Seattle ( Ã, ( listen ) see- AT -? l ) is a port city on the west coast of the United States. This is the seat of King County, Washington. With an estimated 725,000 inhabitants by 2018, Seattle is the largest city in Washington state and the Northwest Pacific region of North America. According to US Census data released in 2018, Seattle's metropolitan area is at 3.87 million, and ranks the 15th largest in the United States. In July 2013, it is the fastest growing major city in the United States and remains in the Top 5 in May 2015 with an annual growth rate of 2.1%. In July 2016, Seattle became the fastest growing US primary city, with an annual growth rate of 3.1%. Seattle is the northernmost major city in the United States adjacent.
The city is located on a precarious land between Puget Sound (a Pacific Ocean inlet) and Lake Washington, about 100 miles (160 km) south of the Canadian-US border. The main gateway to trade with Asia, Seattle is North America's fourth largest port in container handling by 2015.
The Seattle area was previously inhabited by Native Americans for at least 4,000 years before the first permanent European settlers. Arthur A. Denny and his wandering group, later known as the Denny Party, arrived from Illinois via Portland, Oregon, in the precise schooner at Alki Point on 13 November 1851. The settlement was moved to the east coast of Elliott Bay and was named "Seattle" in 1852, after the head of Si'ahl of the local Duwamish and Suquamish tribes.
Logging was the first major industry in Seattle, but by the end of the 19th century, the city had become a commercial and shipbuilding center as a gateway to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush. Growth after World War II was partly due to the local Boeing company, which established Seattle as a center for aircraft manufacturing. The Seattle area evolved into a technology center from the 1980s onwards with companies like Microsoft becoming established in the region; Microsoft founder Bill Gates was a Seattleite from birth. Amazon internet retailer was founded in Seattle in 1994, and Alaska Airlines's main airline was established in SeaTac, Washington, serving Seattle's international airport, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The flow of new software, biotechnology, and Internet companies led to an economic revival, which increased the city's population by nearly 50,000 between 1990 and 2000.
Seattle has a noteworthy musical history. From 1918 to 1951, nearly two dozen jazz nightclubs existed along Jackson Street, from the current Chinatown/International District to the Central District. The jazz scene developed the early careers of Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Ernestine Anderson, and others. Seattle is also the birthplace of rock musician Jimi Hendrix, as well as Nirvana bands, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Foo Fighters and alternative rock grunge movements.
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Archaeological excavations show that Native Americans have inhabited the Seattle area for at least 4,000 years. By the time the first European arrivals arrived, the people (later called the Duwamish tribe) occupied at least seventeen villages in the area around Elliott Bay.
The first European to visit the Seattle area was George Vancouver, in May 1792 during the 1791-95 expedition to map the Pacific Northwest. In 1851, a large party led by Luther Collins made the location on land at the mouth of the Duwamish River; they officially claim on September 14, 1851. Thirteen days later, members of the Party Collins on his way to claim their past three scouts from Denny Party. Denny Party members claim to land at Alki Point on September 28, 1851. The rest of the Denny Party sail from Portland, Oregon, and landed at Alki Point when rainstorms on 13 November 1851.
Duwamps 1852-1853
After a difficult winter, most of the Denny Party moved to Elliott Bay and claimed the land for the second time at the current Pioneer Square location, naming the new settlement Duwamps.
Charles Terry and John Low remained at the initial landing site and rebuilt their old land claims and called it "New York", but renamed "New York Alki" in April 1853, from the Chinook word meaning, roughly, "by and by "or" Someday ".
Over the next few years, New York's Alki and Duwamps compete for dominance, but in time Alki is abandoned and his inhabitants move across the bay to join the rest of the settlers.
David Swinson "Doc" Maynard, co-founder of Duwamps, is the main advocate for the settlement name after Chief Seattle ("Seattle") of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes.
