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'''South Park''' is a [[neighborhood]] in the [[city]] of [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]]. It is located just south of [[Georgetown, Seattle, Washington|Georgetown]] across the [[Duwamish River]], and just north of the city of [[Tukwila, Washington|Tukwila]]. Its main thoroughfares are West Marginal Way S. (northwest- and southeast-bound), S. Cloverdale Street (east- and westbound) and 14th Ave. S (north-and-south). South Park connects to Georgetown by two bridges at 1st Ave S. at the northmost end of the neighborhood and up until June 30, 2010 a bridge at the north end of 14th Ave. South, now closed due to safety reasons. |
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'''South Park''' is a [[List of neighborhoods in Seattle|neighborhood]] in [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. It is located just south of [[Georgetown, Seattle|Georgetown]] across the [[Duwamish River]], and just north of the city of [[Tukwila, Washington|Tukwila]]. Its main thoroughfares are West Marginal Way S. (northwest- and southeast-bound), S. Cloverdale Street (east- and westbound) and 14th Ave. S (north-and-south). South Park connects to Georgetown by two bridges at 1st Ave S. at the northmost end of the neighborhood, and the [[South Park Bridge]] at the north end of 14th Ave. South. |
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Surrounded by Seattle's industrial area, South Park's soil and air have been polluted; heavy metals have contaminated the top soil and the nearby [[Duwamish River]] has been known for unhealthy levels of toxic chemicals.<ref>Eric Pryne, [http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=1896971&date=19940224&query=%22south+park%22+neighborhood+seattle+hispanic South Park – `We're Seattle's Dumping Ground'], ''Seattle Times'', February 24, 1994. Accessed online 3 December 2007.</ref> The property values are lower than elsewhere in Seattle, though some see growth potential in the area.<ref>[http://www.seattlepi.com/webtowns/article.asp?WTID=20&ID=107874 A neighborhood on the upswing]{{dead link|date=March 2012}}, ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' "Webtowns" series (online neighborhood profiles). Accessed online 3 December 2007.</ref> |
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Surrounded by Seattle's industrial area, South Park's soil and air have been polluted; heavy metals have contaminated the top soil and the nearby [[Duwamish River]] has been known for unhealthy levels of toxic chemicals.<ref>Eric Pryne, [http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=1896971&date=19940224&query=%22south+park%22+neighborhood+seattle+hispanic "South Park – 'We're Seattle's Dumping Ground{{'"}}], ''Seattle Times'', February 24, 1994. Accessed online 3 December 2007.</ref> The property values are lower than elsewhere in Seattle, though some see growth potential in the area.<ref>[http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/A-neighborhood-on-the-upswing-1107087.php A neighborhood on the upswing], ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' "Webtowns" series (online neighborhood profiles). Accessed online 3 December 2007.</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Seely |first=Mike |date=April 12, 2019 |title=For a Seattle Enclave, Isolation May Be Its Salvation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/12/travel/seattle-south-park.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=April 13, 2019}}</ref> The neighborhood is also home to a large Hispanic community with a population that of 4,154 that is roughly 47% Latino, thus giving it the highest concentration of Hispanic residents in the city.<ref>[http://www.epa.gov/region10/pdf/sites/ldw/CIP_hispanic_supplement_sept2002.pdf&/ Lower Duwamish Waterway Site, Seattle, Washington: Hispanic Community Involvement Supplement], Environmental Protection Agency, September 2002, p. 2. Lumps South Park with the neighboring, much less Hispanic, Georgetown and gives a combined South Park/Georgetown population of 4900, which it characterizes as 32% Hispanic. Accessed online 2015-09-22</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Partial citation, please replace when there is something more solid.|date=November 2019}} |
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==Former town== |
==Former town== |
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[[File:Seattle - Newell Mill - 1900.jpg|thumb|Newell Mill, South Park's leading business in 1900.<ref>David Wilma, [http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=2985 Seattle Neighborhoods: South Park – Thumbnail History], HistoryLink essay number 2985, February 16, 2001. Accessed online 3 December 2007.</ref>]] |
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The Town of South Park was incorporated December 9, 1902 and the Town Council held its first meeting on December 23. South Park was served by three mayors in its four-and-one-half years of existence as an independent town: S.J. Bevan (1902–1903), G.C. Lingenfelter (1903–1905), and A.G. Breidenstein (1906–1907). |
