The U District is second only to Capitol Hill as an epicenter for NoCat [4] Free Wi-Fi with the global Seattle Wireless [5] project.
The neighborhood's skyline landmarks (other than the UW campus) are its tallest buildings, the former Safeco Plaza (now owned by the University) and the Meany Hotel (which became the Best Western University Tower and is now Hotel Deca). The former, originally headquarters of Safeco Corporation, is located at the corner of Brooklyn Avenue NE and NE 45th Street. It was built in 1973, and at 22 stories high is the city's tallest building outside Downtown. The latter is Art Deco (1931, restored). The architect Robert Reamer gave every room a corner window.[24] A jewel of the neighborhood is the formal Neo-classical Carnegie Library (1910) on Roosevelt Way at 50th Street.[25]
In recent decades, the University District has suffered commercial decline, due at least in significant part to the more competitive planning, capital investment, and popularity of the University Village shopping center east of the campus, and Northgate Mall about 1-1/2 miles (2-1/2 km) north beside I-5. From 2002 to 2004, the city and the neighborhood have made some steps countering this trend by giving the Ave a repaving facelift including the addition of benches, bus bulbs, and period lighting.[26] The addition of benches represented the reversal of a decades-long neighborhood trend away from providing free places to sit.
Starting in 2016, the district will be serviced by an extension of Link Light Rail called the University Link.[27] The light rail line will connect the U District with Capitol Hill, Downtown Seattle, Rainier Valley, and Sea-Tac airport. There are currently plans for one station located on Montlake Boulevard in front of Husky Stadium.[28]
The local year-round and seasonal homeless population, referred to as "Ave Rats", is well-known around Seattle. (See The Ave.)
Due to the size of the UW Greek system, fraternity and sorority members make up a sizeable portion of the local cafes' and bars' clientele, especially such establishments as Earl's and Tommy's Nightclub and Grill, though well outnumbered by the Seattle campus student body of more than 39,250.[29] Other bars have a wider base of patrons, including the College Inn (built for the Alaska-Yukon Exposition in 1909)[30] and the Irish Emigrant. The University District is home to all of the UW's fraternity and sorority houses, most of them clustered along 17th Avenue NE between NE 45th and 50th Streets ("Frat Row" or "Greek Row"). On Thursday (when many Greek parties are held to deter high-schoolers) and Friday nights, it is not uncommon for parties to spill out into the local streets within the area. This reputation draws many crashers, and most of the recent instances of gun violence, injury, and property damage at UW student parties have been due to party crashers getting ejected, in the context of readily available alcohol (and recreational drugs) at large student parties.[31]
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University District
The University District (commonly, the U District) is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, so named because the main campus of the University of Washington (UW) is located there. The UW moved in two years after the area was annexed to Seattle, while much of the area was still clear cut forest or stump farmland. The district of neighborhoods grew with the university to become a microcosm (for better and worse) of urban American cities.[1]
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University Seafood and Poultry, founded 1945, one of the oldest surviving shops in the District.
What is now the University District has been inhabited since the end of the last glacial period (c. 8,000 B.C.E.—10,000 years ago). Prominent Native American Duwamish villages of the Lushootseed (Skagit-Nisqually) Coast Salish nations were on a then-larger Portage Bay at what is now called Brooklyn Avenue, and the other on a larger Union Bay, near the present UW power plant (which is across from the UW IMA building), around the north shores a mile farther than today, and shores east of what is now the Union Bay Natural Area. (See also adjacent Ravenna neighborhood.) The Duwamish,[3] ("People of the Inside") tribe had the prominent village of SWAH-tsoo-gweel ("portage") on then-adjacent Union Bay, and what is now Ravenna was their backyard before the arrival of European settlers.[4] Villages were diffuse. In spring, people dispersed from their winter villages of longhouses to camps, gathering in summer for salmon. Gaps in the forest were maintained to encourage game and food supplies. Such "prairies" (anthrogenic grasslands) were cultivated in what is now the University District.[5] They were connected by a well-travelled path along what is now the Lake Washington Ship Canal (1883, 1916).
