Roosevelt, Seattle Explained

Roosevelt
Settlement Type:Neighborhood
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Washington
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:King
Subdivision Type3:City
Subdivision Name3:Seattle
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Postal Code:98115
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:206
Named For:Theodore Roosevelt

Roosevelt is a neighborhood in north Seattle, Washington. Its main thoroughfare, originally 10th Avenue, was renamed Roosevelt Way upon Theodore Roosevelt's death in 1919. The neighborhood received the name as the result of a Community Club contest held eight years later, in 1927.[1]

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.[2] City streets are laid out and designated in a pattern; see street layout of Seattle, directionals.

The boundaries of the neighborhood are Interstate 5 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 Ravenna; and Lake City Way (SR 522) to the north, beyond which lies Maple Leaf.[3]

Schools

The Roosevelt district is also home to Roosevelt High School (RHS, opened 1922), one of the older schools in the Seattle Public Schools District. Like the street, it is named after Teddy, not Franklin D. Roosevelt. 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 University of Washington Huskies and was drafted in the seventh round in 1985 by the Oakland Raiders of the NFL, actress Rose McGowan,(also attended Nova) and Nobel laureates Linda B. Buck and Robert Lucas Jr.[4]

Shops

Although primarily a residential neighborhood, the Roosevelt district had a Sears department store from 1928 to 1980.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Wilma (20 August 2001)
  2. Web site: 2004-01-12 . Street Arterial Classifications: Planning Maps . Seattle Department of Transportation . 2006-04-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060622070826/http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/streetclassmaps/planwebsmall.pdf . 2006-06-22.
    Low-Resolution Version, PDF format, at "Principal, Minor and Collector arterials", 2005
    See Bibliography for map selection and links to definitions.
  3. (1) Wilma (20 August 2001).
    (1.1) With respect to historical documentation, the Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas has a discrepancy regarding the north boundary with Maple Leaf.
    (2) Web site: Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas . 2002-06-17 . "Roosevelt", map . Office of the Seattle City Clerk . 2006-04-21. Maps "NN-1030S", "NN-1040S".jpg dated 17 June 2002
    (3) Web site: 2006-04-30 . About the Seattle City Clerk's On-line Information Services . Information Services . Seattle City Clerk's Office . 2006-05-21.
    See heading, "Note about limitations of these data".
    (4) Web site: n.d. . About us . Roosevelt Neighborhood Association (RNA) . Roosevelt Neighborhood Seattle . 2006-06-24.
    (4.1) RNA designation as official is for their non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation requirements. Since the abolition of wards in 1910, there exist no official neighborhoods or their boundaries in Seattle. [Wilma (1 May 2002, 28 September 2003)]
  4. (0) Unreferenced text: for Roosevelt-Garfield, for Pattison, and for McGowan.
    (1) Web site: 2004-04-10 . The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2004 . Medicine > Laureates > Linda B. Buck . Nobelprize.org . 2006-04-21.
    (2) Buck as alumnus of RHS not found so far, ; b. January 1947, graduated c. 1965.
    (3) Web site: 2005-04-13 . The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1995 . Economics > Laureates > Robert E. Lucas. . Nobelprize.org . 2006-04-21.
    (4) Lucas is an alumnus of RHS, 1955 (Lucas in Frängsmyr, ed.).
  5. Warren.
  6. (1) Eibel
    (2) Beans and equipment since 1971, drinks since 1985, corporate expansion 1987. Web site: February 2006 . Company Timeline: February 2006 . "the company. What we are all about" . Starbucks . 2006-04-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070810200408/http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/Company_Timeline_Feb06.pdf . 2007-08-10.
  7. News: Roosevelt light-rail station fuels rapid growth in North Seattle neighborhood . September 28, 2021 .
  8. Sears Holding Corporation as of 2005 [Sears] After its closure, the land was redeveloped as Roosevelt Square, which now features supermarket Whole Foods Market[5] and a Mud Bay pet store 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.[6] 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: Cowen Park, in the southeast corner (contiguous with the larger Ravenna Park of Ravenna); and Froula Playground, in the northeast corner, adjacent to the Green Lake Reservoir. The source of Ravenna Creek has been reduced to Cowen Park; since completion of the partial daylighting in 2006, the creek has been reconnected to Lake Washington.

    Transportation

    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.

    The Roosevelt Light-Rail Station sparked remarkable growth in the area. During the nine-year transit construction period, the neighborhood transformed by replacing single-family homes with midrise apartments. Between 2016 and the opening of rail in 2021, there was a 95% increase in housing units, totaling 1,626 new residences.[7]

    See also

    External links

    Bibliography

    Further reading

    • Web site: Walter . Sunny . local Audubon chapters . 2006-02-10 . Sunny Walter's Washington Nature Weekends: Wildlife Viewing Locations - Greater Seattle Area . 2006-04-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050322125951/http://www.nwlink.com/~sunnywww/WhereView-WNW-Birds-PugetSound.html . 2005-03-22 .
      "with additions by Sunny Walter and local Audubon chapters."
      Viewing locations only; the book has walks, hikes, wildlife, and natural wonders.
      Walter excerpted from
      • Book: Dolan, Maria . True, Kathryn . 2003 . Nature in the city: Seattle . Mountaineers Books . Seattle . (paperback) . 0-89886-879-3 . registration .
        See "Northeast Seattle" section, bullet points "Meadowbrook", "Paramount Park Open Space", "North Seattle Community College Wetlands", and "Sunny Walter  - Twin Ponds".

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