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The Town of South Park was incorporated December 9, 1902 and the Town Council held its first meeting on December 23. South Park was served by three mayors in its four-and-one-half years of existence as an independent town: S. J. Bevan (1902–1903), G. C. Lingenfelter (1903–1905), and A. G. Breidenstein (1906–1907). |
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South Park was plagued by problems in securing adequate city services. Particularly vexing was the inability to obtain a decent water supply. Although the city of Georgetown owned water mains that ran through South Park, it refused to supply water to the latter, starting a bitter court battle over legal rights to the water. In 1905–1906, the town contracted with an independent water company, but in April 1906 the water was found to be contaminated because South Park did not have a sewer system. The Town Council petitioned Seattle to run [[Cedar River (Washington)|Cedar River]] mains to the edge of the town and has had clean water since. The City of Seattle provides sewage services in modern South Park. |
South Park was plagued by problems in securing adequate city services. Particularly vexing was the inability to obtain a decent water supply. Although the city of Georgetown owned water mains that ran through South Park, it refused to supply water to the latter, starting a bitter court battle over legal rights to the water. In 1905–1906, the town contracted with an independent water company, but in April 1906 the water was found to be contaminated because South Park did not have a sewer system. The Town Council petitioned Seattle to run [[Cedar River (Washington)|Cedar River]] mains to the edge of the town and has had clean water since. The City of Seattle provides sewage services in modern South Park. |
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[[File:New South Park Bridge from west in 2022 - Seattle, WA.jpg|thumb|New [[South Park Bridge]] in 2022]] |
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Prior to the straightening of the Duwamish River to for the Duwamish Waterway, South Park was connected to Georgetown by an electric railway that crossed a north-south bridge at 8th Avenue and by an east-west road bridge on County Road a few blocks northeast of that. A bend in the river resulted in the South Park side of that road bridge actually being the east end, with the Georgetown side on the west.<ref>Key map, ''Sanborn Map Co. Insurance Maps of Seattle, Washington, Volume I'', Sanborn Map Co., New York, (1904). The relevant portion of the map can be seen at [[:Commons:File:Seattle - Sanborn 1904 - Georgetown & South Park map - 1904.jpg]].</ref> |
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Prior to the straightening of the Duwamish River for the Duwamish Waterway, South Park was connected to Georgetown by an electric railway that crossed a north–south bridge at 8th Avenue and by an east–west road bridge on County Road a few blocks northeast of that. A bend in the river resulted in the South Park side of that road bridge actually being the east end, with the Georgetown side on the west.<ref>Key map, ''Sanborn Map Co. Insurance Maps of Seattle, Washington, Volume I'', Sanborn Map Co., New York, (1904). The relevant portion of the map can be seen at [[:Commons:File:Seattle - Sanborn 1904 - Georgetown & South Park map - 1904.jpg]].</ref> |
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After the Duwamish was straightened, a new bridge was built at 8th Avenue (now 8th Avenue South), and operated from 1914 to 1937.<ref>Informational sign at Eighth Avenue South/South Park Public Shoreline Access, Port of Seattle. Consulted 2009-04-26.</ref> |
After the Duwamish was straightened, a new bridge was built at 8th Avenue (now 8th Avenue South), and operated from 1914 to 1937.<ref>Informational sign at Eighth Avenue South/South Park Public Shoreline Access, Port of Seattle. Consulted 2009-04-26.</ref> |
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The present [[South Park Bridge]] is a double-leaf [[bascule bridge]] constructed in 2011–2014. It connects 16th Avenue S. in Georgetown to 14th Avenue S. in South Park. It replaced a bridge built in 1929–31 that had been listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] but was found to be in very poor condition by the 2000s.<ref>[http://your.kingcounty.gov/kcdot/roads/cip/addlContent/documents/files/300197_DEIS_Exec-Eng.pdf SOUTH PARK BRIDGE PROJECT Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Section 4(f) Evaluation EXECUTIVE SUMMARY] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100805110845/http://your.kingcounty.gov/kcdot/roads/cip/addlContent/documents/files/300197_DEIS_Exec-Eng.pdf |date=2010-08-05 }}, U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, and King County Department of Transportation, September 2005, p. S-1 (p. 9 of PDF). Accessed online 2009-04-28.</ref> The new bridge opened to the public on June 30, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://kingcounty.gov/en/dept/local-services/transit-transportation-roads/roads-and-bridges/bridges/south-park-bridge%20|title=South Park Bridge|work=King County Transportation|publisher=King County| accessdate=March 3, 2024}}</ref> |
