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  Seattle Rentals South Lake Union
The South Lake Union neighborhood played an important role in Seattle’s history.  Native Americans were the early settlers of South Lake Union and it was a trailhead for major trails headed for Elliott Bay and the Duwamish River.
South Lake Union is being developed at an incredible rate.  Updates to South Lake Union park have been recently completed, and new cafes, grocery stores and shops are soon to come.  The properties in South Lake Union display a unique architecture of the working 1920’s.
Known officially as the South Lake Union Seaport Park, the City of Seattle is turning the former Naval Reserve base and armory on the lakefront into a 12-acre, $35 million park.
www.seattlerentals.com /975.html?PHPSESSID=68df2d27af7566b71298f42933a34112   (659 words)

  
 Seattle Parks and Recreation: Pro Parks Levy - South Lake Union Park Development Pro Parks Project Information
The Park is located at the south end of Lake Union, northeast of the intersection of Westlake Avenue and Valley Street.
The project is the first phase of park improvements and is intended to demolish the existing bulkhead and upgrade and stabilize the lake edge with the creation of a new bulkhead wall with the ability to moor boats.
The South Lake Union Review Committee was established by ordinance accepting $5 million from The Parks Foundation, which received the donation from City Investors.
www.cityofseattle.net /parks/proparks/projects/SouthLakeUnionPark.htm   (834 words)

  
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In Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood, exciting efforts are under way to foster an entire neighborhood that embraces sustainability on all fronts — from buildings, parks and public transportation to streetscapes, stormwater capture and re-use, and more.
South Lake Union is one of the last in-city neighborhoods that can absorb significantly higher density.
With South Lake Union positioned to be a major growth center for the region, both in terms of jobs and residents, it presents a major opportunity for the sustainability movement to discover new ways to use strategies that will enhance our urban environment and living experience.
www.djc.com /news/en/11159586.html   (1245 words)

  
 Lake information report: Minnesota DNR
Habitat acquisition of lands next to lakes and streams protects spawning areas and shoreline vegetation, and it increases access to fishing waters.
South Union Lake is located south of the city of Alexandria.
The lake is bowl shaped and has extensive beds of chara in the shallows.
www.dnr.state.mn.us /lakefind/showreport.html?downum=21004100   (280 words)

  
 Seattle Parks and Recreation: South Lake Union Park
Maritime Heritage is an important part of the vision for South Lake Union Park, Visitors will be able to experience and learn about the history of the Pacific Northwest's maritime world.
The park's South Lake Union Historic Ships Wharf has been completed and is home to an increasing number of programs and visiting vessels.
South Lake Union Park and The Naval Reserve Building can accommodate everything from a meeting for 10 to a major indoor/outdoor event for hundreds.
www.seattle.gov /PARKS/parkspaces/southlakeunionpark.htm   (319 words)

  
 HistoryLink Essay:South Lake Union: The Evolution of a Dream
This essay surveys the development of Seattle’s South Lake Union and Cascade communities from 1854 to 2003, with emphasis on visions for its future including Virgil Bogue’s 1911 Plan of Seattle, the 1972 Bay Freeway, the 1995-1996 Seattle Commons proposals, and Paul Allen’s efforts to create a new community centered on biotechnology.
Then he advocated that the smaller lake be named “Lake Union” because it was only a matter of time before a great canal would unite it with Puget Sound on the west and Lake Washington on the east.
Homes soon began to appear on the Lake Union’s south shore, ranging from the ornate Queen Anne-style mansion built by Margaret Pontius in 1889 (which later served as the original “Mother Ryther Home” for orphans) to humble worker's cottages.
www.historylink.org /essays/printer_friendly/index.cfm?file_id=4250   (1839 words)

  
 Dallas Fort Worth Urban Forum - Seattle's South Lake Union Neighborhood
South Lake Union is the city's garage, a half-ignored place where Seattle has crammed stuff for 100 years.
About 900 people live in South Lake Union, many in low-income apartments in the Cascade district east of Fairview Avenue North, where many of the 8,000 to 10,000 apartments and condos would be built.
South Lake Union projects are part of the work plan of nearly every major city department.
forum.dallasmetropolis.com /showthread.php?t=739   (5776 words)

  
 Vulcan Real Estate : South Lake Union
One of Vulcan's largest and most active projects is the redevelopment of more than 60 acres in the South Lake Union neighborhood, which is adjacent to downtown Seattle.
South Lake Union is also the current and future home of organizations on the forefront of vital life sciences research.
Over the next few years, South Lake Union's revitalization and emergence as a regional destination and life sciences research center will contribute significantly to the growth of the greater Seattle economy.
www.vulcanrealestate.com /TemplateSouthLakeUnion.aspx?contentId=3   (145 words)