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The name "Seattle" appeared in the Washington Territory's official paper dated May 23, 1853, when the first slab for the village was filed. In 1855, the nominal land settlement was established. On January 14, 1865, the Washington Area Legislature incorporated the City of Seattle with the supervisory council that manages the city. The city of Seattle was united on 18 January 1867, and remained the territory of King County until the end of 1869, when a new petition was filed and the city was re-entered December 2, 1869, with the mayor's governing council. Seattle City company seals carry the date "1869" and the Sealth Head resemblance on the left profile.
Wood City
Seattle has a history of boom-and-bust cycles, like many other cities near a vast area of ​​natural resources and minerals. Seattle has increased several times on an economic basis, then experienced a sharp decline, but usually uses that period to rebuild solid infrastructure.
The first such explosions, which covered the early years of the city, drove the wood industry. (During this period the road now known as Yesler Way won the nickname "Skid Road", purportedly after wood slid down the hill into chainsaw Henry Yesler.On later omnipotence from the area may be the possible origin for a term that later enters a more American lexicon as much as Skid Row.) Like most western Americans, Seattle sees many conflicts between labor and management, as well as ethnic tensions culminating in the anti-Chinese riots of 1885-1886. This violence comes from white unemployment committed to expel the Chinese from Seattle (anti-Chinese riots also occur in Tacoma). In 1900, Asians were 4.2% of the population. Authorities declared martial law and federal troops arrived to stop the disturbance.
Seattle achieved sufficient economic success so that when the Great Seattle Fire of 1889 destroyed the central business districts, the much more magnificent city center quickly appeared in its place. The Washington Mutual finance company, for example, was established shortly after the fire broke out. However, Panic of 1893 hit Seattle hard.
Gold Rush, World War I, and Great Depression
The second and most dramatic explosion resulted from the Klondike Gold Rush, which ended the depression that began with Panic of 1893. In a short time, Seattle became a major transportation hub. On July 14, 1897, S.S. Portland anchored with the famous "gold ton", and Seattle became a major transportation and supply route for miners in Alaska and Yukon. Some of those who work find eternal wealth. However, it is the miners' clothing business in Seattle and feeding them salmon that appears in the long run. Along with Seattle, other cities such as Everett, Tacoma, Port Townsend, Bremerton, and Olympia, all in the Puget Sound region, became competitors for the exchange, not mains for extraction, precious metals. The blast went well into the early part of the 20th century, and funded many of Seattle's new companies and products. In 1907, 19-year-old James E. Casey borrowed $ 100 from a friend and founded the American Messenger Company (later UPS). Other Seattle companies established during this period include Nordstrom and Eddie Bauer. Seattle brings the Olmsted Brothers landscape architecture company to design park systems and boulevards.
The Gold Rush Era culminated in the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909, which is largely responsible for the layout of today's University of Washington campus.
A shipbuilding explosion in the early part of the 20th century became large during World War I, making Seattle rather as a corporate town. The subsequent savings led to Seattle General Strike in 1919, the country's first general strike. The 1912 city development plan by Virgil Bogue was largely unused. Seattle was mildly prosperous in 1920 but was devastated in the Great Depression, experiencing some of the hardest labor disputes in the country at that time. Violence during the Maritime Offensive of 1934 prompted Seattle to engulf many maritime traffic, which was diverted to the Port of Los Angeles.
The Great Depression in Seattle affects many minority groups, one of them being Asia Pacific America; they are subject to racism, loss of property, and unemployment claims that fail because of citizenship status.
Seattle is one of the major cities that benefit from programs such as WPA, CCC, UCL, and PWA. Workers, mostly men, build roads, parks, dams, schools, railroads, bridges, docks, and even historical sites and records and archives. However, Seattle faces massive unemployment, timber losses and the construction industry as Los Angeles wins as the larger West Coast city. Seattle has built contracts that rival New York City and Chicago, but lost to LA as well. The eastern farmland of Seattle faded due to Oregon and the Midwest's, forcing people into town.
The famous Hooverville emerged during the Depression, which caused Seattle's homeless population to grow. Placed outside Seattle, Hooverville houses thousands of men but very few children and no women. With a work project close to the city, Hooverville grew and WPA settled in town.