Surveyors noted several large Douglas-firs and western red cedars (given that large trees were not unusual back then, these must have been especially large). The U. District was first surveyed in 1855, and its first white settlers arrived 12 years later. In 1890, that part of the neighborhood due west of the present UW campus was laid out as the Brooklyn Addition. One year later much of the land north of the Ship Canal, including Brooklyn, was annexed to Seattle. The UW moved from Downtown in 1893, and the first university building was built in 1895.
An 1894 report describes a train wreck just west of the current University District. Latona has now been cut off from the University by Interstate 5.
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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 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][6] unhurt. Steam and dust enveloped 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.[7]
The name "Brooklyn" began to fade soon thereafter. Electric trolley tracks had been laid up Columbus Avenue (later 14th Avenue) in 1892, and the neighborhood soon began to be called "University Station" after the heated waiting house at the corner of what is now NE 42nd Street (1895). The name Brooklyn is not lost, however, for Brooklyn Avenue NE runs parallel to University Way, one block west.[7] North and west of the campus, within the University District, the University Heights—a name now little used—was named for its elementary school (1903–c.1988; since 1990 the University Heights Center for the Community, host for numerous activities small and large.[8]
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This 1980s sign painted on the side of the 1934 Blue Moon Tavern commemorates its association with the counterculture of the 1960s; the small street sign at upper right declares the alley to be "Roethke Mews" after poet Theodore Roethke, a regular at the tavern when he was a professor at the University in the 1950s and early 1960s.[9]
As 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 (1919).[7] The neighborhood's north-south arterials are (from west to east) Roosevelt Way NE (southbound)), 11th Avenue NE (northbound), Brooklyn Avenue NE, University Way NE, and 15th Avenue NE. NE Pacific, 45th, and part of 50th streets are principal east-west arterials, NE Campus Parkway is a minor east-west arterial, running only west of the campus.[11]
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The Wannabee, one of the U. District's many independent coffeehouses (2006)
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Street Fair, 2007
The neighborhood's skyline landmarks (other than the UW campus) are its tallest buildings, the former Safeco Plaza (now owned by the University) and the Meany Hotel (which became the Best Western University Tower and is now Hotel Deca). The former, originally headquarters of Safeco Corporation, is located at the corner of Brooklyn Avenue NE and NE 45th Street. It was built in 1973, and at 22 stories high is the city's tallest building outside Downtown. The latter is Art Deco (1931, restored). The architect Robert Reamer gave every room a corner window.[24] A jewel of the neighborhood is the formal Neo-classical Carnegie Library (1910) on Roosevelt Way at 50th Street.[25]
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The U-District, looking northeast from Queen Anne. Safeco Plaza is the tall building in the center, with the Hotel Deca (originally the Meany Hotel) to its left. The Interstate 5 Ship Canal Bridge is in the foreground.
In recent decades, the University District has suffered commercial decline, due at least in significant part to the more competitive planning, capital investment, and popularity of the University Village shopping center east of the campus, and Northgate Mall about 1-1/2 miles (2-1/2 km) north beside I-5. From 2002 to 2004, the city and the neighborhood have made some steps countering this trend by giving the Ave a repaving facelift including the addition of benches, bus bulbs, and period lighting.[26] The addition of benches represented the reversal of a decades-long neighborhood trend away from providing free places to sit.
Starting in 2016, the district will be serviced by an extension of Link Light Rail called the University Link.[27] The light rail line will connect the U District with Capitol Hill, Downtown Seattle, Rainier Valley, and Sea-Tac airport. There are currently plans for one station located on Montlake Boulevard in front of Husky Stadium.[28]
The local year-round and seasonal homeless population, referred to as "Ave Rats", is well-known around Seattle. (See The Ave.)
