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Juanita, Washington
Juanita is a neighborhood of Kirkland, Washington located along the northeast edge of Lake Washington. The area, one of the Eastside's most historic, was an unincorporated area governed by King County until it was gradually annexed by Kirkland in 1967, 1988, and 2011. History Juanita Bay was first home to members of the Duwamish tribe, who had a winter village with three longhouses at the mouth of Juanita Creek in today's Juanita Bay Park. The village was known as Tahb-tahb-iuh, which may be Lushootseed for 'Loamy Place' after the composition of the soil, known as loam. The bay was a popular place to harvest wapatoes, an aquatic plant with an edible root. Many of the Native residents died of smallpox in the mid-nineteenth century, but some continued traveling to the area by canoe until at least 1917. Kirkland's earliest European settlers homesteaded in Juanita. Among them was Mary Jane Russell Terry, who is believed to have called the settlement "Juanita" after the 1853 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neighborhood
A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourhoods are often social communities with considerable face-to-face interaction among members. Researchers have not agreed on an exact definition, but the following may serve as a starting point: "Neighbourhood is generally defined spatially as a specific geographic area and functionally as a set of social networks. Neighbourhoods, then, are the spatial units in which face-to-face social interactions occur—the personal settings and situations where residents seek to realise common values, socialise youth, and maintain effective social control." Preindustrial cities In the words of the urban scholar Lewis Mumford, "Neighbourhoods, in some annoying, inchoate fashi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbes Creek (Washington)
Forbes Creek is a small, moderately sloping creek wholly within the city of Kirkland, Washington. From its headwaters on the Rose Hill moraine to its outlet at Juanita Bay is as the crow flies. The northern extent of its basin is a nearly east–west line at NE 116th Street; the eastern boundary is at the Rose Hill ridgeline, roughly north–south at 132nd Avenue NE. The southern extent is irregular trending roughly from Kirkland's high point at the northeast corner of Bridle Trails State Park (, ) through South Rose Hill Park, to Lake Washington at above sea level. Two major branches of the creek rise on Rose Hill between NE 70th Street and NE 85th Street and then run south to north on Rose Hill. One rises in the vicinity of Lake Washington High School and runs north past Costco #008 to Forbes Lake. The other rises slightly to the east in the vicinity of Rose Hill Elementary School then through North Rose Hill Woodlands Park. The two join north of the lake then run west throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Growth Management Act
The Washington State Growth Management Act (GMA) is a Washington state law that requires state and local governments to manage Washington's growth by identifying and protecting critical areas and natural resource lands, designating urban growth areas, preparing comprehensive plans and implementing them through capital investments and development regulations. This approach to growth management is unique among states. The act (Chapter 36.70A RCW) was adopted by the Legislature in 1990. The GMA was adopted because the Washington State Legislature found that uncoordinated and unplanned growth posed a threat to the environment, sustainable economic development and the quality of life in Washington. Rather than centralize planning and decision-making at the state level, the GMA focuses on local control. The GMA establishes state goals, sets deadlines for compliance, offers direction on how to prepare local comprehensive plans and regulations and sets forth requirements for early and cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingsgate, Kirkland, Washington
Kingsgate is a neighborhood of Kirkland, Washington, United States. It was annexed by Kirkland on June 1, 2011. Prior to the annexation, Kingsgate was a census-designated place (CDP). Based on 2010 US Census data, Kingsgate ranks 70th of 522 evaluated areas in the state of Washington by per capita income. Geography Kingsgate is located at (47.726320, -122.174184). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP had a total area of 2.3 square miles (6.0 km2), all of it land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 12,222 people, 4,314 households, and 3,157 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 5,255.7 people per square mile (2,025.3/km2). There were 4,424 housing units at an average density of 1,902.4/sq mi (733.1/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 79.95% White, 1.63% African American, 0.61% Native American, 11.63% Asian, 0.24% Pacific Islander, 1.82% from other races, and 4.12% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finn Hill, Washington
Inglewood-Finn Hill was a census-designated place (CDP) in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 22,707 at the 2010 census. The community was largely annexed into neighboring Kirkland in 2011. Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Inglewood-Finn Hill ranks 35th of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked. History Inglewood was platted and named in 1888 by the settler L.A. Wold. The community was largely annexed into neighboring Kirkland in 2011 and removed from the Census Bureau's list of places as part of the annual Boundary and Annexation Survey. Geography Inglewood-Finn Hill is located at (47.722620, -122.219941) north of the pre-2011 Kirkland, Washington city limits and south of Kenmore. In December 2009, nearly all of the CDP was approved for annexation to Kirkland in a city council vote. Norway Hill, a small neighborhood in the northeastern part of the area, is part of a potential annexation area con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juanita High School
Juanita High School is a high school in Kirkland, Washington, administered by Lake Washington School District. It was opened on September 4, 1971, as a result of a campaign driven by an education theory known as the "Juanita Concept", developed by John Strauss, who became the school's first principal. It was later discovered that this concept did not work, primarily because of the passing of the "Basic Education Law" in the mid-1970s, resulting in the school later remodeling into a traditional format. The mascot chosen was the "rebel", to represent the rebellious nature of the teaching concept. In June 2018, half the school was demolished and rebuilt to house more students. The whole school has been rebuilt and fully refurbished as of September of 2020. Mascot controversy During the 1980s, the school's logo was altered, utilizing features of the Confederate flag, and depicting the "Running Rebel" as a Confederate soldier. In 2017, a student started a petition to change the mascot, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Washington Ship Canal
