https://www.slucommunitycouncil.org/home daily 1.0 2024-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/1649027585772-TTCF4BWG62GETVL6QPYZ/sponsors-don.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/1649027687905-TC2NX50HAL657ZHSG7Y0/sponsors-mirabella.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/1649028808712-GOZJVJQTA5N5AFNCYBIF/sponsors-allen.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/1649028845980-B7MZPLVRXFZG0PQQXC0R/sponsors-uwmed.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/1649821497803-V2KL0RHQR1Q395MRA3D4/sponsors-pcmc.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/1649991508380-GB5HLW0IKS54K737FX8T/sponsors-lloyd.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/1649992172367-DESQZNAH0KHATVIG20L0/sponsors-nbbj.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618497259178-6XJGK9GR6YAVBQL5L519/20140301_Trade-151_012-2.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694583486-2PQT0LQ193RL7MCB6DX4/20140228_Trade+151_0046.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694644871-IC85FNH781UNZSZEGHDR/Aro+Ha_0428.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/c55e958e-5bad-447a-8147-63863bebc266/sponsors-vulcan.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/f0b2188c-858f-4b91-9218-d75bfcf6dec1/Fred-Hutch-Logo-Stacked-RGB.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/1649739875427-TD0BU6RZHUYXPT1S6R10/event-default.jpg Home - What lies ahead? A great deal has been accomplished. More remains to be done: more new building design reviews; more advocacy; more grass roots initiatives; more streetscape and park improvements; more mobility and transit collaborations; more updated legislation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/8ed3db04-8ea8-49b5-93cb-0bed379bc0aa/home-community.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.slucommunitycouncil.org/history daily 0.75 2022-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/1650956024855-WTR6NFO9LAENF6CX6J3E/history-slu-neighborhood-tour.jpg History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/1650956056171-DTRET3ZHTHFV8TC4P2UI/history-walking-tour.jpg History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/1651356211299-ZG8UMMD65F208JFLL3LO/history-market-to-mohai.jpg History https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/3fe71aaf-4902-4c56-b64d-cd7481cb7734/1880_MOHAI_Native+home+on+Lk_1983.10.9067.jpg History A Native American home in the area, circa 1905. Source: MOHAI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/f30d080f-6e67-4027-b0dd-dc11ecc57901/1885_MOHAI_Early+Lumber+Mills+circa+1885_2002.3.470.jpg History Early lumber mill of David Denny on the south shore of Lake Union, circa 1885. Source: MOHAI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/58f11c96-c3c1-4296-b7e1-a53f8c6db433/1900_MOHAI_Chesheeahud+native+leader_SHS1900.jpg History Chesheeahud was a Native American leader who lived at the shore of Lake Union, pictured with wife Tleebuleetsa, circa 1900. Source: MOHAI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/75b3e0e0-5fdb-4d09-b656-da363da2345c/1908_MOHAI_Montlake+Canal_Lk+WA+to+Lk+Union_1974.5868.256.jpg History Prior to the opening of the Lake Washington Ship Canal, this small cut was dug to allow passage of logs from Lake Washington into Lake Union’s Portage Bay and to the mill at the lake’s south shore, 1908. Source: MOHAI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/4558e873-d9fa-4baf-b77e-c70403b64d63/1910_MOHAI_Later+Sawmil+circa+1910_SHS9881.jpg History The Brace and Hergert Mill replaced the former Denny mill. Pictured in 1910, it operated until 1921 at the site of what is now Lake Union Park. Source: MOHAI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/edea331d-b1e5-4285-9de6-59d480791a44/1917_MOHAI_Supply+Laundry+horses_2010.52.24.jpg History The light industrial history of SLU is illustrated by the many commercial laundries that once occupied the Cascade neighborhood. Pictured are a fleet of wagons belonging to Supply Laundry Company, 1917. The building façade was later incorporated into contemporary apartment homes. Source: MOHAI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/00026539-1d42-4179-898e-95334165934b/1919_MOHAI_BoeingSeaplane_shs12544.jpg History William Boeing holds a bag of international airmail, just delivered from Vancouver, Canada in March 1919. Source: MOHAI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/c0a29131-c8f6-4b17-ac4e-c7149584c924/1919a_MOHAI_MaritimeIndstry_1919_1983.10.216.jpg History Future sight of the Lake Union Drydock Company, 1919 Source: MOHAI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/41160282-9d8c-4a23-9dc0-9b2a5c70f283/1939_MOHAI_McKay+Ford+dealership_1939_1983.10.13401.1.jpg History The William O McKay Ford and Lincoln dealership, pictured in 1939, a premier example of the art deco style. Westlake Avenue (previously Speedway Avenue) was an early location for auto dealerships and repair facilities in Seattle. The building’s façade has been maintained in the Allen Institute that now occupies the site. Source: MOHAI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/32502d36-e131-4197-8cd6-76744248b4bd/1939a_MOHAI_Cascade+Kids+Pool_PI24637.jpg History Children play at the Cascade Park Children’s Pool in 1939. Source: MOHAI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/9f0b6949-e575-48e4-8c6e-59140781f82f/1944_MOHAI_Kenworth+Plane+nose_1944_1983.10.14851.16.jpg History Female employees pose with the nose section of a B-17 bomber at the truck plant where assembly supported the war effort in 1944. Source: MOHAI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/3edb5625-524a-42fc-afa2-53f190543a20/1944a_MOHAI_Kenworth+PingPong+break+1944_1983.10.14851.15.jpg History In this 1944 photo, workers at the Kenworth truck plant take a break during the war effort. Source: MOHAI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/6a3dff4b-4d65-4a9d-bb90-19642b1bb0e7/1946_MOHAI_BoatBuilding_P125930.jpg History During the early 20th century, many small boat building shops lined the shores of Lake Union. Source: MOHAI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/49aec7ed-83a6-4e22-90f1-db2689348c9f/1962_MOHAI_SLU+NE_1986.5.4024.1.jpg History A view in SLU shows Mercer Street, with Fairview Avenue N stretching to the NE as construction of the Interstate 5 freeway is completed in the background, 1962. Source: MOHAI https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e1ac7d08b894234e953ea8/6ac6ff9c-157a-4187-ab72-3ef8fba0bbb4/1993_MOHAI_Mayor+Norm+Rice_SeattleCommons_1993.jpg History Mayor Norm Rice and business leaders tour SLU as the location for the Seattle Commons, a proposed grand park stretching from the shore of Lake Union into downtown Seattle, 1993. 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