Due to the size of the UW Greek system, fraternity and sorority members make up a sizeable portion of the local cafes' and bars' clientele, especially such establishments as Earl's and Tommy's Nightclub and Grill, though well outnumbered by the Seattle campus student body of more than 39,250.[29] Other bars have a wider base of patrons, including the College Inn (built for the Alaska-Yukon Exposition in 1909)[30] and the Irish Emigrant. The University District is home to all of the UW's fraternity and sorority houses, most of them clustered along 17th Avenue NE between NE 45th and 50th Streets ("Frat Row" or "Greek Row"). On Thursday (when many Greek parties are held to deter high-schoolers) and Friday nights, it is not uncommon for parties to spill out into the local streets within the area. This reputation draws many crashers, and most of the recent instances of gun violence, injury, and property damage at UW student parties have been due to party crashers getting ejected, in the context of readily available alcohol (and recreational drugs) at large student parties.[31]
See also
- The Ave
Notes
1. ^ Dorpat
2. ^ "University District". Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas. Office of the Seattle City Clerk (n.d., map .jpg 13 June 2002). Retrieved on 2006-04-21.
3. ^ International Phonetic Alphabet pronunciation: [Dkhw'Duw'Absh].
4. ^ Dailey, 26, ref. 2, 8
5. ^ Similar remarks could be made about Belltown, South Lake Union, along the shores of Lake Washington (the present day route of Sand Point Way NE), and most likely Alki, Georgetown, and other locations in what is now Seattle. Sources: Anderson & Green; Dorpat; "Southern Coast Salish Territories" map in University of Washington Digital Collection. See also Duwamish (tribe) Lushootseed Coast Salish
6. ^ "[illegible]"&msdash;likely "The engineer and coal passer were unhurt." Relatively.
7. ^ (1) The mentioned streets at that time were rural, more tracks or plat lines than avenues. The run to Fremont Station was more than a mile (about 2 km). A small freight depot remains today at the foot of Stone Way N. Railroading before labor rights and worker safety was appallingly dangerous.
(2) Photographer unknown (20 August 1894). "Train wreck in University District, [[August 20], 1894"]. University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.. Retrieved on 2006-07-21. Quoted text is from the verso of the original paper print, verbatim but for grammar in square brackets.
8. ^ Long; Eskenazi. Neighborhoods within some districts in Seattle are more or less no longer in common usage. See also Seattle neighborhoods#Public library branches, public schools, and public parks and .
9. ^ Walt Crowley, Blue Moon Tavern, An Unofficial Cultural Landmark, HistoryLink.org Essay 1001, April 1, 1999.
10. ^ Burrows
11. ^ "Street Classification Maps". Seattle Department of Transportation (2005). Retrieved on 2006-04-21.
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"Planned Arterials Map Legend Definitions", PDF format. 12 January 2004.
The high resolution version is good for printing, 11 x 17. The low and medium resolution versions are good for quicker online vewing. [Source: "Street Classification Maps, Note on Accessing These PDF Files"]
12. ^ "U District Street Fair". Greater University Chamber of Commerce (2006). Retrieved on 2006-04-21.
13. ^ Crowley (revised 2004 and 9 May 2001, Essay 1126)
14. ^ "University District Farmers Market". Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance (2006). Retrieved on 2006-04-21.
15. ^ Crowley (19 March 2001)
16. ^ "About the Experimental College". ASUW Experimental College (Associated Students of the University of Washington) (2002). Retrieved on 2006-04-21.
17. ^ Crowley (1 April 1999)
18. ^ Samson
19. ^ "Neptune Theatre". Landmark Theatres (n.d.). Retrieved on 2006-04-21.
20. ^ "Varsity Theatre". Seattle Parks and Recreation (n.d.). Retrieved on 2006-04-21.
21. ^ Doug Merlino, Finley, Randy (b. 1942), HistoryLink, March 22, 2005. Accessed 1 December 2006.
22. ^ Moe
23. ^ D'Oh Inc.
24. ^ University District Arts and Heritage Committee (Part 2 of 2, North Side)
25. ^ Burrows
26. ^ Marmor; Dorpat; Kim
27. ^ University Link. Sound Transit. Retrieved on 2007-03-03.
