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Pigeon Point is the northern end of the bluff above the Duwamish, east of the old Youngstown neighborhood that surrounds the steel mill, in what real estate listings often now call North Delridge. South Delridge has also replaced Westwood on some maps, but neither of the new half-Delridge terms have
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The Puget Ridge neighborhood is located south of Pigeon Point and is filled with and surrounded by abundant greenspace. Boundaries include 21st Ave SW on the west, 16th Ave SW on the east, SW Dawson St on the north, and SW Orchard St to the south. Puget Ridge is the home of Puget Creek, Puget Park,
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High Point is so named because it is the highest point of land in Seattle, 520 feet (158 m) above sea level. It is most well known for the recently demolished World War II temporary worker housing project of the same name that for five decades (1952–2002) served as low income housing, in particular
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Cottage Grove is an area originally platted by Puget Mill Company between 1918 and 1923. It is generally bounded on the north by SW Genesee St, on the west by West Seattle Golf Course, on the south by SW Juneau St and on the east by 21st Ave SW. It is the area immediately south and adjacent to
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The Riverview neighborhood is just south of South Seattle College, east 16th Ave SW and north of Holden St. The West Duwamish Greenbelt make up the northern and western boundaries. Riverview is home to Riverview Playfield park, which has multiple tennis courts, ballfields, soccer fields, and a
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Boeing Hill is the steep forested slope up which Highland Park Way courses. Like other nearby areas outside Delridge's own Longfellow Creek valley, this large greenbelt on the Duwamish's west bank is sometimes included in "Delridge Neighborhoods" in recent City maps and documents, as are the
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to the south, and West Seattle to the west along 35th Avenue SW. That area includes (north to south, east to west) the Pigeon Point, Youngstown, Puget Ridge, Riverview, High Point, Highland Park, Westwood, and Roxhill neighborhoods, and some industrial areas near the river.
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The City of Seattle also uses the term Delridge more loosely to describe an informal collection of neighborhoods near the Delridge valley. This area is not precisely defined but often is considered to be bounded by the Duwamish River to the north and east, unincorporated
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Snake Hill is generally bounded on the north by Southwest Brandon Street (Camp Long and West Seattle Golf Course), on the west by 31st Avenue Southwest, on the south by Southwest Juneau Street (High Point) and on the east by 29th Avenue Southwest (Longfellow Creek).
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sits and the western ridge that peaks in the High Point district. The Delridge Neighborhood Plan Area includes most of the area within the valley itself. Some other nearby neighborhoods also have Neighborhood Plan Areas.
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Steel). The Youngstown Cultural Arts Center (1999) opened in 2006, developed by the city-sponsored nonprofit Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association in the old
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Roxhill is mostly residential areas, with a focal point of retail commerce. The neighborhood includes green spaces such as Roxhill Park, through which
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A "big box" plaza called Westwood Village has expanded in recent years. Stores include Target, Bed Bath and Beyond, Staples and Marshall's.
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Youngstown. It is sometimes referred to as Youngstown. For example, the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center is actually in Cottage Grove.
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The Delridge district is a mostly residential and open space district that lies generally between the eastern ridge on which
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North Delridge (the golf course, Youngstown north of it, Pigeon Point northeast of it, and Cottage Grove east of it)
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Riverview (south of South Seattle College, east of 16th Ave SW, north of Highland Park)
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Highland Park is traditionally a working-class neighborhood, due to its proximity to
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Pigeon Point (northeastern "North Delridge", east of Delridge and north of Andover)
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immediately to the south, it now features wide demographic and ethnic diversity.
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The Pigeon Point neighborhood is located on a high bluff directly south of the
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is adjacent to the West Seattle Reservoir. It offers an off-leash dog area.
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The partially restored wetland source of Longfellow Creek is in Westwood.
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Highland Park (east of 16th Ave SW, south of Holden and north of Roxbury)
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Snake Hill (between Camp Long and High Point, west of Longfellow Creek)
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for many refugees and immigrants when they first arrived in Seattle.
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Puget Ridge (south of Pigeon Point and west of South Seattle College)
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HistoryLink: the Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History
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Many new town homes are being developed in this neighborhood.
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Neighborhood Plan Implementation, Department of Neighborhoods
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Westwood (between 35th and 16th Ave South, near city limits)
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Seattle Public Utilities Drainage and Sewer System Projects
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Puget Ridge Edible Park, and Sanislo Elementary School.
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Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas — Delridge
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The Youngstown neighborhood is the dell through which
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Youngstown (east of Avalon Way, around the steel mill)
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entered common speech among longtime area residents.
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Delridge, Seattle, Washington
47°32′13″N 122°21′37″W / 47.53694°N 122.36028°W / 47.53694; -122.36028

Seattle
Washington
Longfellow Creek
West Seattle Bridge
Duwamish River
West Seattle
South Seattle College
White Center
Harbor Island
Duwamish Waterway
Industrial District
High Point, Seattle, Washington
Boeing Field
Industrial District
White Center
Westcrest Park

West Seattle Bridge
Elliott Bay
Longfellow Creek

Longfellow Creek
mudflats
estuary
white
immigrant
steelworkers

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