South Lake Union is undergoing a renaissance. Partnerships between the South Lake Union neighborhood and the City are forging a new direction and transforming South Lake Union into a community to live, work and play. Highlights of the area's history and new opportunities in housing, transportation, business, parks/open space and sustainablity are profiled in this exhibit.
Coming Soon to South Lake Union in 2007:
- The Seattle Streetcar connecting South Lake Union to the heart of downtown will start running late 2007.
- Mercer Street will be a direct route with lanes in both directions from I-5 to Dexter Avenue by 2010. Bicycle lanes will be connected, sidewalks added and Valley Street narrowed to a pedestrian-friendly street.
- A natural drainage project is currently being designed that will use plants to clean water flowing from Capitol Hill through South Lake Union to Lake Union.
- Construction is underway on a new headquarters building for Group Health; 700 employees will move into the neighborhood. Approximately 900 employees will be moving into the second phase of UW Medicine’s research facilities, also under construction.
- The Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) is studying the Armory in Lake Union Park as a potential new home.
- Lake Union Park improvements have begun. The park will become a regional gathering place, and a place for residents and employees of the neighborhood to access the water.
| Live:
Residental Community |
Move: Meeting
the Challenge |
Play: Coming
Together |
Work:
Neighborhood of Innovation |
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| Sustainability
and Partners |
Map: Change &
Opportunity |
South Lake Union:
A Neighborhood of Opportunity |
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SLU Exhibit Credits
Special Thanks to:
Liz Martini, Lish Whitson, Moon Callison, Layne Cubell, Julie Moore (DPD); Tim Durkan (OPM); Lori Patrick (Arts); Dawn Schellenberg (SDOT); Victoria Schoenberg (Parks); and Bernie O’Brien (Artech Art Services).
Thanks Also to:
Nathan Torgelson (DOF); Angie Brady and Eric Tweit (SDOT); Bob Klug (City Light); Mike Podowski (DPD); and Rick Hooper (Housing).