28. ^ Stadium Station. Sound Transit. Retrieved on 2007-03-03.
29. ^ 3,600 instructional faculty, 27,600 faculty and staff, 39,251 student enrollment on Seattle campus (Autumn 2005), 26,444 extension enrollment (non-graded programs). "Quick Facts". UW Home > UWIN > About the UW > UW Profile. University of Washington (2005-04-18). Retrieved on 2006-04-21.
30. ^ University District Arts and Heritage Committee (Part 1 of 2, South Side)
31. ^ see
2. ^ "University District". Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas. Office of the Seattle City Clerk (n.d., map .jpg 13 June 2002). Retrieved on 2006-04-21.
3. ^ International Phonetic Alphabet pronunciation: [Dkhw'Duw'Absh].
4. ^ Dailey, 26, ref. 2, 8
5. ^ Similar remarks could be made about Belltown, South Lake Union, along the shores of Lake Washington (the present day route of Sand Point Way NE), and most likely Alki, Georgetown, and other locations in what is now Seattle. Sources: Anderson & Green; Dorpat; "Southern Coast Salish Territories" map in University of Washington Digital Collection. See also Duwamish (tribe) Lushootseed Coast Salish
6. ^ "[illegible]"&msdash;likely "The engineer and coal passer were unhurt." Relatively.
7. ^ (1) The mentioned streets at that time were rural, more tracks or plat lines than avenues. The run to Fremont Station was more than a mile (about 2 km). A small freight depot remains today at the foot of Stone Way N. Railroading before labor rights and worker safety was appallingly dangerous.
(2) Photographer unknown (20 August 1894). "Train wreck in University District, [[August 20], 1894"]. University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.. Retrieved on 2006-07-21. Quoted text is from the verso of the original paper print, verbatim but for grammar in square brackets.
8. ^ Long; Eskenazi. Neighborhoods within some districts in Seattle are more or less no longer in common usage. See also Seattle neighborhoods#Public library branches, public schools, and public parks and .
9. ^ Walt Crowley, Blue Moon Tavern, An Unofficial Cultural Landmark, HistoryLink.org Essay 1001, April 1, 1999.
10. ^ Burrows
11. ^ "Street Classification Maps". Seattle Department of Transportation (2005). Retrieved on 2006-04-21.
High-Resolution Version, PDF format, 16.1 MB
Medium-Resolution Version, PDF format, 1.45 MB 12 January 2004.
Low-Resolution Version, PDF format, 825 KB 12 January 2004.
"Planned Arterials Map Legend Definitions", PDF format. 12 January 2004.
The high resolution version is good for printing, 11 x 17. The low and medium resolution versions are good for quicker online vewing. [Source: "Street Classification Maps, Note on Accessing These PDF Files"]
12. ^ "U District Street Fair". Greater University Chamber of Commerce (2006). Retrieved on 2006-04-21.
13. ^ Crowley (revised 2004 and 9 May 2001, Essay 1126)
14. ^ "University District Farmers Market". Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance (2006). Retrieved on 2006-04-21.
15. ^ Crowley (19 March 2001)
16. ^ "About the Experimental College". ASUW Experimental College (Associated Students of the University of Washington) (2002). Retrieved on 2006-04-21.
17. ^ Crowley (1 April 1999)
18. ^ Samson
19. ^ "Neptune Theatre". Landmark Theatres (n.d.). Retrieved on 2006-04-21.
20. ^ "Varsity Theatre". Seattle Parks and Recreation (n.d.). Retrieved on 2006-04-21.
21. ^ Doug Merlino, Finley, Randy (b. 1942), HistoryLink, March 22, 2005. Accessed 1 December 2006.
22. ^ Moe
23. ^ D'Oh Inc.
24. ^ University District Arts and Heritage Committee (Part 2 of 2, North Side)
25. ^ Burrows
26. ^ Marmor; Dorpat; Kim
27. ^ University Link. Sound Transit. Retrieved on 2007-03-03.
28. ^ Stadium Station. Sound Transit. Retrieved on 2007-03-03.