A movement by women emerged from Seattle during the Depression. Fueled by the book Eleanor Roosevelt It's Women, women encourage to be recognized, not just as housewives, but as the backbone of the family. Using newspapers and journals of Working Women and Women Today, women are encouraged to be seen as equal and receive some recognition.
Seattle University of Washington was severely affected during the Depression era. When schools in Washington lose their funds and presence, the UW is really prosperous over a period of time. While Seattle's public schools are influenced by Washington's supervisor, Worth McClure, they are still struggling to pay for teachers and maintain attendance. UW, despite academic challenges that hit the campus due to different views on teaching and learning, focuses on growth in student enrollment rather than improving existing schools.
Seattle is also the headquarters of the Alexander Pantages impresario which, starting in 1902, opened a number of theaters in the city that showcased the action of vaudeville and silent films. His activities soon flourished, and Greece threw away and became one of the biggest theater and movie tycoons in America. Between Pantages and rival John Considine, Seattle is temporarily the vaudeville mecca of the western United States. B. Marcus Priteca, an architect born in Scotland and based in Seattle, built several theaters for Pantages, including several in Seattle. Theaters that were built for Pantages in Seattle have been destroyed or converted to other uses, but many other theaters that survive in other cities in the US, often retain the name of Pantages ; The surviving Seattle Paramount Theater, where it collaborates, is not Pantages theater.
Postwar years: airplanes and software
The war work brought back local prosperity during World War II, this time centering on Boeing aircraft. The war broke many Japanese-American businessmen in the city because of Japanese detention in Japan. After the war, the local economy dipped. That's up again with Boeing's growing dominance in the commercial aircraft market. Seattle celebrated its restored prosperity and made an offer for world recognition with the 21st Century Exhibition, the 1962 World Exposition. Another major local economic slump occurred in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when Boeing was severely affected by the oil crisis, government contracts, as well as the costs and delays associated with Boeing 747. Many people leave the area to look for work elsewhere, and two local real estate agents put up billboards "Will the last person leave Seattle - Turn off the lights."
Seattle remained the headquarters of the Boeing company until 2001, when the company separated its headquarters from its main production facility; the headquarters was moved to Chicago. The Seattle area is still home to Boeing's Renton narrow-body factory (where 707, 720, 727, and 757 are assembled, and 737 assembled today) and Everett's large mill (assembly plant for 747, 767, 777). , and 787). The corporate credit union for employees, BECU, remains based in the Seattle area, although it is now open to all Washington residents.
When prosperity began back in the 1980s, the city was stunned by Wah Mee's massacre in 1983, when 13 people died at an illegal gambling club in Seattle's Chinatown-International District. Beginning with Microsoft's 1979 move from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to nearby Bellevue, Washington, Seattle and its suburbs became home to a number of technology companies including Amazon.com, F5 Networks, RealNetworks, Nintendo of America, McCaw Cellular (now part of AT & amp T Mobility), VoiceStream (now T-Mobile), and biomedical companies such as HeartStream (later purchased by Philips), Heart Technologies (later purchased by Boston Scientific), Physio-Control (later Medtronic), ZymoGenetics, ICOS (later bought by Eli Lilly and Company) and Immunex (later purchased by Amgen). This success brought the influx of new residents with an increase in population within the city limits of nearly 50,000 between 1990 and 2000, and sees Seattle real estate being some of the most expensive in the country. In 1993, the film Sleepless in Seattle brought further national attention to the city. Many technology companies in Seattle are still relatively strong, but the exciting dot-com booming years ended in early 2001.
Seattle in this period attracted widespread attention as home to many of these companies, but also by hosting the 1990 Goodwill Games and APEC leaders conference in 1993, as well as through the popularity of grunge around the world, a voice that has evolved in the independent music scene of Seattle. Another offer for world attention - hosting the 1999 World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference - garnered visibility, but did not meet the wishes of its sponsors, as protest related activities and police reactions to the protests overshadowed the conference itself. The city was increasingly shaken by the Mardi Gras Riot in 2001, and then completely shaken the next day by the Nisqually earthquake.
