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General area of Northgate (inexact)
Northgate is an informal district of neighborhoods in north urban Seattle, Washington, named for and
surrounding Northgate Mall, the first
covered mall in the United States.[1]
Its east-west principal arterials are NE Northgate Way and 130th
Street, and its north-south principal arterials are Roosevelt Way
NE and Aurora Avenue N (SR 99). Minor arterials are
College Way-Meridian Avenue N, 1st, 5th, and 15th avenues NE.[2] Interstate 5 runs through the district.
Besides the eponymous mall, the most characteristic
distinctions of the area are North Seattle Community
College (NSCC), the south fork of the Thornton Creek watershed, and the Sheihk
Idriss Mosque.
Sub-Neighborhoods
Northgate neighborhoods are (north to south):
map[3]
Mosque
The Sheihk Idriss Mosque in Pinehurst has architecture unique in
Seattle. An octagonal dome and a symbolic minaret, both sheathed in copper and capped
with crescent moons, red brick walls banded with
buff
brick and tall glass-block windows topped with concrete lintels in
the shape of Moorish arches
distinguish the first mosque
in Seattle (1981) and the first mosque west of the Mississippi
River to be built in a Middle Eastern design.[4]
Mall
The Northgate Mall, opened in 1950, is the first regional
shopping center called a mall, though there are 3 other shopping
centers in the United States which predate it. [1]
At the time of its opening, it was located outside of the Seattle
city limits, though this is no longer the case. It is located in
the Maple Leaf neighborhood of Northgate. [5]
Surrounding Northgate Mall are many strip malls and the
"Northgate North" shopping center which features a Best Buy and a 2 level Target.
Development
The Northgate area has been subject to a large amount of
residential and commercial development in the last few years, and
many huge projects are underway. The height limits in the area have
been increased to 85' to allow for further population growth.
In 2006, a new park, library, and community center opened in the
Northgate neighborhood across 5th Ave NE from Northgate Mall. These are part
of the city's plan to accelerate development in Northgate. [6]
While there is much commerce in the area, hotel development has
been limited with only the Hotel Nexus, previously a Ramada
Inn, being the only upscale hotel in the area. The many motels
on Aurora Avenue is further northwest than the Northgate
neighborhood.
Prehistory
What is now Northgate has been inhabited since the end of the
last glacial period (c.
8,000 B.C.E.—10,000 years ago). The
Dkhw’Duw’Absh, People of the Inside and
Xacuabš, People of the Large Lake, Lushootseed
(Skagit-Nisqually) Coast Salish native people had used the
Liq'tid Springs area as a spiritual health spa. They
harvested cranberries from the Slo’q `qed
(SLOQ-qed, bald head), an 85 acre (34 ha) marsh and bog at
what is now the NSCC car park, Interstate 5 interchange, and
Northgate Mall. Large open areas for game habitat and foraging
(anthropogenic grasslands) were maintained in what are now
these neighborhoods by selective burning every few years. Today the
Native American
descendents are represented by the Duwamish Tribe.
Notes and
references
- ^ a
b
Wilma, David (2001-08-02, corrected
2005-02-16, updated on 2005-05-07). ""Northgate Shopping Mall
opens on April 21, 1950."". HistoryLink.org Essay
3186. http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=3186. Retrieved
2007-05-17.
Wilma referenced Walt
Crowley with Paul Dorpat (Photography Editor), National
Trust Guide: Seattle (New York: John Wiley & Son, Inc.,
1998), 209;
HistoryLink.org Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History,
"Northgate Beginnings" (by Jim Douglas), http://www.historylink.org/ (accessed August
2001);
L. B. Fussell, "Section To Be Known As 'Northgate'", The
Seattle Times, February 22, 1948;
"Features Of Northgate Shopping Area Outlined", Ibid., February 1,
1950; "Polar Bear Cubs And $35,000 Car Vie At Northgate", Ibid.,
May 23, 1950;
"Plenty of Parking Space At Northgate", Ibid., May 7, 1950;
"Carter To Carve Totem Pole For Northgate", Ibid., February 26,
1952;
"Northgate Stores Fete Completion Of 5-acre
(20,000 m2) Area", Ibid., February 15, 1952;
"Car Show Planned On Northgate Mall", Ibid., April 30, 1953;
"25 New Stores Opening At Northgate", Ibid., August 17, 1965;
"Did You Know?" Ibid., March 18, 1965;
"Northgate's Vast Parking Areas Can Accommodate Up To 50,000 Cars A
Day", Ibid., March 21, 1968;
"Eighteen Stores Pioneered Merchandising History At Northgate",
Ibid., April 9, 1975;
"Northgate An Instant Success", Ibid., April 9, 1975;
"Northgate Center Will Celebrate 30th Anniversary Next Month",
Ibid., March 13, 1980;
"Simoninfo", Simon Properties Website (www.simon.com);
Steve Schoenherr (University of San Diego), "Evolution of the
Shopping Center", Steve Schoenherr Home Page accessed on November
4, 2004 (http://home.sandiego.edu/~ses/).
