Central District
The Central District is a mostly residential neighborhood in Seattle located east of downtown and First Hill; west of Madrona, Leschi and Mt. Baker neighborhoods; south of Capitol Hill, and north of Rainier Valley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, U.S.
- Also known as: “Central Area” and “Central District, Seattle”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute and The People’s Wall.
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute
Arts center
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute is a cultural, community, and artistic center that focuses on African American art, artists, and audiences.
The People’s Wall
Work of art
Photo: Jmabel, Public domain.
The People's Wall on 20th Avenue just south of Spruce Street in the Central District / Squire Park neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, U.S, is a mural that was commissioned in 1969 by the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party and painted in 1970 by artist Dion Henderson.
Wisteria Park
Park
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wisteria Park is a park in Seattle's Central District, in the U.S. state of Washington. The private parkland is across from the Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple and has a bonsho. In 2019, the Japanese American Community organized Lights for Liberty at the park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yesler Terrace and CID.
Yesler Terrace
Suburb
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yesler Terrace is a 22-acre mixed-income, mixed-use neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, United States. It was originally completed in 1941 as the state's first public housing development and the first racially integrated public housing development in the United States.
CID
Suburb
Photo: ZhengZhou, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Chinatown–International District is a neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. It is the center of the city's Asian American community. Within the district are the three neighborhoods known as Chinatown, Japantown and Little Saigon, named for the concentration of businesses owned by people of Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese descent, respectively.
Leschi
Suburb
Leschi is a neighborhood in the city of Seattle, Washington, United States. Located on the western shore of Lake Washington, the residential neighborhood was named by its 19th-century developer for Chief Leschi of the Nisqually tribe, who was executed by territorial authorities in 1858 in Pierce County, Washington.
Central District
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: City of Seattle, King County, Puget Sound, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
47.60311° or 47° 36′ 11″ northLongitude
-122.30827° or 122° 18′ 30″ westElevation
233 feet (71 metres)Open location code
84VVJM3R+6MOpenStreetMap ID
node 1999382370OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Central District” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Central”
- French: “Central District”
- French: “district central”
- Spanish: “Central District”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Faith Bible Church and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
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