Another explosion began when the city emerged from the Great Recession that began when Amazon.com moved its headquarters from North Beacon Hill to South Lake Union. It embarked on a historic construction boom that resulted in the completion of nearly 10,000 apartments in Seattle in 2017, more than a year earlier and almost twice as many as built in 2016. Beginning in 2010, and for the next five years, an average of 14,511 people a year, with a highly leaning growth to the city center, as unemployment fell from about 9 percent to 3.6 percent. The city has found itself "overcrowded", with more than 45,000 households spending more than half their income on housing and at least 2,800 people homeless, and with the country's worst rush hour traffic.
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Geography
With a land area of ​​83.9 square miles (217.3 km²), Seattle is the northernmost city with at least 500,000 people in the United States, further north than Canadian cities like Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal, around the latitude same as Salzburg, Austria.
Seattle topography is hilly. The city is located on several hills, including Capitol Hill, First Hill, West Seattle, Beacon Hill, Magnolia, Denny Hill, and Queen Anne. The Kitsap and the Olympic peninsula along with the Olympic mountains are located west of Puget Sound, while the Cascade Range and Lake Sammamish are located east of Lake Washington. The city has more than 5,540 hectares (2,242 ha) of parks.
Cityscape
Topography
Seattle is located between the saltwater Puget Sound (the Pacific Ocean arm) to the west and Lake Washington to the east. The city's main port, Elliott Bay, is part of Puget Sound, which makes this city an ocean port. To the west, beyond Puget Sound, is the Kitsap Peninsula and the Olympic Mountains on the Olympic Peninsula; to the east, outside of Lake Washington and the outskirts of the Eastside, is the Sammamish Lake and Cascade Range. Water Lake Washington flows into Puget Sound via the Lake Washington Ship Canal (consisting of two manmade canals, Lake Union, and Hiram M. Chittenden Lock in Salmon Bay, ending at Shilshole Bay in Puget Sound).
The seas, rivers, forests, lakes, and fields around Seattle were rich enough to support one of the few hunter-gatherer societies in the world. The surrounding area is perfect for sailing, skiing, cycling, camping and hiking throughout the year.
The town itself is hilly, though not uniform. Like Rome, the city is said to be situated on seven hills; The list varies but usually includes Capitol Hill, First Hill, West Seattle, Beacon Hill, Queen Anne, Magnolia, and former Denny Hill. The Wallingford, Delridge, Mount Baker, Seward Park, Washington Park, Broadmoor, Madrona, Phinney Ridge, Sunset Hill, Blue Ridge, Broadview, Laurelhurst, Hawthorne Hills, Maple Leaf and Crown Hill neighborhoods are all located in the hills as well. Many of the most hilly areas are near the city center, with Capitol Hill, First Hill, and Beacon Hill collectively representing something of a ridge along the isthmus between Elliott Bay and Lake Washington. The break on the ridge between First Hill and Beacon Hill is man-made, the result of two of the many misleading projects that reshape the city center topography. The topography of the city center was also changed by the construction of the artificial sea wall and Harbor Island (completed 1909) at the mouth of Duwamish industrial waterway town, the tip of Green River. The highest point within the city limits is at High Point in West Seattle, which is located approximately 35th Ave SW and SW Myrtle St. Other notable hills include Crown Hill, View Ridge/Wedgwood/Bryant, Maple Leaf, Phinney Ridge, Mt. Baker Ridge, and Highlands/Carkeek/Bitterlake.
In the north of the city center, the Lake Washington Ship Channel connects Puget Sound to Lake Washington. It combines four natural bodies of water: Union Lake, Salmon Bay, Portage Bay, and Union Bay.
Due to its location in the Pacific Ring of Fire, Seattle is in a large earthquake zone. On February 28, 2001, the magnitude 6.8 Nisqually earthquake did significant architectural damage, especially in the Pioneer Square area (built on reclaimed land, such as the Industrial District and part of downtown), but caused only one death. Another strong earthquake occurred on January 26, 1700 (estimated 9 magnitude), December 14, 1872 (7,3 or 7,4), 13 April 1949 (7,1), and 29 April 1965 (6.5). The 1965 earthquake caused three deaths in Seattle directly and another for heart failure. Although the Seattle Fault passes south of the city center, neither that nor the Cascadia subduction zone has caused an earthquake since the founding of the city. The Cascadia subduction zone poses a 9.0 or greater magnitude earthquake, which is capable of seriously damaging the city and demolishing many buildings, especially in zones built on hoards.
