North Beacon Hill

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Special Thanks to Tom Bertulis, Kat Marriner, and Mira Latoszek.
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Golf Clubhouse
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Jefferson
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Public Art
Neighborhood
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Zoning
Trudys
Triangle
Lakewood
Triangle
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Community Club
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Future Beacon Hill
Light Rail Station
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Colman
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El Centro
de la Raza
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Martin
Luther
King Jr
Memorial
10 minutes
I-90 Bike Trail
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Amy Yee
Tennis
Center
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TIME ON FOOT:
3 mph average
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Portal
Viewpoint
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Benvenuto
Viewpoint
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Beacon Hill
Playground
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Viewpoint
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Judge Charles M
Stokes Overlook
Mountains-to-Sound Atlantic
Greenway Trail
St. Park
2007
and surrounding
neighborhoods
Neighborhoods on Foot series
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Find the Korean
Pavilion seen
on the cover!
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Taejon Park
Beacon
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Mountainsto-Sound Trail Black’s
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Historic
Golf
Landmark
Amazon.com Dr/I-90
Headquarters Art Walk
& Gazebo
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Playfield
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Historical information courtesy of SDOT, historylink.org, and
"Seattle's Beacon Hill" by Mira Latoszek and Frederica Merrell
2019 Third Avenue, Suite 110
Seattle, WA 98121
e-mail: [email protected]
telephone: 206.652.2310
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festivals, concerts, and informal gatherings.
Funded in part by Active Living by Design,
a program of the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation. www.activelivingbydesign.org
Active Living by Design
Join in Creating Community
What is Active Living?
Active living integrates physical activity into daily routines, such
as walking to school, work, or to shop. Walking just 30 minutes a day
- 10 minutes at a time - 5 days a week - is enough to improve your
health. Discover your neighborhood, and walk to active living!
Design for Active Living
North Beacon Hill Council
Feet First works in Beacon Hill to
advocate specific projects that
promote active living. Designs that
make it easier to get around via foot,
bicycle, or bus promote stronger
communities, a cleaner environment,
and better health for residents.
www.northbeacon.net
Meets: the 1st Thursday of the month at 7pm
Jefferson Community Center, 3801 Beacon Ave
Greater Duwamish Neighborhood
Council and Service Center
www.seattle.gov/neighborhoods/nsc/duwamish.htm
2821 Beacon Ave S - 233-2044
Mayor Nickels joins Mercer Middle School students at a May 30,
2006 SDOT sidewalk groundbreaking. Adding sidewalks helps kids
to be more active and promotes safety at the same time.
activity events such as tai chi, and build stronger,
healthier community ties.
Bussing and Active Living
Bussing is a great way to save on gas, walk more,
and contribute less to climate change. Many of
the routes in Beacon - the 4, 7, 17, and 36 - are
clean, quiet electric trolley buses, which emit zero
pollution. For locations, see the map side.
You can also plan your bus trip with Metro's
Regional Trip Planner. Enter your location
and destination, and let Metro do the rest!
Go to www.tripplanner.metrokc.gov or call 5533000. For fares, schedules, and routes, see:
www.transit.metrokc.gov
Neighborhoods on Foot: The Neighborhoods on Foot map series is a guide to promote
walkable communities and enable safe, active transportation. If you don't live in North Beacon
Hill, contact Feet First to find out if your neighborhood has an edition of our map series.
Turning "the Jungle"
into "the Forest"
A wealth of community groups are doing work across Beacon Hill.
Attend a meeting and connect with neighbors who share your
concerns. Find a meeting near you...
Jefferson Park Alliance
www.cityofseattle.net/commnty/Beacon/groups/jpa
Gardening parties: 1st Saturday, March-Oct,
Lawn Bowling Clubhouse, 10am-1pm
Photo courtesy Seattle Parks and Recreation
Pedestrian Task Force
Working to create safe, viable walking
opportunities in Beacon Hill.
Contact Jodie Vice [email protected]
South Beacon Neighborhood Council
www.neighborhoodlink.com/seattle/sbnc/
Meets: 1st Wednesday of every other month
at St Mark’s, 6020 Beacon Ave S, 7pm-8:30pm
Beacon Ridge Improvement Community
(BRIC): www.bric.extrapolation.com
Clean-up and gardening parties in Jefferson Park
Beacon Alliance of Neighbors (BAN)
www.cityofseattle.net/BAN
Meets: 3rd Tuesday, 7pm, at Quarters 1 on PacMed campus, NW corner of 14th & Judkins
Beacon Hill Chamber of Commerce
www.beaconhillchamber.com
Meets: 1st Wed., 2414 Beacon Ave S, 9am
Find an extensive list of South End groups here:
www.cityofseattle.net/BAN/south_enders.htm
Drainage problems: Graffiti removal: Private property overgrowth: Speed watch program: Street maintenance
(south end):
Vehicles on sidewalk:
The Beacon Alliance of Neighbors is taking
the lead in enhancing Dr. Jose Rizal Park.
roposed trail development and environmental
restoration projects will transform the greenbelt
along I-5 into an attractive, safe, and loved
North Beacon Hill space - "the Forest". One
trail will run through the Forest and connect
Lewis and Rizal Parks, helping complete the
Mountains to Sound Greenway Trail
along I-90 to the Cascades (see www.seattle.
gov/transportation/mountains_to_sound.htm).
