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The Central District is a mostly residential neighborhood in Seattle located east of First Hill, west of Madrona and Leschi, south of Capitol Hill, and north of Rainier Valley. Historically, it has been a predominantly African American neighborhood, though it has become more diverse in recent years. Download high resolution version (394x698, 13 KB)Map of Seattle, Washington with Central District neighborhood highlighted. ... Download high resolution version (394x698, 13 KB)Map of Seattle, Washington with Central District neighborhood highlighted. ... A residential area is a type of land use where the predominant use is residential. ... A neighbourhood or neighborhood (see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community located within a larger city or suburb. ... City nickname Emerald City City bird Great Blue Heron City flower Dahlia City mottos The City of Flowers The City of Goodwill City song Seattle, the Peerless City Mayor Greg Nickels County King County Area - Total - Land - Water - % water 369. ... First Hill is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, named for the hill on which it is located. ... Madrona Madrona is a neighborhood in east central Seattle, Washington. ... Leschi is a neighborhood in east central Seattle, Washington, named after Chief Leschi of the Nisqually tribe. ... Capitol Hill Capitol Hill is the most densely populated neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. ... Rainier Valley Rainier Valley is a neighborhood in Seattle located east of Beacon Hill; west of Mount Baker, Seward Park, and Leschi; south of the Central District and First Hill; and north of Rainier Beach. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ...

Two demographic trends are changing the population of the Central District. First, the low-income segment of the African American population is moving southward toward Rainier Valley. Second, upper-middle-class, mostly white residents, who might otherwise have purchased homes on Capitol Hill or First Hill or in Madrona, are moving into the Central District as real estate and rental property become more expensive in those neighborhoods. A demographic or demographic profile is a term used in marketing and broadcasting, to describe a demographic grouping or a market segment. ... Capitol Hill Capitol Hill is the most densely populated neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. ... First Hill is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, named for the hill on which it is located. ... Madrona Madrona is a neighborhood in east central Seattle, Washington. ... Real estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. ...

Due to this market pressure, housing in the Central District is mixed, with some homes on the verge of condemnation, and others having recently undergone extensive renovation. Many condemned houses are being replaced by multi-unit townhouses and condominiums. Easy access to Interstate 5 and Downtown, as well as ample street parking, also make the Central District attractive. Houses in Fishpool Street, St Albans, England For other meanings of the word house, see House (disambiguation). ... In property law, condemnation is identical to eminent domain. ... Leinster House Henrietta Street Historically in the United Kingdom, Ireland and in some other countries, a townhouse (or a house in town) was a residence of a peer or member of the aristocracy in the capital or major city. ... A condominium is a form of housing tenure. ... Interstate 5 (abbreviated I-5) is the westernmost interstate highway in the continental United States. ... Downtown Seattle, from top of Space Needle (looking south) Map of downtown Seattle Downtown is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. ... Underground parking garage at the University of Minnesota. ...

The African American population of the Central District has also shifted toward the more affluent end of the spectrum in recent years as home values have increased. Many long-time residents resent this gentrification process, which is driving older residents southward into more affordable, but less convenient or more rundown neighborhoods further southeast of the city center. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Despite the gentrification, many locals still refer to the Central District as a predominantly African-American area. One possible reason for this is that despite the decline in the African-American population, Blacks still have a large presence in the neighborhood. The neighborhood has the highest concentration of blacks in the state of Washington and is still home to a variety of African-American culture including several gospel churches. The neighborhood has also had a significant Ethiopian population in recent years.

During the early 1960s, the neighborhood was a hotbed for the Seattle civil rights movement. In 1963, civil rights protesters took to the streets and protested against racial discrimination. Later, they participated in a sit-in in downtown Seattle. At the same time, the Black Panthers used the neighborhood as a staging area for their movement. The Black Panther Party (originally called the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was a revolutionary Black nationalist organization in the United States that formed in the late 1960s and grew to national prominence before falling apart due to factional rivalries stirred up by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. ...