According to the US Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ​​142.5 square miles (369 km 2 ), 83.9 square miles (217Ã, km 2 ) of which are ground and 58.7 square miles (152Ã, km 2 ), water (41.16% of the total area).
Climate
Seattle has a temperate climatic climate, classified as a warm summer Mediterranean climate (KÃÆ'¶ppen: Csb ), with a cool, wet winter and a relatively dry and light summer. Cities and neighborhoods are part of the USDA 8b hardiness zone, with insulated coastal pockets falling below 9a.
Extreme temperatures are moderated by adjacent Puget Sound, larger Pacific Oceans, and Lake Washington. So extreme heat waves are rare in the Seattle area, such as very cold temperatures (below about 15 ° F (-9 ° C)). The Seattle area is the cloudy region in the United States, partly because of the frequent storms and the lowest moves from the nearby Pacific Ocean. Despite its frequent rain reputation, Seattle receives less rain than many other US cities like Chicago or New York City. However, unlike many other US cities, Seattle has more "rainy days", when a very light drizzle falls from the sky for several days. In an average year, at least 0.01 inches (0.25 mm) of rainfall fell on 150 days, more than almost all US cities in the eastern Rocky Mountains. It's cloudy in 201 days of the year and 93 days of cloudy. Official weather and climatic data are collected at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, located about 19 km (12 miles) south of downtown in the city of SeaTac, which is at a higher altitude, and records more cloudy days and fewer cloudy days slightly per year.
Extremely hot temperatures are enhanced by dry, compressed wind from the western slopes of Cascade, while cold temperatures are generated primarily from the Fraser Valley in British Columbia.
From 1981 to 2010, the average annual rainfall measured at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport was 37.49 inches (952 mm). Annual rainfall ranged from 23.78 in (604 mm) in 1952 to 55.14 in (1,401 mm) in 1950; for the water year (October 1 to September 30) of rainfall, the range was 23.16 in (588 mm) in 1976-77 to 51.82 in (1,316 mm) in 1996-97. Due to local variations in the microclimate, Seattle also receives much lower rainfall than some other locations in the west Cascades. Around 80 mi (129 km) to the west, the Hoh Rainforest in the Olympic National Park on the western side of the Olympic Mountains receives an average annual rainfall of 142 Â ° at (3.61 m). Sixty miles (95 km) south of Seattle, the Olympic state capital, which is outside the rainforest of the Olympic Mountains, receives an average annual rainfall of 50 in (1,270 mm). The city of Bremerton, about 15 miles (24 km) west of downtown Seattle on the other side of Puget Sound, receives 56.4 in (1,430 mm) of rainfall annually.
In contrast, the northeastern part of the Olympic Peninsula, located east of the Olympic Mountains lies within the shadow of the Olympic rain and receives much less rainfall than the surrounding area. The absorption of airflow from the west is forced to cool and compress when it collides with the mountains, resulting in high rainfall in the mountains and western slopes. Once the airflow reaches the lower side of the wind from the mountains it lowers and expands so much warmer, and significantly drains the air. Sequim, Washington, nicknamed "Sunny Sequim", is located about 40Ã, mi (64Ã, km) northwest of downtown Seattle and receives only 16.51 inches (419 mm) of annual rainfall, more comparable to Los Angeles. Often areas that do not have cloud cover can be seen extending over Puget Sound to the north and east of Sequim. The average Sequim observes 127 sunny days per year in addition to 127 days with partial cloud cover. Other areas affected by Olympic rain shadows including Port Angeles, Port Townsend, stretch as far north as Victoria, British Columbia.
