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[[Image:Seattle Map - Meridian.png|right|thumb|Meridian]]
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'''Meridian''' or '''Tangletown''' is the part of [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle's]] [[Wallingford, Seattle, Washington|Wallingford]] [[neighborhood]] that lies north of N. 50th Street, near [[Green Lake (Seattle)|Green Lake]]. Some consider it to lie outside of Wallingford proper. The name "Tangletown" comes from the disturbance of [[Street layout of Seattle|Seattle's street grid]] in this transition zone, where Wallingford shades into the [[Green Lake, Seattle, Washington|Green Lake neighborhood]]. Of note are its "K streets": Kensington, Kenwood, Keystone, and Kirkwood Places N.
'''Meridian''' or '''Tangletown''' is the part of [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle's]] [[Wallingford, Seattle, Washington|Wallingford]] [[neighborhood]] that lies north of N. 50th Street, near [[, Washington|Green Lake neighborhood]]. Of note are its "K streets": Kensington, Kenwood, Keystone, and Kirkwood Places N.


[[Image:Tangletown-1.jpg|thumb|left|TangleTown pub]]
[[Image:Tangletown-1.jpg|thumb|left|TangleTown pub]]
One of the neighborhood's principal landmarks, shown at left, is the former home of the Honey Bear Bakery, now the [[Elysian Brewing Company]]'s TangleTown [[pub]].
One of the neighborhood's principal landmarks, shown at left, is the former home of the Honey Bear Bakery, now the [[Elysian Brewing Company]]'s TangleTown [[pub]].


The neighborhood is bounded on the south by N. 50th Street, beyond which is the rest of Wallingford; on the west by Green Lake Way N., beyond which is [[Woodland Park (Seattle)|Woodland Park]] and [[Phinney Ridge, Seattle, Washington|Phinney Ridge]]; on the north by N. 60th Street, beyond which is the Green Lake neighborhood, and on the east by [[Interstate 5]], beyond which is the [[University District, Seattle, Washington|University District]]. Its main thoroughfares are Meridian Avenue N., Kirkwood Place N., and Latona Avenue N.E. (north- and southbound) and N.E. 56th Street (east- and westbound).
The neighborhood is bounded on the south by N. 50th Street, beyond which is the rest of Wallingford; on the west by Green Lake Way N., beyond which is [[Woodland Park (Seattle)|Woodland Park]] and [[Phinney Ridge, Seattle, Washington|Phinney is the [[University District, Seattle, Washington|University District]]. Its main thoroughfares are Meridian Avenue N., Kirkwood Place N., and Latona Avenue N.E. (north- and southbound) and N.E. 56th Street (east- and westbound).


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Revision as of 05:54, 15 March 2007

Meridian

Meridian or Tangletown is the part of Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood that lies north of N. 50th Street, near Green Lake neighborhood. Of note are its "K streets": Kensington, Kenwood, Keystone, and Kirkwood Places N.

TangleTown pub

One of the neighborhood's principal landmarks, shown at left, is the former home of the Honey Bear Bakery, now the Elysian Brewing Company's TangleTown pub.

The neighborhood is bounded on the south by N. 50th Street, beyond which is the rest of Wallingford; on the west by Green Lake Way N., beyond which is Woodland Park and [[Phinney Ridge, Seattle, Washington|Phinney is the University District. Its main thoroughfares are Meridian Avenue N., Kirkwood Place N., and Latona Avenue N.E. (north- and southbound) and N.E. 56th Street (east- and westbound).