The home of our main campus and known to many as "Pill Hill," it is also the site of several hospitals, 其中许多是全国公认的. The area earned its name because it was one of the first established neighborhoods in 西雅图. 确保这个地区的住房安全, drive around to spot "room for rent" signs and apartments in the charming homes built on the hill.
西雅图与旧金山相遇. Just north of 第一座山 and the main campus, this is one of 西雅图's most lively and diverse neighborhoods. 房子, apartments and mansions surround the popular Broadway shopping area where you can find vintage clothing, 书店和几家咖啡馆. The Asian Art Museum is tucked away in Volunteer Park, a large community hub offering a dog park and a Conservatory.
笔架山 is primarily residential but is not very far from 第一座山. With a Light Rail stop in the middle of the neighborhood, there are many shops and restaurants located on 15th Avenue. Jefferson Park and its 18 hole golf course are located at the top of the Hill. El Centro de la Raza helps give the neighborhood its soul. El Centro since has created vital programs used by thousands of Latinos and other minorities. Its food bank serves several hundred local families a week. Its day-care center offers a bilingual education to preschool children. The neighborhood's ethnicity is remarkable, even for 西雅图.
This artsy neighborhood known as "Funky 弗里蒙特" is filled with great shops and 50's and 60's kitsch (check out the statue of Lenin and the 弗里蒙特 Rocket). This wonderful spot has not yet been discovered by tourists and is truly a 西雅图 community. The Sunday 弗里蒙特 Market is well known in the area. Finding an apartment in 弗里蒙特 can be a challenge. Average rent is much the same as 绿色的湖 and 瓦林福德.
Definitely more geared to the "yuppie" community, it is the location of one of 西雅图ites favorite spots. The lake itself takes over most of the community leaving only a few square miles for its inhabitants. 适合健身爱好者, there is a 3-mile paved trail around the lake for walking, 跑步和滑旱冰. It is where people go to see and be seen.
This is a vibrant inner-city neighborhood, where vegetable markets spill out onto the sidewalks and barbecued ducks hang in shop windows next to strips of crispy pork. Herbal medicine shops promising restored health vie for space and attention with florists, 礼品商店, 面条店和一堆韩语, 越南, 中国和日本餐厅. As an older generation of merchants slowly retire or die, 新移民家庭, 许多来自东南亚, 来国际区吧. They come for the inexpensive housing and the chance to start a business, 作为第一波日本人, Chinese and Filipino did decades earlier.
To the south of the Central district and 第一座山 overlooking Lake Washington, the Mount 贝克 neighborhood combines charming older homes with sweeping views of Mount Rainier and Lake Washington. This politically active community of 3,500居民, 位于雷尼尔山谷的中心, is one of 西雅图's most economically and racially diverse neighborhoods.
456 ft above sea level, Queen Anne is home to one of 西雅图's most fashionable neighborhoods. Named after the Queen Anne style homes built by early residents, the hill borders the 西雅图 Center built for the 1962 World's Fair. Great restaurants, shops and theaters are just a few of the benefits here. Room for rent signs and postings at the local markets are great ways to find a place to share.
除了美丽的海滨, Microsoft mansions and 1950s brick ramblers, 苏渥公园's eclectic personality is subtly influenced by its Jewish residents. Where else in 西雅图 can you share the sidewalk with dozens of traditionally dressed Orthodox Jews on their way each Saturday to synagogue or a big family meal? Not many other places as about 90 percent of 西雅图's Orthodox Jews live within a mile of the three synagogues located here. 苏厄德公园也是一个种族多元化的公园. Asians and African Americans comprise roughly 50 percent of residents.
Known to us locals as the "U-District", it is the home of the University of Washington. 在很大程度上, the neighborhood is composed of students who rent houses, apartments and mother-in-law flats in the area. The U-District is filled with activity as students fill its coffee shops and bookstores.
Centrally located to recreation and points of interest, this residential community offers the feeling of being a little town. Located on the other side of I-5 from the 大学区, it is also home to many students. Apartments are snugly located between houses and condominiums.