In November, Seattle averaged more rain than any other US city that had more than 250,000 people; it also ranks high in winter precipitation. Instead, the city receives some of the lowest rainfall in any major city from June to September. Seattle is one of the five largest rain-producing cities in the US measured by the number of days with rainfall, and receives some of the lowest amount of annual sunshine among major cities in 48 states, along with several cities in Northeast, Ohio and Michigan. Lightning is rare, because the city's thunder report is only seven days per year. In comparison, Fort Myers, Florida, reported thunder on 93 days per year, Kansas City at 52, and New York City at 25.
Seattle experienced its heaviest rainfall during November, December and January, accepting approximately half of its annual rainfall (by volume) during this period. In late fall and early winter, rivers in the atmosphere (also known as the "Pineapple Express" system), powerful frontal systems, and low-pressure Pacific systems are common. Light rain & amp; drizzle is the dominant form of precipitation for the rest of the year; for example, on average, less than 1.6 in (41 mm) of rain falls in July and August when rains are rare. Occasionally, Seattle experiences a rather more significant weather event. One such event occurred on December 2-4, 2007, when a storm-sustained high force and heavy rainfall associated with the powerful Pineapple Express event occurred in the larger Puget Sound area and western parts of Washington and Oregon. The total rainfall exceeds 13.8 at (350 mm) in some areas with wind topping out at 209 km/h (130 mph) along the Oregon coast. It became the second wettest event in Seattle's history when more than 130 mm (5.1 inches) of rain fell in Seattle in a 24-hour period. Lack of adaptation to heavy rains contributed to five deaths and widespread flooding and destruction.
Autumn, winter, and early spring are often characterized by rain. Winter is cool and wet with December, the coldest month, averaging 40.6  ° F (4.8  ° C), with 28 annual days with lows reaching the freezing mark, and 2.0 days where the temperature remains at or below freezing all day; temperatures rarely drop to 20  ° F (-7  ° C). The summer is sunny, dry and warm, with August, the hottest month, with an average high temperature of 76.1 ° F (24.5 ° C), and reaching 90 ° F (32 ° C) at 3, 1 day per year. By 2015 the city recorded 13 days over 90  ° F. The official warmest temperature recorded was 103  ° F (39  ° C) on July 29, 2009; the coldest coldest temperature was 0  ° F (-18  ° C) on 31 January 1950; the cold daily maximum record was 16Ã, ° F (-9Ã,  ° C) on January 14, 1950, while, on the contrary, the record daily minimum warm was 71Ã, ° F (22Ã,  ° C) on the day of record highs official is set. The average window for freezing temperatures is November 16 to March 10, allowing a 250-day planting season.
Seattle usually receives some snowfall each year but heavy snow is rare. The average annual snowfall, measured at Sea-Tac Airport, is 6.8 inches (17.3 cm). A one-day-day snow of six inches (15 centimeters) or larger has occurred in just 15 days since 1948, and only once since February 17, 1990, when 6.8 inches (17.3 cm) of snow officially crashed at Sea airport -Tac on January 18, 2012. This moderate snow event is officially the 12th snow calendar day at the airport since 1948 and the most snowy since November 1985. Most of the city of Seattle receives a slightly lower snow accumulation. Locations in southern Seattle receive more, with Olympia and Chehalis receiving 14 to 18 in (36 to 46 cm). Other moderate snow events occurred from 12-25 December 2008, when more than one foot (30 cm) of snow fell and stuck on many roads during the two weeks, when temperatures remained below 32 ° F (0 ° C), causing widespread difficulties in a city not equipped for snow removal. The largest documented snowstorm occurred from January 5-9, 1880, with snow drifting up to 6 feet (1.8 m) in places at the end of snow. From January 31 to February 2, 1916, another heavy snow event occurred with 29 Â ° in (74 cm) snow on the ground at the time of the event. With official records dating from 1948, the biggest single-day snowfall was 20.0 inches (51 cm) on 13 January 1950. Seasonal snowfall ranged from zero in 1991-92 to 67.5 inches (171 cm) in the year 1968-1969, with the number of impressions that took place recently 2009-10. January of 1950 was very severe, carrying 57.2 in (145 cm) of snow, at most every month along with the previously mentioned cold notes.
