Northgate is a
neighborhood
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in north
Seattle
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,
Washington
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, named for and surrounding
Northgate Mall, the first covered mall in the
United States
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[ ]
Wilma referenced Walt Crowley
Walter Charles Crowley (June 20, 1947 – September 21, 2007) was an American historian and activist from Washington state. He first entered the public sphere in Seattle through his involvement with the social and political movements of the 1960s, ...
with Paul Dorpat
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(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), accessed August 2001
L. B. Fussell, "Section To Be Known As 'Northgate'", ''The Seattle Times'', February 22, 1948;
"Features Of Northgate Shopping Area Outlined", ''The Seattle Times'', February 1, 1950; "Polar Bear Cubs And $35,000 Car Vie At Northgate", ''The Seattle Times'', May 23, 1950;
"Plenty of Parking Space At Northgate", ''The Seattle Times'', May 7, 1950;
"Carter To Carve Totem Pole For Northgate", ''The Seattle Times'', February 26, 1952;
"Northgate Stores Fete Completion Of Area", ''The Seattle Times'', February 15, 1952;
"Car Show Planned On Northgate Mall", ''The Seattle Times'', April 30, 1953;
"25 New Stores Opening At Northgate", ''The Seattle Times'', August 17, 1965;
"Did You Know?" ''The Seattle Times'', March 18, 1965;
"Northgate's Vast Parking Areas Can Accommodate Up To 50,000 Cars A Day", ''The Seattle Times'', March 21, 1968;
"Eighteen Stores Pioneered Merchandising History At Northgate", ''The Seattle Times'', April 9, 1975;
"Northgate An Instant Success", ''The Seattle Times'', April 9, 1975;
"Northgate Center Will Celebrate 30th Anniversary Next Month", ''The Seattle Times'', March 13, 1980;simon.com
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Steve Schoenherr (University of San Diego), "Evolution of the Shopping Center", Steve Schoenherr Home Page accessed on November 4, 2004
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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. Interstate 5 runs through the district. Besides the eponymous mall, the most characteristic distinctions of the area are North Seattle College
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(NSC) and the south fork of the Thornton Creek
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watershed and Seattle Kraken
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Iceplex center.
History
Prehistory
What is now Northgate has been inhabited since the end of the last glacial period (c. 8,000 BCE—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 grassland
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s) were maintained in what are now these neighborhoods by selective burning every few years. Today the Native American descendants are represented by the Duwamish tribe.
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 2009 the Northgate Mall was remodeled and added dozens more retail shops. 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.
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 lining Aurora Avenue are further northwest than the Northgate neighborhood.
Dense mixed-use development is expected to be constructed adjacent to Northgate station on Link light rail
Link light rail is a light rail rapid transit system serving the Seattle metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington. It is managed by Sound Transit in partnership with local transit providers, and consists of two non-connected lines: t ...
, which opened in October 2021 as the terminus of the Northgate Link Extension. Northgate will also be home to the headquarters and team practice facility of the Seattle Kraken
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beginning in 2021.
Neighborhoods
Northgate neighborhoods are (north to south):
* Haller Lake
* Pinehurst
* Licton Springs or North College Park
* Maple Leaf
Places of Interest
The Idriss Mosque in Pinehurst has architecture unique to Seattle. An octagonal dome and a symbolic minaret
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, both sheathed in copper and capped with crescent moons, red brick walls banded with buff brick and tall glass-block windows topped with concrete lintel
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s in the shape of Moorish
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Moors are not a distinct or se ...
arches distinguish the first mosque
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in Seattle (1981) and the first mosque west of the Mississippi River to be built in a Middle Eastern design.[ ]
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).
Mall
The Northgate Mall, opened in 1950, is the oldest, first regional historic shopping center called a mall, though there are 3 other shopping centers in the United States which predate it. 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.[ ]
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.
Surrounding Northgate Mall are many strip malls and the "Northgate North" shopping center which features a Best Buy
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and a two-story Target
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Further reading
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See heading, "Note about limitations of these data".
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Elise Bowditch, Teaching Assistant; Man Wang, Teaching Assistant; Matthew W. Wilson, Research Associate.
* Page links to Village Descriptions Duwamish-Seattle section.
br>Dailey referenced "Puget Sound Geography" by T. T. Waterman. Washington DC: National Anthropological Archives, mss. .d. ef. 2
''Duwamish et al. vs. United States of America, F-275''. Washington DC: US Court of Claims, 1927. ef. 5
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* Ef (band), a post-rock band from Sweden
* '' Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.'', a Japanese adult visual novel series by Minori, or its anime adaptations
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"Indian Lake Washington" by David Buerge in the ''Seattle Weekly'', 1–7 August 1984 ef. 8
EF or ef may refer to:
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* '' Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.'', a Japanese adult visual novel series by Minori, or its anime adaptations
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"Seattle Before Seattle" by David Buerge in the ''Seattle Weekly'', 17–23 December 1980. ef. 9
''The Puyallup-Nisqually'' by Marian W. Smith. New York: Columbia University Press, 1940. ef. 10
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* Ef (band), a post-rock band from Sweden
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Recommended start is "Coast Salish Villages of Puget Sound".
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Map of Licton Springs-North College Park.
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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 th
and other agencies), Seattle Public Library
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indexes, a 1984-1986 Neighborhood Profiles feature series in the ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'', numerous parks, land use and transportation planning studies, and records in th
Seattle Municipal Archives
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"with additions by Sunny Walter and local Audubon chapters."
Viewing locations only; the book has walks, hikes, wildlife, and natural wonders.
Walter excerpted from
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"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".
Notes and references
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