Roosevelt is a neighborhood in north

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. Its main thoroughfare, originally 10th Avenue, was renamed Roosevelt Way upon

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's death in 1919. The neighborhood received the name as the result of a Community Club contest held eight years later, in 1927.Wilma (20 August 2001) Roosevelt's principal and minor arterials are the one-way pair Roosevelt Way (southbound) and 12th Avenue NE (northbound), Lake City Way ( SR 522) and 15th Avenue NE, and NE 65th and 75th Streets. City streets are laid out and designated in a pattern; see street layout of Seattle, directionals. The boundaries of the neighborhood are

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to the west, beyond which lies Green Lake; NE Ravenna Boulevard and NE 60th Street to the south, beyond which is the University District; 15th Avenue NE to the east, beyond which is

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; and Lake City Way (SR 522) to the north, beyond which lies

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Schools

The Roosevelt district is also home to Roosevelt High School (RHS, opened 1922), one of the older schools in the

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. Like the street, it is named after Teddy, not

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. For many years, Roosevelt High School and Garfield High School juggled the lead in the school district in many academic and sports fields. Alumni include Mark Pattison, who played football for the

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Huskies and was drafted in the seventh round in 1985 by the

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of the NFL, actress

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,(also attended Nova) and Nobel laureate scientists

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and

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Jr.

Shops

Although primarily a residential neighborhood, the Roosevelt district had a

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department store from 1928 to 1980. After its closure, the land was redeveloped as Roosevelt Square, which now features all natural

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, local and family-owned

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Bartell Drugs (chain established 1890), a Mud Bay pet store and a

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among other businesses. A block beyond Roosevelt Way to the west is the longest-established vegetarian restaurant in Seattle, independent Sunlight Cafe, nearly as old (1978) as Starbucks.(1) Eibel
(2) Beans and equipment since 1971, drinks since 1985, corporate expansion 1987. Numerous other small businesses still line 65th Street and Roosevelt Way. Teddy's is a multi-generational, multi-subculture popular biker bar. Roosevelt Way from 62nd Street north to 64th was somewhat of an "audio row", having featured a concentration of stores selling high-end audio and video systems and components. Today, only two such stores remain.

Parks

The neighborhood includes two parks:

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, in the southeast corner (contiguous with the larger

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); and Froula Playground, in the northeast corner, adjacent to the Green Lake Reservoir. The source of

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has been reduced to Cowen Park; since completion of partial

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in 2006, the creek has been reconnected to

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Recent projects

The underground Roosevelt Link light rail station located at NE 65th St and 12th Ave NE opened for service on October 2, 2021, which connects Roosevelt to downtown Seattle as well as the Northgate neighborhood to the north.

Notes and references

External links

Roosevelt Neighborhood Association official website

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Sound Transit webpage on future light rail station in Roosevelt