- ^
""Street Classification
Maps"". Seattle Department of Transportation. 2005. http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/streetclassmaps.htm. Retrieved
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"]
- ^
(1) ""Northgate"".
Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas. Seattle Parks
and Recreation. n.d., map .jpg 2002-06-17.
http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1030S.htm. Retrieved
2006-04-21.
(2) ""About the Seattle City
Clerk's On-line Information Services"". Information
Services. Seattle City Clerk's Office. Revised 2006-04-30. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/about.htm. Retrieved
2006-05-21.
See heading, "Note about limitations of these data".
(3) Shenk, Pollack, Dornfeld, Frantilla, & Neman.
Sources for this atlas and the neighborhood names used in it
include a 1980 neighborhood map produced by the Department of
Community Development (relocated to the Department of Neighborhoods
[1] and other
agencies), Seattle Public Library indexes,
a 1984-1986 Neighborhood Profiles feature series in the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, numerous parks, land use and
transportation planning studies, and records in the Seattle
Municipal Archives [2].
[Maps "NN-1120S", "NN-1130S", "NN-1140S".Jpg [sic] dated 13 June
2002; "NN-1030S", "NN-1040S".jpg dated 17 June 2002.]
- ^ Long, Priscilla (2001-09-15). ""Sheihk Idriss Mosque founded
in Seattle's Northgate neighborhood in 1981."".
HistoryLink.org Essay 3570. http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=3570. Retrieved
2006-04-21.
Long referenced David Buerge and Junius Rochester, Roots and
Branches (Seattle: Church Council of Greater Seattle, 1988),
221;
David Schraer, "Northgate's Mosque: A Monument on the Strip",
Arcade (Seattle), Vol. 2, No. 2 (June-July 1981), p.
2;
John Wolcott, "Muslims in the Northwest", The Progress,
Vol. 89, No. 3 (January 16, 1986).
- ^ Wilma, David (2001-07-20). ""Seattle Neighborhoods: Maple
Leaf -- Thumbnail History"". HistoryLink.org Essay
3454. http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=3454. Retrieved
2007-05-17.
Wilma referenced Mimi Sheridan and Carol Tobin, Licton Springs
History, (Seattle: Licton Springs Community Council, 2001),
8;
Don Sherwood, "Sacajawea P.F.", in "Interpretive Essays of the
Histories of Seattle's Parks and Playfields", handwritten bound
manuscript dated 1977, Seattle Room, Seattle Public Library.
- ^
""The Future of
Northgate"". http://seattle.gov/mayor/issues/northgate/. Retrieved
2007-10-23.
This is a page on Seattle Mayor Nickels' website about Northgate
development.
Further reading and
references
- ""About the Seattle City
Clerk's On-line Information Services"". Information
Services. Seattle City Clerk's Office. Revised 2006-04-30. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/about.htm. Retrieved
2007-05-17.
See heading, "Note about limitations of these data".
- Bowditch, Elise; Wang, Man; and
Wilson, Matthew (2002-01-30). ""North Seattle Community
College Trail Siting"". GEOG461 Urban GIS, Department of
Geography. University of Washington.
http://students.washington.edu/mwarrenw/nscc_trail/. Retrieved
2006-04-21.
Elise Bowditch, Teaching Assistant; Man Wang, Teaching Assistant;
Matthew W. Wilson, Research Associate.
