Roosevelt is a neighborhood in northern 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]
Although primarily a residential neighborhood, the Roosevelt district had a Sears department store from 1928 to 1980.[5] After its closure, the land was redeveloped as Roosevelt Square,[1] which now features supermarketWhole Foods Market[6] 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.[7] 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
Map of Cowen's University Park Addition, southeast corner of present-day Roosevelt, showing original course of Ravenna Creek
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.[8]
↑ (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) Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas (2002-06-17). ""Roosevelt", map". Office of the Seattle City Clerk. Retrieved 2006-04-21. Maps "NN-1030S", "NN-1040S".jpg dated 17 June 2002 (3) "About the Seattle City Clerk's On-line Information Services". Information Services. Seattle City Clerk's Office. 2006-04-30. Retrieved 2006-05-21. See heading, "Note about limitations of these data". (4) "About us". Roosevelt Neighborhood Association (RNA). Roosevelt Neighborhood Seattle. n.d. Retrieved 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)]
Lucas, Robert E. (1996). "Robert E. Lucas, Jr. – Autobiography". Seattle Parks and Recreation. Archived from the original on May 7, 2006. Retrieved April 21, 2006. From Frängsmyr, Tore, ed. (1996). Les Prix Nobel: The Nobel Prizes 1995. Stockholm: Nobel Foundation.
Dolan, Maria; True, Kathryn (2003). Nature in the city: Seattle. Seattle: Mountaineers Books. ISBN0-89886-879-3. (paperback). 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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