The Lake Washington Ship Canal, which runs through the city of Seattle, connects the fresh water body of Lake Washington with the salt water inland sea of Puget Sound. The Hiram M. Chittenden Locks accommodate the approximately difference in water level between Lake Washington and the sound. The canal runs east–west and connects Union Bay, the Montlake Cut, Portage Bay, Lake Union, the Fremont Cut, Salmon Bay, and Shilshole Bay, which is part of the sound. History The ship canal project began in 1911 and was officially completed in 1934. Prior to construction of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, otherwise known as the Salmon Bay Waterway, water used to exit Lake Washington via the Black River which flowed from the south end of Lake Washington into the Duwamish River. As early as 1854, there was discussion of building a navigable connection between Lake Washington and Puget Sound for the purpose of transporting logs, milled lumber, and fishing vessels. Thirteen years later, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juanita Beach Park
Juanita Beach Park is a waterfront park located on the northeast shore of Lake Washington in the Juanita neighborhood, managed by the city of Kirkland, Washington in the United States. It was historically the home of several popular private beach resorts before their purchase by the public in 1956. The park straddles thoroughfare Juanita Drive and features a number of amenities, including a pier, a playground, bathhouses, and athletic facilities. It is the busiest waterfront park in Kirkland's recreation system. History The Kirkland Heritage Society has called Juanita Beach Park "likely the most historic property owned by the City of Kirkland". Prior to European colonization, Juanita Bay (including both Juanita Beach Park and nearby Juanita Bay Park) was home to several Duwamish longhouses, collectively referred to as Tahb-tahb-iuh, Lushootseed for 'Loamy Place'. Between 1876 and 1877 the site was homesteaded by 33rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment Union veteran Dorr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madison Park, Seattle
Madison Park is a neighborhood in east central Seattle, Washington, USA, named after the city park at the foot of E. Madison Street on the Lake Washington shore. It is bounded on the east by Lake Washington; on the south by the intersection of Lake Washington Boulevard E. and 39th Avenue E., beyond which is Denny-Blaine; on the west by Lake Washington Boulevard E.; and on the north by Union Bay. Washington Park and the private Broadmoor community and golf course are subunits within Madison Park. The neighborhood's main thoroughfares are E. Madison Street (northeast- and southwest-bound) and McGilvra Boulevard E. (north- and southbound). Madison Park in the early 1900s was a popular destination for people who lived in Downtown Seattle and continues to draw from Capitol Hill and beyond, especially on warmer days. Though very close to the city center, it was seen as a summer getaway, with a cable car leading over the hills to the lake, park, swimming beach and ferries to destinat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states that had seceded. The central cause of the war was the dispute over whether slavery would be permitted to expand into the western territories, leading to more slave states, or be prevented from doing so, which was widely believed would place slavery on a course of ultimate extinction. Decades of political controversy over slavery were brought to a head by the victory in the 1860 U.S. presidential election of Abraham Lincoln, who opposed slavery's expansion into the west. An initial seven southern slave states responded to Lincoln's victory by seceding from the United States and, in 1861, forming the Confederacy. The Confederacy seized U.S. forts and other federal assets within their borders. Led by Confederate President Jefferson Davis, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Norton
Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton, Lady Stirling-Maxwell (22 March 1808 – 15 June 1877) was an active English social reformer and author.Perkin, pp. 26–28. She left her husband in 1836, who sued her close friend Lord Melbourne, then the Whig Prime Minister, for criminal conversation (adultery). The jury threw out the claim, but she failed to gain a divorce and was denied access to her three sons. Norton's campaigning led to the passage of the Custody of Infants Act 1839, the Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 and the Married Women's Property Act 1870. She modelled for the fresco of ''Justice'' in the House of Lords by Daniel Maclise, who chose her as a famous victim of injustice. Youth and marriage Caroline Norton was born in London to Thomas Sheridan and the novelist Caroline Henrietta Callander. Her father was an actor, soldier and colonial administrator, the son of the prominent Irish playwright and Whig statesman Richard Brinsley Sheridan and his wife Elizabeth Ann Linley.Str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juanita (song)
"Juanita" ("Nita Juanita") is a love song variously subtitled "A Spanish Ballad", "A Song of Spain", and others. "Juanita" was number two of a six song collection entitled Songs of Affection published December 1853 by Chappell & Co. and composed by noted Victorian society figure and social reformer Caroline Norton. ''Juanita'' was the first ballad by a woman composer to achieve massive sales, and its original setting (for a soprano) has been seen to be subtly subversive of gender roles (as the woman singing the song is taking the part of the wooing lover), a topic of some significance to Mrs. Norton. As composing was seen as a masculine occupation, it was typical to borrow or adapt the melodies. The opening four-bar phrase of the song is taken from Handel's aria ''Lascia ch'io pianga'' from the opera ''Rinaldo'', although the subsequent melody differs from that of the aria. The name of the song is derived from the refrains: "Juanita" appears in numerous songbooks and has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
