Roosevelt | |
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 General location of Roosevelt (highlighted in pink) within Seattle | |
| Coordinates: 47°40′41″N 122°18′55″W / 47.67806°N 122.31528°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | King |
| City | Seattle |
| Named for | Theodore Roosevelt |
| ZIP Code | 98115 |
| Area code | 206 |
Roosevelt is a neighborhood in north Seattle, Washington. Its main thoroughfare, originally 10th Avenue, was renamed Roosevelt Way upon Theodore Roosevelt's death in 1919. The neighborhood received the name as the result of a Community Club contest held eight years later, in 1927.[1]
Roosevelt's principal and minor arterials are the one-way pair Roosevelt Way (southbound) and 12th Avenue NE (northbound), Lake City Way (SR 522) and 15th Avenue NE, and NE 65th and 75th Streets.[2] City streets are laid out and designated in a pattern; see street layout of Seattle, directionals.
The boundaries of the neighborhood are Interstate 5 to the west, beyond which lies Green Lake; NE Ravenna Boulevard and NE 60th Street to the south, beyond which is the University District; 15th Avenue NE to the east, beyond which is Ravenna; and Lake City Way (SR 522) to the north, beyond which lies Maple Leaf.[3]
- ^ Wilma (20 August 2001)
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"Street Arterial Classifications: Planning Maps" (PDF). Seattle Department of Transportation. 2004-01-12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-06-22. Retrieved 2006-04-21.
Low-Resolution Version, PDF format, at "Principal, Minor and Collector arterials" Archived 2006-06-14 at the Wayback Machine, 2005
See Bibliography for map selection and links to definitions. - ^ (1) Wilma (20 August 2001).
(1.1) With respect to historical documentation, the Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas has a discrepancy regarding the north boundary with Maple Leaf.
(2) Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas (2002-06-17). ""Roosevelt", map". Office of the Seattle City Clerk. Retrieved 2006-04-21. Maps "NN-1030S", "NN-1040S".jpg dated 17 June 2002
(3) "About the Seattle City Clerk's On-line Information Services". Information Services. Seattle City Clerk's Office. 2006-04-30. Retrieved 2006-05-21.
See heading, "Note about limitations of these data".
(4) "About us". Roosevelt Neighborhood Association (RNA). Roosevelt Neighborhood Seattle. n.d. Retrieved 2006-06-24.
(4.1) RNA designation as official is for their non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation requirements. Since the abolition of wards in 1910, there exist no official neighborhoods or their boundaries in Seattle. [Wilma (1 May 2002, 28 September 2003)]