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Just west of the bridge in South Park is a section of brick road that once led to an earlier bridge on more or less the same site. This brick road—one of the few remaining in Seattle—constitutes the northernmost portion of a road that once led from South Park to [[Des Moines, Washington]]; eight blocks south of the Duwamish, today's Des Moines Memorial Drive branches off of 14th Avenue S. leading uphill into unincorporated King County, the area commonly referred to as [[Boulevard Park, Washington|Boulevard Park]]. |
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==Crime== |
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[http://www.clrsearch.com/Seattle_Demographics/WA/98108/Crime-Rate?compare=Seattle%2C+WA Crime rate index] for South Park (zipcode 98108) as compared to the greater Seattle area (all neighborhoods). |
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==Cesar Chavez Park== |
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[http://www.clrsearch.com/Seattle_Demographics/WA/98108/Crime-Rate?compare=98103 Crime rate index] for South Park (zipcode 98108) as compared to Greenwood (zipcode 98103) another Seattle neighborhood located approximately the same distance north from downtown Seattle as South Park is south of downtown Seattle. |
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[[File:Fiestas Patrias Parade, South Park, Seattle, 2015 - preparing the horses - pano 01 (21539680412).jpg|thumb|400px|Preparing the horses for the [[Fiestas Patrias (Mexico)#Grito de Dolores and Aniversario de la Independencia|Fiestas Patrias]] parade in South Park, 2015]] |
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The neighborhood is home to Cesar Chavez Park.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.seattle.gov/parks/find/parks?ID=4448|title=Cesar Chavez Park|website=www.seattle.gov|access-date=2019-03-31}}</ref> |
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*{{cite web| url = http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv77300 | title = Guide to the Town of South Park Records 1902–1907 | work = Seattle Municipal Archives}} |
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*[http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/public/nmaps/S/NN-1470S.htm South Park map], Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas |
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* {{cite web | url = http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=2985 | title = Seattle Neighborhoods: South Park – Thumbnail History | work = HistoryLink | quote = essay number 2985 | date = 2001-02-16 | author = David Wilma}} |
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*[http://www.allaboutsouthpark.com/ Unofficial South Park neighborhood website] |
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* {{cite web| author = Kathy Mulady| url = http://www.seattlepi.com/local/284883_southpark13.html | title = Budget boosts South Park | work =Seattle Post-Intelligencer | date = 2006-09-16}} |
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*[http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv77300 Guide to the Town of South Park Records 1902–1907], Seattle Municipal Archives |
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* David Wilma, [http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=2985 Seattle Neighborhoods: South Park – Thumbnail History], HistoryLink essay number 2985, February 16, 2001. |
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*Kathy Mulady, [http://www.seattlepi.com/local/284883_southpark13.html Budget boosts South Park], ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'', September 13, 2006. |
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 Duwamish Waterway at South Park (2007). South Park is on the left. View from South Park Bridge. | |
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| Coordinates: 47°31′49″N 122°19′26″W / 47.53028°N 122.32389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | King |
| City | Seattle |
| Zip Code | 98108 |
| Area Code | 206 |
South Park is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. It is located just south of Georgetown across the Duwamish River, and just north of the city of Tukwila. Its main thoroughfares are West Marginal Way S. (northwest- and southeast-bound), S. Cloverdale Street (east- and westbound) and 14th Ave. S (north-and-south). South Park connects to Georgetown by two bridges at 1st Ave S. at the northmost end of the neighborhood, and the South Park Bridge at the north end of 14th Ave. South.
Surrounded by Seattle's industrial area, South Park's soil and air have been polluted; heavy metals have contaminated the top soil and the nearby Duwamish River has been known for unhealthy levels of toxic chemicals.[1] The property values are lower than elsewhere in Seattle, though some see growth potential in the area.[2][3] The neighborhood is also home to a large Hispanic community with a population that of 4,154 that is roughly 47% Latino, thus giving it the highest concentration of Hispanic residents in the city.[4][better source needed]
Former town
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The Town of South Park was incorporated December 9, 1902 and the Town Council held its first meeting on December 23. South Park was served by three mayors in its four-and-one-half years of existence as an independent town: S. J. Bevan (1902–1903), G. C. Lingenfelter (1903–1905), and A. G. Breidenstein (1906–1907).