29. ^ 3,600 instructional faculty, 27,600 faculty and staff, 39,251 student enrollment on Seattle campus (Autumn 2005), 26,444 extension enrollment (non-graded programs). "Quick Facts". UW Home > UWIN > About the UW > UW Profile. University of Washington (2005-04-18). Retrieved on 2006-04-21.
30. ^ University District Arts and Heritage Committee (Part 1 of 2, South Side)
31. ^ see
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See heading, "Note about limitations of these data". - Anderson, Ross, Green, Sara Jean. "A culture slips away", The Seattle Times, 27 May]] 2001-05-27 | accessdate =2006-04-21, p. p. 1.
and Ibid.. "'The settlers saw trees, endless trees. The natives saw the spaces between the trees.'", Seattle History: 150 Years: Seattle By and By, The Seattle Times, p. p. 2. Retrieved on 2006-04-21. - "About the Experimental College". ASUW Experimental College. Departments, University of Washington (2002). Retrieved on 2006-04-21.
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Burrows referenced "Report on Designation” for Landmark Status of the University Library, issued by Karen Gordon [City of Seattle], January 2002.
The following newsclippings, numbered in the scrapbooks as given, are from the Seattle Public Library Archives:
University District Herald, April 18, 1941, p. 1 (UN7);
Ibid., April 11, 1941 (UN8);
Ibid., August 14, 1934 (UN9);
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Robert E. Iams, “History of University Branch As Part of Community Analysis,” November 15, 1979 (UN16);
University District Herald August 1, 1946 (UN20);
Robert E. Iams, “University Branch Library History” Flash Vol. 23, No. 2 (October 1964)(UN27);
Seattle Public Library Annual Report 1906-1907 16th ed. (UN28);
Seattle Public Library Annual Report 1910-1911 20th ed. (UN30);
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Editorial, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 7, 1937;
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Carrie Tuckwood, University Librarian to Alyssa Burrows, December 2002. - Eskenazi, Stuart. "New lease on hold for U Heights Center", Local News, The Seattle Times, 2006-04-93. Retrieved on 2006-07-21.
- Castro, Hector. "6 arrests tied to E. African gang: Group had been active in UW area, authorities say", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2006-02-14.
- Castro, Hector. "Gang arrests made: Members sold drugs and threatened UW students, feds say", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2006-02-13. Retrieved on 2006-04-21.
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Ctowley referenced Walt Crowley, Forever Blue Moon, The Story of Seattle's Most (In)Famous Tavern. Seattle: Blue Moon, 1992. - Crowley, Walt (2001-03-19). "McCune, Calmar (1911-1996), unofficial Mayor of the University District". HistoryLink.org Essay 3113. Retrieved on 2006-04-21.
Crowley referenced Cal McCune, From Romance to Riot: A Seattle Memoir. Seattle: Cal McCune, 1996;
Walt Crowley, Rites of Passage, A Memoir of the Sixties in Seattle. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1995; author's archives. - Crowley, Walt (11 May 1999, revised 9 May 2001). "University District (Seattle) Street Fair is first held May 23] and 24, 1970"]. HistoryLink Essay 1126. Retrieved on 2006-04-21.
Crowley referenced Rites of Passage: A Memoir of the Sixties in Seattle. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1995;
Paul Dorpat and Walt Crowley, "The Ave: From Streetcars to Street Fairs" (unpublished mss., prepared for University District Chamber of Commerce, 1994). - Dailey, Tom (n.d.). "Duwamish-Seattle". "Coast Salish Villages of Puget Sound". Retrieved on 2006-04-21.
Page links to Village Descriptions Duwamish-Seattle section.
Dailey referenced "Puget Sound Geography" by T. T. Waterman. Washington DC: National Anthropological Archives, mss. [n.d.] [ref. 2];
Duwamish et al. vs. United States of America, F-275. Washington DC: US Court of Claims, 1927. [ref. 5];
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"Seattle Before Seattle" by David Buerge in the Seattle Weekly, 17-23 December 1980. [ref. 9];
The Puyallup-Nisqually by Marian W. Smith. New York: Columbia University Press, 1940. [ref. 10].
