One of “seven hills” to conquer for the white immigrants arriving by ship from Europe.
Now the epicenter of city culture, Capitol Hill has many names:
It’s lovingly called the “Gayborhood” to some aging gays
Many across the city know it as “The Hill” as in, “Do you want to go to the hill?” Those other hills are Upper Queen Anne and Beacon Hill is only newly a major destination.
Ironically, West Seattle has our highest point. It’s called High Point, ironically. Yes, I’m trying to be funny, but it is true.
Our most famous intersection is Bellevue, Bellevue and Bellevue in North Capitol Hill, arguably one of the most famous in the city. It’s where Bellevue Way, Bellevue Place and Bellevue Ave cross.
Our gritty fabulous central park, Cal Anderson park is named after our state’s first openly gay senator. You can get a molly moon’s ice cream or a Mexican fast food burrito and sit on the astro turf with all the cool kids to have a little picnic in the summer.
We are also home to Volunteer Park, part of the Olmstead Plan for Seattle, by the guys who designed Central Park in New York. They were tasked with turning Seattle from a working town to a livable modern city with modern amenities and paved streets.
The developed the Seattle Parks Plan which introduced most of our cities parks and connected them with green parkway road system that runs throughout the city. The more you know about this the more you can appreciate our crazy roads and intersections.