Native tree and habitat restoration will create
an urban woodland supportive of wildlife and
inviting to human visitors.
Contact Friends of the Forest: [email protected]
Neighborhoods on Foot
Map Series
North
Beacon
Hill
2007
Dog
OffLeash
Area
Let the City of Seattle know
about problems in your neighborhood.
For general information, dial 684-ROAD.
Bicycle & Pedestrian
684-7583
programs:
Bus stop maintenance:
553-3060
Crosswalk repainting/
684-5377
curb ramp requests:
Design/code compliance:
615-0808
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One example of the community's
proposed Plaza improvements
Citizens' Proposal
center in the block of Lander between 16th
Seattle Department
of Transportation
www.seattle.gov/transportation/parking/
neighborhoodparking.htm
Health Impact Assessment
Pr
Beacon light rail
station to open
"Bridging the Gap"
levy passes, promising
funds to non-motorized
transportation projects.
Funds will help implement
upcoming Bicycle and
Pedestrian Master Plans
24-hour Station Construction Hotline:
888-298-2395
For information on the light rail project:
www.soundtransit.org
For more information on the Plaza:
contact Jodie Vice at [email protected]
community a place to hold farmers' markets,
The Plaza would be the commercial and transportation hub of Beacon
Hill, built around a large, pedestrian-friendly public space.
For volunteer opportunities,
or information on becoming a
community leader, call Feet First
at 206.652.2310.
"Libraries for All" bond passes,
Pacific Medical Center funding new Beacon Hill Branch
Plaza designated
Library. Opened in May 2004, the
Historical Landmark new building is three times the size
of the old library, a converted storefront that served
City designates
the neighborhood for four decades. The building is a
Beacon Hill First
model of sustainability - the roof fills the library with
Baptist Church
natural light, and the area is surrounded by gardens
as Historical
www.spl.org − 684-4711
Landmark
Neighborhood Planning begins
and paratransit vehicles while making a
plaza could allow continued access to service
be encouraged to locate here. A pedestrian
Plaza, and new shops and restaurants will
will be located adjacent to the proposed
& 17th Avenues. The coming light rail stop
to create a pedestrian plaza and new town
The history of North Beacon Hill is intertwined with the history of transportation. From the streetcars in the
early 1900s, to "the Jungle" created during the construction of I-5, to the light rail stop arriving in 2009, the
neighborhood is continually on the forefront of, and shaped by, Seattle transportation innovation.
This edition of Neighborhoods on Foot was
made possible with funding from the Seattle
Department of Transportation's "Making the
Parking System Work" program. 206.684.4208
Making the Parking System Work
Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is a tool for
evaluating the health effects of a policy, project,
or program. HIA can help communities analyze
how development projects might affect walking,
bicycling, and transit use, as well as air and
water quality, social cohesion, and safety.
I-5 built, creating "the
Jungle" area in the highway's
shadow. See Turning "the
Jungle" into "the Forest"
Seattle creates its first
Comprehensive Bicycle Plan
Chicano activists peacefully occupy abandoned
Beacon Hill School and establish El Centro
de la Raza. This social service and civil
rights organization provides child care, job
and housing assistance, a meal program,
language and financial training, and programs for all ages.
www.elcentrodelaraza.com − 206-329-9442
safe public space. The Plaza would give the
A Plaza for North Beacon Hill?
Feet First and Public Health-Seattle & King
County are piloting an HIA in North Beacon
Hill, to help develop a Plaza proposal that will
support good health outcomes. (See A Plaza
for Beacon Hill?). A Plaza would encourage
more walking to and within the new pedestrian
environment, allow for informal physical
City begins removing tracks, replacing
streetcars with electric trolley buses. Salvaged
track concrete and rails are used to build
public staircases through the 1960s
Amy Yee is local tennis champion,
eventual coach. Today, you can play
at Amy Yee Tennis Center
Katie Black turns down the opportunity to take
a "Grand Tour" of Europe, builds a Japanese
strolling garden instead, at 12th and Atlantic.
Purchased for the Seattle Parks system in 1992
12th Ave Bridge (now José Rizal Bridge)
built, providing Streetcar links to downton
Canal project to link Lake Wash. and Elliott Bay
begun but eventually halted, in a ridge where
today's Columbian Way highway exit lies
Native Americans lived and hunted in the
lush forests long before settlers arrived
Pro Parks Levy passes. Includes support for the
Mountains to Sound Greenway Trail connection
to SR-519. This bike/ped trail from the Cascades
currently ends ends at I-90 and the Jose Rizal
bridge, but will eventually run all the way to
the Sound. Levy also includes $8 million for Jefferson Park projects.
Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, the 6th largest park in Seattle boasts
many walking paths with magnificent views of the mountains and city.
The Park houses a community center and an array of sports facilities,
from basketball to lawn bowling. The Jefferson Park Alliance maintains
native gardens, and volunteers clean up litter weekly on Cheasty Blvd. and
Beacon Ave. www.seattle.gov/parks/parkspaces/jefferso.htm
A Walk through History
The Beacon Hill community is proposing
North Beacon Hill Unfolding
684-7506
684-7587
615-0808
684-0813
386-1218
625-5011
Habitat Restoration Area
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