Cascade is a small neighborhood abutting Downtown Seattle; it constitutes the eastern portion of what has come to be known as South Lake Union. It is bounded by Fairview Avenue North on the west, beyond which is the rest of South Lake Union; Lake Union and East Garfield Street on the north, beyond which is Eastlake; Interstate 5 on the east, beyond which is Capitol Hill; and Denny Way on the south, beyond which is Downtown. Its main thoroughfares are Mercer Street (eastbound) and Fairview Avenue N. and Eastlake Avenue E. (north- and southbound). While Paul Allen, through his development company, has announced plans to make Cascade and areas to its west into a biotechnology hub, most of the development activity in the neighborhood is construction of apartments and condominiums. The neighborhood, one of Seattle's oldest, is currently home to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Shurgard Storage Centers (originally a Ford Model T assembly factory[1]) as well as the flagship store of R.E.I.
Notes
- ^ Lake Union (Seattle) Cybertour, Point 5: Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant, HistoryLink.org. Accessed 25 September 2007.
References
- Louis Fiset, Seattle Neighborhoods: Cascade and South Lake Union -- Thumbnail History, HistoryLink.org Essay 3178, April 9, 2001. Accessed 9 September 2007.