The Puget Sound Convergence Zone is an important feature of Seattle weather. In the convergence zone, the air coming from the north meets the air flowing from the south. Both airflows originate from the Pacific Ocean; the airflow is divided by the Olympic Mountains west of Seattle, then reunited to the east. When the air currents meet, they are forced up, resulting in convection. Lightning caused by this activity is usually weak and can occur in the north and south of the city, but Seattle itself seldom receives more than occasional thunderstorms and little hail. Hurricane Wind Hanukkah Eve in December 2006 was an exception that brought heavy rain and wind to 69 mph (111 km/h), an event not caused by the Puget Sound Convergence Zone and is widespread in the Pacific Northwest.
One of the many exceptions to Seattle's reputation as a wet location occurred in El Nià ± o years, when the marine weather system tracked as far south as California and slightly rained down in the Puget Sound area. Since the water in this region comes from packets of mountain snow during the dry summer months, the El Nià ± o winters not only can produce substandard skiing but can produce water rationing and hydroelectric shortages in the following summer.
Demographics
According to the 2012-2016 American Community Survey (ACS), the city's racial makeup is 65.7% Caucasian, 14.1% Asian, 7.0% African, 6.6% Hispanic or Latino of any race, 0.4% Native American, 0.9% Pacific Island, 0.2% of the other races, and 5.6% two or more races.
According to the 2010 US Census, Seattle has a population of 608,660 with the following racial and ethnic compositions:
- White: 69.5% (Non-Hispanic Whites: 66.3%)
- Asia: 13.8% (4.1% China, 2.6% Philippines, 2.2% Vietnam, 1.3% Japan, 1.1% Korea, 0.8% India, 0.3% Cambodia, 0.3% Laotian, 0.2% Pakistan, 0.2% Indonesian, 0.2% Thai)
- Black or African American: 7.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 6.6% (4.1% Mexico, 0.3% Puerto Rico, 0.2% Guatemala, 0.2% Salvador, 0.2% Cuban)
- American Indian and Alaska Original: 0.8%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.4%
- Other races: 2.4%
- Two or more races: 5.1%
Seattle populations have historically been predominantly white. Census 2010 shows that Seattle is one of the largest whitened cities in the country, although the proportion of the white population gradually declines. In 1960, whites comprised 91.6% of the city's population, while in 2010 they comprised 69.5%. According to the 2006-2008 American Community Survey, about 78.9% of the population over the age of five are English-only at home. Those who speak Asian other than the Indo-European languages ​​comprise 10.2% of the population, Spain is spoken by 4.5% of the population, other Indo-European speakers reach 3.9%, and speakers of other languages ​​reach 2.5%.
Seattle-born foreign population grew 40% between 1990 and 2000 census. Chinese residents in the Seattle area have origins in mainland China, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, and Taiwan. The earliest Chinese-Americans who came in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were almost entirely from Guangdong Province. The Seattle area is also home to a large Vietnamese population, more than 55,000 inhabitants, and more than 30,000 Somali immigrants. The Seattle-Tacoma region is also home to one of the largest Cambodian communities in the United States, numbering some 19,000 Cambodian Americans, and one of the largest Samoan communities on the continental US, with over 15,000 people having Samoan ancestors. In addition, the Seattle area has the highest percentage of mixed mixed individuals identified from every major metropolitan area in the United States, according to the US Census Bureau of 2000. According to the HistoryLink 2012 study, ZIP code 98118 Seattle (in Columbia City neighborhood) is incorrect one of the most diverse Area of ​​Post Code Tabs in the United States.
According to a 2014 study by Pew Research Center, the largest religious group was Christian (52%), followed by non-religious (37%), Hindu (2%), Buddhists (2%), Jews (1% Muslims (1%) and other religions have fewer followers. According to the same study by Pew Research Center, about 34% of Seattle is Protestant, and 15% claim to be Roman Catholic. Meanwhile, 6% of Seattle residents call themselves agnostics, while 10% call themselves atheists.