The Central District has long been known to have a high crime rate. In the 1980s and 90s, the neighborhood struggled with gang violence, most noticeably with the West Coast Crips and Bloods in a similar way to Tacoma's Hilltop neighborhood. This has declined significantly in recent years. However, the neighborhood remains dangerous and violent crime rates are among the highest in the Seattle area. The Central District has perhaps the highest crime rate of any neighborhood in the state of Washington. Much of this crime however, occurs at night and is related to drugs and gangs. The neighborhood is relatively safe at daytime. The blue bandanas worn by most Crip gangs. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Famous residents of the neighborhood have included Jimi Hendrix and Quincy Jones. Both attended Garfield High School, possibly Seattle's most well known school. Hendrix redirects here. ... Quincy Jones on the cover of Back on the Block (1989). ...

The Central District's main thoroughfares are Martin Luther King Jr. Way (formerly Empire Way; the street was renamed in late 1983 after a nearly three-year battle) and 23rd Avenue (north- and southbound) and E. Union, E. Cherry, and E. Jefferson Streets and E. Yesler Way (east- and westbound).

The neighborhoods population is 22,200. 42.6% of residents are white or caucasian, 36.4% are black or African American, 7.8% Asian, 1.2% Native American, 0.5% Pacific Islander, 6.9% Hispanic, and 5.3% mixed race. 15.6% of families and 19.6% of the population are below poverty line.

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Landmarks and Institutions

Ezell's Chicken
Garfield Community Center
Garfield High School
Swedish Medical Center, Providence Campus

James A. Garfield High School is a public high school in the Seattle Public Schools district of Seattle, Washington, USA. Arguably the citys most famous school, it is known for its outstanding academic and arts programs, and for its high degree of cultural diversity. ... Swedish Medical Center, founded in 1910, is a large nonprofit health care provider located in Seattle, Washington. ...