- Brokaw, Michael (n.d.). ""Grounds Department
Wetland"". North Seattle Community College Grounds
Maintenance. http://www.awdevelopment.com/Grounds/wetland.html. Retrieved
2006-04-21.
- Dailey, Tom (n.d.). ""Duwamish-Seattle"".
"Coast Salish Villages of
Puget Sound". http://coastsalishmap.org/new_page_6.htm. Retrieved
2006-04-21.
Page links to Village Descriptions Duwamish-Seattle section [3].
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];
"Indian Lake Washington" by David Buerge in the Seattle
Weekly, 1-7 August 1984 [ref. 8];
"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" [4].
- Dolan, Maria; True, Kathryn (2003).
"North Seattle Community College Wetlands". Nature in the city:
Seattle. Seattle: Mountaineers Books. pp. 242–7. ISBN
0-89886-879-3 (paperback).
- Hodson, Jeff (2000-02-16). ""Restoration urged for
Thornton Creek : Local News"". The Seattle Times. http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=4005200&date=20000216&query=Creeks. Retrieved
2006-04-21.
Was [5], NF.
- [Lakw'alas]
(Speer, Thomas R.), editor (2004-07-22). ""Chief Si'ahl"" (DOC).
"Chief Si'ahl".
Duwamish Tribe. http://www.duwamishtribe.org/Life_siahl.doc. Retrieved
2006-04-21.
Includes bibliography.
- "Map of Licton Springs-North
College Park". "Welcome to the Licton Springs
Neighborhood". Licton Springs Community Council. n.d.. http://www.lictonsprings.org/localin/map.html. Retrieved
2007-05-17.
Map of Licton Springs-North College Park.
- ""Licton Springs Neighborhood:
Local Interest"". Licton Springs Community Council. Winter
2000. http://www.lictonsprings.org/localin/localopen.html. Retrieved
2006-04-21.
- ""Northgate"".
Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas. Office of the
Seattle City Clerk. n.d., map .jpg 2002-06-17. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1030S.htm. Retrieved
2006-04-21.
- Shenk, Carol; Pollack, Laurie;
Dornfeld, Ernie; Frantilla, Anne; and Neman, Chris (2002-06-26,
maps .jpg c. 2002-06-15). ""About neighborhood
maps"". Seattle City Clerk's Office Neighborhood Map
Atlas. Information Services, Seattle City Clerk's Office. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/aboutnm.htm. Retrieved
2006-04-21.
Sources for this atlas and the neighborhood names used in it
include a 1980 neighborhood map produced by the Department of
Community Development (relocated to the Department of
Neighborhoods and other agencies), Seattle Public Library indexes,
a 1984-1986 Neighborhood Profiles feature series in the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, numerous parks, land use and
transportation planning studies, and records in the Seattle Municipal
Archives.
[Maps "NN-1120S", "NN-1130S", "NN-1140S".Jpg [sic] dated 13 June
2002; "NN-1030S", "NN-1040S".jpg dated 17 June 2002.]
- ""Restoration Activities: A
Few of Our Accomplishments"". Thornton Creek Alliance, Seattle
Community Network. n.d.. http://www.scn.org/earth/tca/tcarestor.htm. Retrieved
2006-04-21.
- Walter, Sunny; local Audubon
chapters (Updated 2006-02-10). ""Sunny Walter's Washington
Nature Weekends: Wildlife Viewing Locations - Greater Seattle
Area"". http://www.nwlink.com/~sunnywww/WhereView-WNW-Birds-PugetSound.html. Retrieved
2006-04-21.
"with additions by Sunny Walter and local Audubon chapters."
Viewing locations only; the book has walks, hikes, wildlife, and
natural wonders.
Walter excerpted from
- Dolan, Maria; True, Kathryn (2003).
Nature in the city: Seattle. Seattle: Mountaineers Books.
ISBN 0-89886-879-3 (paperback.
"with additions by Sunny Walter and local Audubon chapters." See
"Northeast Seattle" section, bullet points "Meadowbrook",
"Paramount Park Open Space", "North Seattle Community College
Wetlands", and "Sunny Walter -- Twin Ponds".
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