  
 Remaking South Lake Union: Seattle is on fast track to build biotech hub
Over the next year, council members are expected to consider a half-dozen proposals related to South Lake Union -- including a streetcar line, an electrical substation, funding for a regional park, redesigning the Mercer Corridor and changing zoning to make it easier to develop the neighborhood into an urban center.
Skeptics say the South Lake Union improvements Nickels has in mind will cost much more then he is advertising, up to $1 billion in public money, with ongoing city expenses for operations and maintenance, police, fire and other services.
One of the strongest arguments South Lake Union supporters make for the big public investments is that revenue generated there could be put into the general fund and spent improving other neighborhoods or restoring services that have been cut.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/196012_slakeunion20.html   (2980 words)

  
 Center News - 6/3/04 - South Lake Union Facelift
South Lake Union as viewed from the Fred Hutchinson campus.
According to a city study, a revitalized South Lake Union has the potential to create 76,000 new statewide jobs by 2025 and generate revenues to the city and state of $870 million over the next 20 years.
The UW Medicine Lake Union campus is the first phase of a three-phase project.
www.fhcrc.org /about/pubs/center_news/2004/jun3/gart1.html   (1454 words)

  
 uwnews.org | University of Washington News and Information
"South Lake Union is key to UW Medicine's ability to lead a significant portion of the nation's biomedical research enterprise well into the 21st Century," said Dr. Paul G. Ramsey, UW vice president for medical affairs and dean of medicine.
South Lake Union is a critical element of my economic strategy for the city, and this is proof that, with partners like Vulcan and the University, we are getting the job done."
UW Medicine already has a presence in South Lake Union at Vulcan's 60,000-square-foot Rosen Building on Republican Street and Terry Avenue North, which is also used for medical research programs, and at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance building at 825 Eastlake Ave.
www.uwnews.org /article.asp?articleID=2171   (699 words)

  
 The Stranger | Seattle | Slog: The Stranger's Blog | South Lake Union Fisticuffs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The only analysis that has been done is the projection of the number of riders on the SLU Streetcar during its initial period (not defined by number of years) and when it is fully developed (again not defined as to what date that will be).
The fully mature SLU Streetcar rideship is based on hoped for residential and job development in SLU but not any calculated projections.
Mine is that such an agreement as defined in the legislation should not commit the city to a firm amount of hours to the SLU Streetcar until there has been an evaluation of its need in comparison to the transit needs of other neighborhoods.
www.thestranger.com /blog/2005/06/south_lake_unio_1.php   (1095 words)

  
 Seattle Press on Line - Biotechnology hub to rise in South Lake Union
SEATTLE—Mayor Greg Nickels Monday unveiled his South Lake Union Action Agenda to build a biotechnology hub in the area, create thousands of news jobs and fuel growth in the city’s economy.
"South Lake Union will be home to thousands of good-paying jobs in biotechnology and life sciences, employing people who will cure disease and save lives," Nickels said.
South Lake Union is the right place for the university," Nickels said.
archive.seattlepressonline.com /article-10108.html   (485 words)

  
 Hargreaves Associates - Landscape Architecture and Planning   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
South Lake Union Park will bring the people of Seattle to the water's edge.
South Lake Union Park will accommodate both the local park user as well as visitors from afar.
South Lake Union Park will be an attractive destination for lake users by providing transient moorage and multiple points of water access for kayakers and other types of personal water craft.
www.hargreaves.com /news/design/south_lake_union.htm   (222 words)

  
 Center News - 6/16/05 - The end of the summer concert series will signal start of major neighborhood improvements
As short-lived as the concert series may be, it underscores the South Lake Union community's ongoing transformation into a dynamic live/work/play environment thanks to a host of public and private projects that continue to make progress.
Vulcan's contribution to South Lake Union Park is far from the company's only involvement in the community.
Among the many new neighbors the Hutchinson Center is gaining as a result of Vulcan developments is UW Medicine Lake Union, a new University of Washington medical research center that is being built in three phases and could ultimately total more than 800,000 square feet.
www.fhcrc.org /about/pubs/center_news/2005/jun16/gart3.html   (1175 words)

  
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South Lake Union is poised to become another thriving community within the city of Seattle.
In South Lake Union, as well as in all neighborhoods in our region, planning must address many issues, such as: creating a balance of housing and jobs; competition for increasingly scarce resources; basic infrastructure; and finally, transportation mobility.
The Denny Triangle and South Lake Union neighborhoods are underserved by transit and the forecasted growth mentioned above demands a solution.
www.djc.com /news/re/11161875.html   (845 words)

  
 Pacific Publishing Company - South Lake Union Park prepares for its new incarnation
South Lake Union Park faces busy Valley Street in the transition zone between Queen Anne, Capitol Hill and the Cascade neighborhoods.
Just as the South Lake Union neighborhood has been on fast-forward in its evolution toward a biotech hub, the historically utilitarian park site is expected to become a magnet both for event crowds and those seeking a quiet picnic and green acres beside the lake.
South Lake Union Park is the Foundation's most ambitious effort to date.
www.zwire.com /site/tab1.cfm?newsid=13981085&BRD=855&PAG=461&dept_id=513931&rfi=6   (517 words)

