Lake City

A Drive Through Lake City's Watershed Moments
02/28/02 The Seattle Press
Most know Lake City from the drive along "The Strip"--Lake City Way--packed with mini-malls, auto dealers, car repair shops, and fast food chains among the over 400 businesses in the commercial district. But, "Lake City is more than meets the eye," says Deirdre Grace, the Neighborhood Development Manager for the Northeast sector.

Thumbnail History of Lake City
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The automobile defined Lake City. Instead of small communities growing up around trolley stops such as in the Rainier Valley, Lake City grew in a line.

Seattle P-I Neighbor's Section Profile of Lake City
3/29/97 The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Be sure to take a look at the "Scenes of Lake City," "Lake City Historical Album" and "Lake City By The Numbers" pages.

Thornton Creek Remembered
By Dorothea Nordstrand
6/00 The Jet City Maven
The controversy over what will happen to Thornton Creek flooded me with memories from the 1930s.

Lake City Western Vigilantes
8/00 Jet City Maven
Vigilantes are parade performers with a cause.

Meadowbrook Pond
8/00 Jet City Maven
A natural wetland becomes a Sewage Treatment Center in 1952, but is recovered as an urban pond in 1998.