Recommended start is "Coast Salish Villages of Puget Sound" - D'Oh Inc (2006). "About us". Scarecrow. Retrieved on 2006-04-21.
- Dorpat, Paul (18 June 2001, updated May 2002). "Seattle Neighborhoods: University District -- Thumbnail History". HistoryLink.org Essay 3380. Retrieved on 2006-04-21.
Dorpat referenced Seattle: Now and Then Vols. 1, 2, and 3. Seattle: Tartu Publications, 1984, 1988);
Walt Crowley and Paul Dorpat, "The Ave: Streetcars to Street Fairs", typescript dated 1995 in possession of Walt Crowley and Paul Dorpat, Seattle, Washington;
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Roy Nielsen, UniverCity: The City Within City: The Story of the University District Seattle: University Lions Foundation, ca. 1986;
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Low-Resolution Version, PDF format, 825 KB 12 January 2004.
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- University Village website
- A Local's U District Page (written by a UW alumni and Seattle resident for 4 decades)
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University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Also known as Washington and locally as The U or UW (usually pronounced "U-Dub"), it is the largest university in the Northwestern United States and the oldest
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Clearcutting or clearfelling is a Forestry/Logging practice in which all/most trees in an area are harvested, to facilitate the regrowth of a new stand. [1]
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Main route of the Interstate Highway System
1381.29 mi[1] (0 km)
1957
MX 1 at Mexican border in San Ysidro, CA
I-8 in San Diego, CA
I-10 in Los Angeles, CA
I-80 in Sacramento, CA
I-84 in Portland, OR
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Location: Salmon Bay, Seattle, Washington
Built/Founded: 1906
Architect: Multiple
Architectural style(s): Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other
Added to NRHP: December 14, 1978
NRHP Reference#: 78002751 [1]
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Built/Founded: 1906
Architect: Multiple
Architectural style(s): Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other
Added to NRHP: December 14, 1978
NRHP Reference#: 78002751 [1]
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Union Bay is that part of Lake Washington in Seattle that is west of a line drawn between Webster Point in the Laurelhurst neighborhood to the north (its southernmost point) and Foster Point in the Madison Park neighborhood to the south (its northeasternmost point).
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American Indian and Alaska Native
One race: 2.5 million[1]
In combination with one or more other races: 1.6 million[2]
Regions with significant populations United States
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One race: 2.5 million[1]
In combination with one or more other races: 1.6 million[2]
Regions with significant populations United States
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Duwamish tribe is a Native American tribe in western Washington, and the indigenous people of metropolitan Seattle. The Duwamish tribe today includes the People of the Inside, for Elliott Bay environs today; and the People of the Large Lake, for those around Lake Washington of
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Lushootseed (also xʷəlšucid, dxʷləšúcid, Puget Salish, Puget Sound Salish, Skagit-Nisqually) is the language or dialect continuum of several Salish Native American groups of modern-day Washington state.
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Coast Salish refers to a cultural or ethnographic designation of a subgroup of the First Nations or Native American cultures in British Columbia and Washington who speak one of the Coast Salish languages or
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Location Washington, USA
Nearest city Seattle, WA
Coordinates
Area 50 acres (0.2 km²)
Established 1972
Governing body University of Washington
The Union Bay Natural Area
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Nearest city Seattle, WA
Coordinates
Area 50 acres (0.2 km²)
Established 1972
Governing body University of Washington
The Union Bay Natural Area
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Duwamish tribe is a Native American tribe in western Washington, and the indigenous people of metropolitan Seattle. The Duwamish tribe today includes the People of the Inside, for Elliott Bay environs today; and the People of the Large Lake, for those around Lake Washington of
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Grasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae) and other herbaceous (non-woody) plants (forbs). Grasslands occur naturally on all continents except Antarctica, and in many other areas they have replaced the natural vegetation due to human influence.