  
 Lake Union Life - Lake Union News and Real Estate Information. Lake Union Condos - John L. Scott, Pete Kluge.
Lake Union Life is a website dedicated to news, real estate trends, and information about the Lake Union community.
South Lake Union is being transformed into an urban neighborhood where people can live, work and play.
The South Lake Union streetcar is part of the Mayor’s South Lake Union Action Agenda, which seeks to improve or build new area infrastructure for new jobs and housing.
www.lakeunionlife.com   (2261 words)

  
 Seattle South Lake Union Streetcar - On Track On Line Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Neighborhood of South Lake Union is growing and will continue to grow, and in my opinon, the Streetcar will help it grow.
South Lake Union property owners along the route would pay half the streetcar cost, about $25 million, by forming a local improvement district.
I hope the South Lake Union Streetcar proposal works, with one alteration, instead of the terminal at Westlake Tunnel Station, I would have it continue on to 1st Ave and Pike St, possibly to tie in with a relocated Waterfront Streetcar(assuming the maintenace facility is relocated first).
www.on-track-on-line.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=9397   (369 words)

  
 Summer Nights at South Lake Union Park Park :: Seattle's Premier Outdoor Concert Series
The “exclusion zone” extends 100 yards north of the park into Lake Union, and boat spectators will not be allowed near the park on concert days during the period from two hours before the concert until the concert ends.
The Lake Union Courtyard by Marriott is located directly to the west of South Lake Union Park across Westlake Ave.
The South Lake Union neighborhood is served by a number of Metro bus lines, including the 8, 17, 26, 28, 70 and 71 (after 7:00 pm).
www.summernights.org /info.html   (2883 words)

  
 Trans-Lake Washington Ferry Feasibility   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The route examined for the feasibility study was a Kirkland to University of Washington (UW) route with a potential extension to South Lake Union.
Under the same service conditions, up to 837 boardings (709 between Kirkland and UW, 39 between UW and South Lake Union) would be expected with the baseline scenario in the year 2010.
Furthermore, ridership for the UW to South Lake Union extension was low and did not compete well with other options for that trip.
www.rttg.org /projects/ferry_study.htm   (2036 words)

  
 Blue Flame Labs, University of Washington School of Medicine, South Lake Union Campus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
UW Medicine’s new biotechnology and medical research hub in the South Lake Union area of Seattle has expanded to include a newly renovated, four-story, 105, 000 square foot research laboratory facility known as the “Blue Flame” building.
Both centers are examples of a new paradigm in biomedical research at UW, one that attempts to solve a particular problem without being constrained by departments or disciplines.
“South Lake Union is key to UW Medicine’s ability to lead a significant portion of the nation’s biomedical research enterprise well into the 21
www.uwslu.org /index.htm   (280 words)

  
 Great Homes in Seattle Blog!: Complex mix is changing the face of South Lake Union Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
South Lake Union has a way of not turning out the way people expect it to.
But despite enthusiastic support from city officials and the South Lake Union neighborhood's biggest landlord, Paul Allen, the minicity of scientists is materializing more slowly than expected as the biotech industry hits a lull.
Ed Geiger, a longtime business owner who is active in the group, South Lake Union Friends and Neighborhood, said Vulcan has tried to be a gentle giant, not moving too fast and trying to respect the neighborhood's character.
www.seattles-real-estate.com /archives/2005/10/complex_mix_is.php   (1501 words)

  
 South Lake Union Neighborhood Seattle King County Washington Counselor Therapist Social Worker Psychotherapist 98109
Designed to help consumers seeking counseling or group therapy to find the right mental health counselor, therapist, social worker or psychotherapist in the South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle King County Washington 98109.
Location: South Lake Union area on the North side of Stewart Street, the second building south-west of the REI store.
To top--South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle Washington 98109
www.counselingseattle.com /seattle-wa/south-lake-union.htm   (402 words)

  
 New QFC Store to Anchor South Lake Union Development; 2200 Westlake Project to Provide 975,000 Square Feet of Retail, ...
Located at the gateway to the South Lake Union neighborhood, and serving the Denny Triangle area, the 48,000 square foot supermarket will be at the heart of a mixed-use retail, office and residential project.
As the only major grocery store in the South Lake Union area, QFC will serve a vital need for current residents as well as newcomers who relocate to the burgeoning community in years to come.
As with other developments slated for the South Lake Union area, Milliken and Vulcan consulted extensively with local residents and planning groups so as to weave the project into the existing fabric of the community.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2002_Jan_10/ai_81572095   (820 words)

  
 South Lake Union has overemployment problem
But it's becoming one in Seattle's South Lake Union area, according to two City Councilmen who are asking the city to review the situation and, if warranted, stop encouraging real estate development in the neighborhood.
With the growth of such institutions as the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, more than 5,900 jobs were added in the South Lake Union area during the seven years from 1995 and 2001, according to a city report.
In the South Lake Union area, projects proposed on Vulcan's land include a University of Washington biomedical research campus on Mercer Street and a large mixed-use complex at 2200 Westlake Ave.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /business/118974_southlake24.html   (1017 words)

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