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. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (394x698, 13 KB)Map of Seattle, Washington with Green Lake neighborhood highlighted. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (394x698, 13 KB)Map of Seattle, Washington with Green Lake neighborhood highlighted. ... Neighbourhood is also a term in topology. ... Downtown Seattle skyline City nickname: The Emerald City Location Location of Seattle in King County and Washington Government County King Mayor Greg Nickels NP/Democrat ¹ Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 369. ... Park and path Looking southeast toward Woodland Park Map of Seattle with Green Lake marked Green Lake is a freshwater lake in north central Seattle, Washington, USA, surrounded by the Green Lake neighborhood to the north and east, the Wallingford neighborhood to the south, the Phinney Ridge neighborhood to the... Categories: Stub | Seattle parks ...

Its generally accepted boundaries are Interstate 5 to the east, beyond which lies Roosevelt and Maple Leaf; N. 85th Street to the north, beyond which lies the neighborhood surrounding North Seattle Community College, known by some as North College Park; Aurora Avenue N. (Washington State Route 99) to the west, beyond which lies Phinney Ridge, and N. 60th Street and Woodland Park to the south, beyond which lies Wallingford. MAJOR JUNCTIONS JUNCTION EXIT # Mexican Federal Highway 1/ Mexican Border CA 0 I-805 CA 1 I-15 CA 13 I-8 CA 20 I-805 CA 31 CA-1 CA 79 I-405 CA 94 I-605 CA 124 I-710 CA 130 US-101 CA 134 I-10... The Roosevelt district is a neighborhood in north-central Seattle, Washington. ... Maple Leaf is a neighborhood in Seattle. ... The Seattle Community College District is a group of community colleges located in Seattle, Washington. ... Washington State Route 99 is a highway in the state of Washington, U.S.A. It extends just over 50 miles from Fife in the south to Everett in the east. ... 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. ... Wallingford is a neighborhood in north central Seattle, Washington, named after John Noble Wallingford (died 1913). ...

Its main thoroughfares are the circumferential road around the lake, known at different points as East Green Lake Way N., East Green Lake Drive N., West Green Lake Drive N., Aurora Avenue N., and West Green Lake Way N.; N. 65th, N. 71st, and N. 80th Streets (east- and westbound); Wallingford Avenue N. and 1st, 5th, Latona, and Woodlawn Avenues N.E. (generally north- and southbound but following the contours of the shoreline at some points); Green Lake Drive N. and N.E. Ravenna Boulevard (northwest- and southeast-bound); and Winona Avenue N. (northeast- and southwest-bound).

David Phillips surveyed the Green Lake area in September 1855 for the United States Surveyor General. The first settler was Erhart Seifried with a 132 acre homestead on the northeast shore of the lake in 1869. In 1891 a trolley line was extended from Fremont along the eastern shore and around the northern end of Green Lake. Also in 1891, Green Lake was annexed to Seattle. 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Fremont Fremont is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. ...

There is an extensive variety of housing types in Green Lake. Since 1995, the neighborhood has undergone significant redevelopment. Many houses have been completely remodeled and enlarged, often with the addition of another floor. This is a consequence of Green Lake's easy access to Downtown via Aurora Avenue N. 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Downtown Seattle, from top of Space Needle (looking south) Map of downtown Seattle Downtown is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. ... Washington State Route 99 is a highway in the state of Washington, U.S.A. It extends just over 50 miles from Fife in the south to Everett in the east. ...

Prior to the 1991 redistricting, Green Lake formed the center of Washington's 32^nd Legislative District. The well-organized and rather left-leaning Democratic Party organization of that district was widely known both to friend and foe alike as "the soviet of Green Lake", possibly an allusion to James Farley's legendary (though possibly apocryphal) 1930s remark about "the 47 States of the Union and the Soviet of Washington". Redistricting, known as redistribution in many Commonwealth countries, is the changing of political borders (in many countries, specifically the electoral district/constituency boundaries) usually in response to periodic census results. ... In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms that refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially but not exclusively in the American sense of the word... The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Soviet redirects here. ... James (Jim) Aloysius Farley (May 30, 1888 – June 9, 1976) was an American politican who served as head of the Democratic National Committee and Postmaster General. ...