David Denny's wife donates pioneer's land claim to City of Seattle

Inaugural run of narrow gauge railway to deliver coal from Lake Union to Pike Street Coal Wharf

First mill in South Lake Union area, Western Mill, begins operation.
 

Westlake not currently developed, just a boardwalk to Western Mill.

Fairview Home Association - early development for working families
 

Denny, Thomas, Harrison, Republican, and Mercer become major throughways to Capital Hill -- blending the Cascade neighborhood and the dappling of new residences in the Capital Hill neighborhood
 

Electric trolley on Eastlake and Westlake
 

Recreation area created on southwest corner of Lake Union
 

Western Mill enlarged considerably.

Denny Park improved with paths, planting areas, and children's toys.
 

Westlake Avenue developed as a regular street with clappered structures of residences and retail offices

South shoreline of Lake Union moved block and half north
 

Residential buildings with frames structures being built
 

A minimal number of buildings established; brick had not yet been introduced

More extensive development of Westlake and Terry Avenues
 

St. Dimitrios built
 

Navy Reserve Center makes a home at the south end of Lake Union.

Aurora Avenue widened
 

Russian Church moves into new building on Yale Street

Overpasses built for Broad and Mercer Streets & the two busiest intersections in Seattle

1962 World's Fair in Seattle. Seattle Center and Space Needle built

Chandler's Cove renovated and expanded
 

Wooden Boat Center subleases from the Naval Reserve

Naval Reserve & City of Seattle begin land transfer
 

Seattle Commons Initiative is put on the ballot & defeated
 

ZymoGenetics, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Shurgard and other corporations renovate and occupy South Lake Union buildings

City of Seattle sells eight of its holdings in South Lake Union
 

Vulcan Inc. purchases land in South Lake Union making it the largest landowner in the community.
 

Plans to develop 12 acres of land into South Lake Union Park are approved. The park will include the Maritime Heritage Center, picnic areas, a launching areas for hand-carried boats, a walkway along the waterfront and open spaces for neighborhood gatherings.
 

Seattle Mayor Paul Schell recognizes the efforts of SLU Community Council in transforming the current 1-5/Mercer Street interchange into a welcoming gateway into South Lake Union, and declares November 8th to be Mercer Portal Day. The renovation project of the historically unsightly intersection, nicknamed the "Mercer mess," will provide a needed link between area communities.
 

Construction begins on several biomedical and biotech facilities, bringing SBRI and Rosetta to the neighborhood.