The McCarver Neighborhood is located in
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma ( ) is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. A port city, it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Pa ...
. It is an urban neighborhood located in the
Downtown and the
Hilltop area of Tacoma.
Description
The neighborhood is named after McCarver Elementary School, which was the first magnet school in the nation.
The neighborhood's boundaries are South 19th Street to the north, Center Street to the south, Tacoma Ave. to the east, and South L Street to the west.
The McCarver Neighborhood was once a center of blight but in recent years has gentrified with new condominium & townhome developments along with condominium conversions from apartments.
The neighborhood's central street is maple tree lined Yakima Avenue that run north and south through the neighborhood.
There are no major employers in the McCarver neighborhood borders but just outside are
St. Joseph Medical Center (Tacoma, Washington)
St. Joseph Medical Center (SJMC) is a hospital in Tacoma, Washington. Part of Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, a division of Catholic Health Initiatives, it was the founding Washington operation of the former Franciscan Health System.
History
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. and the University of Washington - Tacoma Campus.
References
Neighborhoods in Tacoma, Washington
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