Seattle neighborhoods
Ballard · Beacon Hill · Belltown · Bitter Lake · Blue Ridge · Broadmoor · Broadview · Bryant · Capitol Hill · Cascade · Central District · Crown Hill · Denny Regrade · Denny-Blaine · Downtown · Eastlake · First Hill · Fremont · Georgetown · Green Lake · Greenwood · Haller Lake · Harbor Island · Industrial District · Interbay · International District · Judkins · Lake City (Cedar Park, Matthews Beach, Meadowbrook, Olympic Hills, Victory Heights) · Laurelhurst · Leschi · Licton Springs · Lower Queen Anne · Madison Park · Madison Valley · Madrona · Magnolia · Montlake · Maple Leaf · Mount Baker · Northgate · Phinney Ridge · Pioneer Square · Queen Anne · Rainier Beach · Rainier Valley (Brighton, Columbia City, Dunlap) · Rainier View · Ravenna · Roosevelt · Sand Point · Seward Park · Sodo · South Lake Union · South Park · Squire Park · University District · University Village · View Ridge · Wallingford (Northlake) · Washington Park · Wedgwood · Westlake · West Seattle · Windermere Seattle, in Washington state, is made up of many districts and neighborhoods, a list of which appears below. ... Ballard Ballard is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, USA. Incorporated as an independent city in 1890, it was annexed by Seattle in 1907, but has retained much of its old Scandinavian flavor. ... // Description Beacon Hill Beacon Hill is a hill and district in southeast Seattle, Washington. ... Belltown Belltown is the most densely populated neighbourhood in Seattle, Washington, United States, located on the citys downtown waterfront. ... Bitter Lake Bitter Lake is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, USA, named after its most notable feature, Bitter Lake. ... Blue Ridge is a neighborhood in the city of Seattle, in the US state of Washington. ... Broadmoor Broadmoor is a private residential neighborhood of 85 acres (340,000 m²) and golf course of 115 acres (465,000 m²) in Seattle, Washington. ... Broadview is a neighborhood in northwestern Seattle, Washington, USA. Broadview is bounded on the west by Puget Sound; on the north by N.W. 145th Street, beyond which is the city of Shoreline; on the east by Greenwood Avenue N., beyond which lies the neighborhood of Bitter Lake; and on... Bryant Bryant is a residential neighborhood in northeast Seattle, Washington. ... Capitol Hill Capitol Hill is the most densely populated neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. ... Bold text Cascade Cascade is a small neighborhood abutting Downtown Seattle. ... Crown Hill is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. ... The Denny Regrade is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington that stretches north of the central business district to the grounds of Seattle Center. ... Denny-Blaine is a neighborhood in east central Seattle, Washington. ... Downtown Seattle, from top of Space Needle (looking south) Map of downtown Seattle Downtown is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. ... Eastlake is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, so named because of its location on the eastern shore of Lake Union. ... First Hill is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, named for the hill on which it is located. ... Fremont Fremont is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. ... Georgetown Georgetown is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, USA. 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 West Seattle; on the east by Interstate 5... Green Lake Green Lake is a neighborhood in north central Seattle, Washington, USA. Its centerpiece is the lake and park after which it is named. ... Greenwood Greenwood is a neighborhood in north central Seattle, Washington, USA. The generally accepted boundaries of Greenwood are Aurora Avenue N. (Washington State Route 99) to the east, beyond which lies Licton Springs; N. 105th Street/Holman Road to the north, beyond which lie Broadview and Bitter Lake; 8th Avenue... Haller Lake is a small lake and neighborhood in north central Seattle, Washington, named for Theodore N. Haller, who platted the neighborhood in 1905. ... Harbor Island is a man-made island in the mouth of Seattle, Washingtons Duwamish Waterway where it empties into Elliot Bay. ... The Industrial District is an industrial neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, USA. It is bounded on the west by the Duwamish Waterway and Elliott Bay, beyond which lies West Seattle; on the east by Interstate 5, beyond which lies Beacon Hill; on the north by S. King and S. Dearborn Streets... Interbay is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington consisting of the valley between Queen Anne Hill on the east and Magnolia on the west, plus filled-in areas of Smith Cove and Salmon Bay. ... The International District of Seattle, Washington (also known as Chinatown) has been called the only place in the continental United States where Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, Filipino Americans, Vietnamese Americans, Korean Americans, Laotian Americans, Cambodian Americans, and other Asian Americans live in one neighborhood. ... Judkins is a neighborhood in east-central Seattle, Washington. ... Lake City is a neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, located between Interstate 5 and Lake Washington about 7-8 miles northeast of downtown, east of the Northgate neighborhood. ... Cedar Park is a neighborhood in the Lake City district of Seattle, Washington. ... Matthews Beach Matthews Beach is a neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, located at the southern end of the Lake City neighborhood district. ... Meadowbrook is a sub-neighborhood of Lake City in Seattle, Washington. ... Olympic Hills is a neighborhood in the Lake City district of Seattle, Washington. ... Victory Heights is a neighborhood in the Lake City district of Seattle, Washington. ... Laurelhurst Laurelhurst is a well-to-do, peninsular residential neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, USA. It is bounded on the northeast by Ivanhoe Place N.E., beyond which is Windermere; on the northwest by Sand Point Way N.E. and N.E. 45th Street, beyond which are Hawthorne Hills, Ravenna, and... Leschi is a neighborhood in east central Seattle, Washington, named after Chief Leschi of the Nisqually tribe. ... Licton Springs Licton Springs is a neighborhood in North Seattle. ... Lower Queen Anne Lower Queen Anne is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, at the base of Queen Anne Hill. ... Madison Park Madison Park is a neighborhood in east central Seattle, Washington, named after the city park on the Lake Washington shore. ... Madison Valley is a neighborhood in Seattle located east of Capitol Hill; west of Washington Park; south of the Montlake; and north of the Central District. ... Madrona Madrona is a neighborhood in east central Seattle, Washington. ... Magnolia Magnolia is a large, hilly, peninsular neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, connected to the rest of the city by only three bridges over the tracks of the BNSF Railway: W. Emerson Place in the north, W. Dravus Street in the center, and W. Garfield Street (the Magnolia Bridge) in the... Montlake is a generally quiet neighborhood in central Seattle. ... Maple Leaf is a neighborhood in Seattle. ... Mount Baker Mount Baker is a neighborhood in South Seattle. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Green Lake and the eastern side of Phinney Ridge Phinney Ridge, also known simply as Phinney, is a neighborhood in north central Seattle, Washington, USA. It is named after the ridge which runs north and south, separating Ballard from Wallingford, from approximately N. 45th to N. 85th Street. ... Pioneer Square Pioneer Square is the neighborhood where Seattle, Washington was founded in 1853. ... Queen Anne Queen Anne Hill is the highest named hill in Seattle, Washington, with a maximum elevation of 456 feet (139 m), though the highest point in the city is the aptly named High Point in West Seattle, at 520 feet (158 m). ... Rainier Beach is a neighborhood in the city of Seattle, in the US state of Washington. ... Rainier Valley Rainier Valley is a neighborhood in Seattle located east of Beacon Hill; west of Mount Baker, Seward Park, and Leschi; south of the Central District and First Hill; and north of Rainier Beach. ... Brighton is a neighborhood in south Seattle, Washington, part of the greater Rainier Valley district. ... Columbia City Columbia City is a neighborhood in the Rainier Valley area of south Seattle, Washington. ... Dunlap is a neighborhood in south Seattle, Washington, just west of the Rainier Beach neighborhood. ... Rainier View is a residential neighborhood in the southeast corner of Seattle, Washington. ... Ravenna Ravenna is a neighborhood in northeastern Seattle, Washington, named after Ravenna, Italy. ... The Roosevelt district is a neighborhood in north-central Seattle, Washington. ... Sand Point is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, named after and consisting mostly of the Sand Point peninsula that juts into Lake Washington, which is itself largely given over to Magnuson Park. ... Seward Park is a suburban neighborhood in south Seattle, Washington just west of the park of the same name. ... SoDo SoDo is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, that makes up part of the citys Industrial District. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require removal of excess red links (links to non-existent articles). ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... Squire Park is a district in the city of Seattle, in the US state of Washington. ... University District The University District is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, so named because the main campus of the University of Washington is located there. ... University Village University Village is an upscale shopping center in Seattle, Washington, USA as well as its surrounding neighborhood. ... View Ridge is directly West of the Sandpoint Peninsula [Highlighted red], from NE 65 to NE 75 streets and 40 Ave NE to Sand Point Way Preface When View Ridge was developed for homes, there was a ridge, but no views. ... Wallingford Wallingford is a neighborhood in north central Seattle, Washington, named after John Noble Wallingford (died 1913). ... Northlake is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, that consists of the southern part of Wallingford (below N. 40th Street). ... Washington Park Washington Park is a neighborhood in east central Seattle, Washington, named after the city park to its northwest. ... Wedgwood Wedgwood is a neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, located about two miles (3 km) north, and slightly east, of the University of Washington; it is about 6 miles (10 km) northeast of downtown. ... Westlake is a neighborhood in the city of Seattle, in the US state of Washington, named after its location on the western shore of Lake Union. ... West Seattle West Seattle, a hilly district in Seattle, Washington, USA, encompasses all of Seattle west of the Duwamish River. ... Windermere is a well-to-do residential neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, named after Lake Windermere in Englands Lake District. ...
West Seattle is further divided into: Alki · Arbor Heights · Delridge (Highland Park, High Point, North Delridge, Riverview, Roxhill, South Delridge) · Fairmount Park · Fauntleroy · Gatewood · Genesee · North Admiral · Seaview West Seattle West Seattle, a hilly district in Seattle, Washington, USA, encompasses all of Seattle west of the Duwamish River. ... Alki Point is the westernmost point in West Seattle, Washington; Alki is the peninsular neighborhood surrounding it. ... Arbor Heights is a neighborhood in West Seattle, Washington. ... Delridge Delridge is a neighborhood in West Seattle, Washington, bounded by the Duwamish River to the east and north and unincorporated White Center to the south. ... Highland Park is a neighborhood in the Delridge district of West Seattle, Washington. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... North Delridge is a neighborhood in the Delridge district of West Seattle, Washington. ... Riverview is a neighborhood in the Delridge district of West Seattle, Washington. ... Roxhill is a neighborhood in the Delridge district of West Seattle, Washington. ... South Delridge is a neighborhood in the Delridge district of West Seattle, Washington. ... The Fairmount Park neighborhood of West Seattle runs along both sides of Fauntleroy Way SW, from (approximately) Graham Street in the south to Edmunds Street in the north. ... Fauntleroy, Seattle, Washington is a neighborhood in the southwest corner of the Seattle city limits. ... Gatewood is a neighborhood in West Seattle, Washington. ... Genesee is a neighborhood in West Seattle, Washington. ... North Admiral is a neighborhood in West Seattle, Washington. ... Seaview is a neighborhood in West Seattle, Washington. ...
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Central District, Seattle, Washington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (319 words)
	The Central District is a mostly residential neighborhood in Seattle located east of First Hill, west of Madrona and Leschi, south of Capitol Hill, and north of Rainier Valley.
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