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P. menziesii
Binomial name
Pseudotsuga menziesii
(Mirb.) Franco
The Coast Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii subsp.
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Binomial name
Pseudotsuga menziesii
(Mirb.) Franco
The Coast Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii subsp.
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T. plicata
Binomial name
Thuja plicata
Donn ex D.Don
Western Redcedar (Thuja plicata) is a species of Thuja
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Binomial name
Thuja plicata
Donn ex D.Don
Western Redcedar (Thuja plicata) is a species of Thuja
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Downtown is the central business district of Seattle, Washington. It is fairly compact compared to other city centers on the West Coast because of its geographical situation: hemmed in on the north and east by hills, on the west by Elliott Bay, and on the south by reclaimed land
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City of Snoqualmie, Washington
Snoqualmie Depot
Location of Snoqualmie within King County.
Coordinates:
Country United States
State Washington
County King
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Snoqualmie Depot
Location of Snoqualmie within King County.
Coordinates:
Country United States
State Washington
County King
Government
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tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railborne vehicle, lighter than a train, designed for the transport of passengers (and/or, very occasionally, freight) within, close to, or between villages, towns and/or cities, primarily on streets.
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Young Men's Christian Association ("YMCA" or "the Y") is a world-wide, largely nonsectarian and apolitical social movement with a special emphasis on community development and young people.
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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1940s 1950s 1960s - 1970s - 1980s 1990s 2000s
1967 1968 1969 - 1970 - 1971 1972 1973
Year 1970 (MCMLXX
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1940s 1950s 1960s - 1970s - 1980s 1990s 2000s
1967 1968 1969 - 1970 - 1971 1972 1973
Year 1970 (MCMLXX
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Blue Moon is a tavern located on the west edge of the University District, Seattle, Washington, that has been visited by many counterculture icons over the years. It opened in April 1934, soon after the repeal of Prohibition in December 1933, as the first and oldest still-extant
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The Grand Illusion Cinema is the oldest continually running independent movie theatre in Seattle, Washington in the United States of America. Located near the University of Washington, the theater used to be a dentist office and has 70 seats.
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Capitol Hill is the second most densely populated neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, United States, after Belltown (north of downtown). It is the center of gay life in Seattle and also a center of the city's counterculture, while also home to some of the city's grandest mansions
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Wi-Fi (pronounced wye-fye, IPA: /ˈwaɪfaɪ/), also unofficially known as Wireless Fidelity
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Safeco Corporation
Public (NYSE: SAF )
Founded Seattle, Washington (1923)
Headquarters Seattle, Washington, USA
Key people Paula Rosput Reynolds, President, CEO, and Director
Industry Insurance
Products Insurance
Auto Insurance
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Public (NYSE: SAF )
Founded Seattle, Washington (1923)
Headquarters Seattle, Washington, USA
Key people Paula Rosput Reynolds, President, CEO, and Director
Industry Insurance
Products Insurance
Auto Insurance
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University Village is an upscale shopping center in Seattle, Washington, built at the south corner of Ravenna neighborhood.[1] The 24 acre (97,000 m²) shopping center was built in 1956 across NE 45th Street on an earlier part of the Montlake Landfill (since 1911,
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Northgate Mall
Mall facts and statistics
Location Northgate, Seattle, Washington
Opening date 1950
Developer Allied Stores
Management Simon Property Group
Owner Simon Property Group
No. of stores and services over 125
No.
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Mall facts and statistics
Location Northgate, Seattle, Washington
Opening date 1950
Developer Allied Stores
Management Simon Property Group
Owner Simon Property Group
No. of stores and services over 125
No.
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Main route of the Interstate Highway System
1381.29 mi[1] (0 km)
1957
MX 1 at Mexican border in San Ysidro, CA
I-8 in San Diego, CA
I-10 in Los Angeles, CA
I-80 in Sacramento, CA
I-84 in Portland, OR
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In North American English, a bus bulb is an arrangement by which a sidewalk is extended outwards for a bus stop; typically the bus bulb replaces roadway that would otherwise be part of a parking lane.
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