South Park was plagued by problems in securing adequate city services. Particularly vexing was the inability to obtain a decent water supply. Although the city of Georgetown owned water mains that ran through South Park, it refused to supply water to the latter, starting a bitter court battle over legal rights to the water. In 1905–1906, the town contracted with an independent water company, but in April 1906 the water was found to be contaminated because South Park did not have a sewer system. The Town Council petitioned Seattle to run Cedar River mains to the edge of the town and has had clean water since. The City of Seattle provides sewage services in modern South Park.
In October 1906, the electorate voted 131–59 for annexation to Seattle, but apparently no action was taken beyond the vote. On March 23, 1907, a second vote for annexation was 181–36 in favor and on May 3, 1907, South Park became part of the City of Seattle.[6]
Past and present bridges
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Prior to the straightening of the Duwamish River for the Duwamish Waterway, South Park was connected to Georgetown by an electric railway that crossed a north–south bridge at 8th Avenue and by an east–west road bridge on County Road a few blocks northeast of that. A bend in the river resulted in the South Park side of that road bridge actually being the east end, with the Georgetown side on the west.[7]
After the Duwamish was straightened, a new bridge was built at 8th Avenue (now 8th Avenue South), and operated from 1914 to 1937.[8]
The present South Park Bridge is a double-leaf bascule bridge constructed in 2011–2014. It connects 16th Avenue S. in Georgetown to 14th Avenue S. in South Park. It replaced a bridge built in 1929–31 that had been listed on the National Register of Historic Places but was found to be in very poor condition by the 2000s.[9] The new bridge opened to the public on June 30, 2014.[10]
Just west of the bridge in South Park is a section of brick road that once led to an earlier bridge on more or less the same site. This brick road—one of the few remaining in Seattle—constitutes the northernmost portion of a road that once led from South Park to Des Moines, Washington; eight blocks south of the Duwamish, today's Des Moines Memorial Drive branches off of 14th Avenue S. leading uphill into unincorporated King County, the area commonly referred to as Boulevard Park.
Cesar Chavez Park
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The neighborhood is home to Cesar Chavez Park.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ Eric Pryne, "South Park – 'We're Seattle's Dumping Ground'", Seattle Times, February 24, 1994. Accessed online 3 December 2007.
- ^ A neighborhood on the upswing, Seattle Post-Intelligencer "Webtowns" series (online neighborhood profiles). Accessed online 3 December 2007.
- ^ Seely, Mike (April 12, 2019). "For a Seattle Enclave, Isolation May Be Its Salvation". The New York Times. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
- ^ Lower Duwamish Waterway Site, Seattle, Washington: Hispanic Community Involvement Supplement, Environmental Protection Agency, September 2002, p. 2. Lumps South Park with the neighboring, much less Hispanic, Georgetown and gives a combined South Park/Georgetown population of 4900, which it characterizes as 32% Hispanic. Accessed online 2015-09-22
- ^ David Wilma, Seattle Neighborhoods: South Park – Thumbnail History, HistoryLink essay number 2985, February 16, 2001. Accessed online 3 December 2007.
- ^ Guide to the Town of South Park Records 1902–1907, Northwest Digital Archives, Washington State University. Accessed online 3 December 2007.
- ^ Key map, Sanborn Map Co. Insurance Maps of Seattle, Washington, Volume I, Sanborn Map Co., New York, (1904). The relevant portion of the map can be seen at Commons:File:Seattle - Sanborn 1904 - Georgetown & South Park map - 1904.jpg.
- ^ Informational sign at Eighth Avenue South/South Park Public Shoreline Access, Port of Seattle. Consulted 2009-04-26.
- ^ SOUTH PARK BRIDGE PROJECT Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Section 4(f) Evaluation EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Archived 2010-08-05 at the Wayback Machine, U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation, and King County Department of Transportation, September 2005, p. S-1 (p. 9 of PDF). Accessed online 2009-04-28.
- ^ "South Park Bridge". King County Transportation. King County. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ "Cesar Chavez Park". www.seattle.gov. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to South Park, Seattle, Washington.
- "Guide to the Town of South Park Records 1902–1907". Seattle Municipal Archives.
- David Wilma (2001-02-16). "Seattle Neighborhoods: South Park – Thumbnail History". HistoryLink.
essay number 2985
- Kathy Mulady (2006-09-16). "Budget boosts South Park". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
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