Northlake is a

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, that consists of the southern part of Wallingford, below N 40th Street. It is so named for being on the northern shore of

Lake Union Lake Union () is a freshwater lake located entirely within the city limits of Seattle, Washington, United States. It is a major part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, which carries fresh water from the much larger Lake Washington on the east t ...

. Landmarks include the Northlake Shipyard,

Gas Works Park Gas Works Park is a park located in Seattle, Washington, United States. It has a public park on the site of the former Seattle Gas Light Company gasification plant, located on the north shore of Lake Union at the south end of the Wallingfor ...

, the Wallingford Steps art installation, and Ivar's Salmon House. Circa 1900, the eastern part of Northlake was known as Latona, and the John Stanford International School building was formerly the Latona School. Nowadays, the name ''Latona'' is likely to refer to anywhere along Latona Ave. NE from Northlake north to NE 65th St. near Green Lake. Northlake's main thoroughfares are N 34th Street (east- and westbound), N Northlake Way and N Pacific Street (northeast- and southwest-bound), and Wallingford Avenue N and Stone Way N (north- and southbound).

Companies and organizations

There are several marinas, houseboats, office buildings, and small businesses along Northlake Way on the north shore of Lake Union. This area is home to several technology companies involved in new

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research and manufacturing, including Modumetal, which produces nanolaminated materials for wear and corrosion resistance, and Energ2, which produces carbon electrodes for energy storage applications. The Divers Institute of Technology is located near the Northlake Shipyard. Additionally, the

Center for Wooden Boats The Center for Wooden Boats (CWB) is a museum dedicated to preserving and documenting the maritime history of the Pacific Northwest area of the United States. CWB was founded by Dick Wagner in Seattle in the 1970s and has grown to include three ...

maintains a warehouse and workshop adjacent to Gas Works Park.

History

On November 3, 1999, Seattle resident and shipyard worker Kevin Cruz shot and killed two people and injured two others in a

workplace shooting Workplace violence, violence in the workplace, or occupational violence refers to violence, usually in the form of physical abuse or threat, that creates a risk to the health and safety of an employee or multiple employees. The National Institut ...

at the Northlake Shipyard. The gunman, who was described as a "loner" by neighbors and had a long history of criminal convictions, initially escaped, leading to a manhunt that included police cordoning off the surrounding area and doing a door-to-door search of the neighborhood. Cruz was finally captured and arrested about two months later on January 4, 2000.

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