In 1999, the average income of a city household was $ 45,736, and the average income for a family was $ 62,195. Men have an average income of $ 40,929 compared to $ 35,134 for women. The per capita income for the city is $ 30,306. 11.8% of the population and 6.9% of families are below the poverty line. People living in poverty, 13.8% are under the age of 18 and 10.2% are 65 years of age or older.
It is estimated that King County has 8,000 homeless people one night, and many of them live in Seattle. In September 2005, King County adopted the "Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness", one of its short-term outcomes was the transition of funding from homeless shelters to permanent housing.
In recent years, the city has experienced stable population growth, and has been faced with the problem of accommodating more and more residents. In 2006, after growing by 4,000 residents per year for the previous 16 years, regional planners estimate Seattle's population will grow by 200,000 by 2040. However, former mayor Greg Nickels supports a plan that will increase the population by 60%, or 350,000 people , by 2040 and work in ways to accommodate this growth while maintaining a single family residential zoning law in Seattle. Seattle City Council then chose to loosen the height limits on buildings in most of the City Centers, partly with the aim of increasing the density of housing downtown. As a sign of the increasing growth of the city center, the city center population reached over 60,000 in 2009, up 77% since 1990.
Seattle also has a large lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender population. According to a 2006 study by UCLA, 12.9% of urban residents surveyed were identified as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. This is the second highest proportion of any major city in the US, behind San Francisco. Greater Seattle also ranks second among major US metropolitan areas, with 6.5% of the population identifying as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. According to 2012 estimates from the US Census Bureau, Seattle has the highest percentage of same-sex households in the United States, with 2.6 percent, surpassing San Francisco.
In addition, Seattle has a relatively high number of people living alone. According to the 2004 US interim Census measurements, Seattle has the fifth-highest single-person household proportion across the city among 100,000 or more residents, with 40.8%.
Economy
The Seattle economy is driven by a mix of older industrial companies, and the "new economy" of the Internet and technology companies, services, designs, and clean technology companies. The city's gross metropolitan (GMP) product was $ 231 billion in 2010, making it the 11th largest metropolitan economy in the United States. The Port of Seattle, which also operates Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, is the main gateway to trade with Asia and cruises to Alaska. It is also the 8th largest port in the United States when measured by container capacity. Its maritime cargo operations merge with the Port of Tacoma in 2015 to form the Northwest Ports Alliance. Despite being affected by the Great Recession, Seattle still has a relatively strong economy. It even remains a hotbed for starting a business, especially in green building and clean technology. It ranked as America's "smart city" No. 1 "based on government policy and green economy.In February 2010, the city government committed Seattle to become the first" climate neutral "city in North America, with the goal of achieving zero net greenhouse gas emissions per capita in 2030.
However, very large companies dominate the business landscape. Five companies on the Fortune 500 list 2017 of the largest US company - based on total revenue, are based in Seattle: Amazon.com Internet retailer (# 12), Starbucks coffee network (# 131), department store Nordstrom (# 188), expedition expeditions International's cargo of Washington (# 429) and forest products company Weyerhaeuser (# 341). Another popular Fortune 500 company linked to Seattle is headquartered in nearby Puget Sound cities. Costco's warehouse network (# 16), the largest retailer in Washington, is based in Issaquah. Microsoft (# 28) is located in Redmond. Furthermore, Bellevue is home to the Paccar truck manufacturer (# 164). Other large companies headquartered in this area include Nintendo of America in Redmond, T-Mobile US at Bellevue, Expedia Inc. in Bellevue, and Providence Health & amp; The service (the nation's largest health care system and the fifth largest employer) in Renton. The city has a reputation for heavy coffee consumption; Seattle-based or Seattle-based coffee companies include Starbucks, Seattle's Best Coffee, and Tully's. There are also many successful independent espresso boasters and independent independent cafes.
Before moving its headquarters to Chicago, the aerospace maker Boeing (# 24) is Seattle's largest company. Its largest division, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, is still based in nearby Renton. The company also owns large aircraft manufacturing plants in Everett and Renton; therefore, remains the largest private company in the Seattle metropolitan area. Former Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels announced a desire to spark a new economic boom driven by the biotech industry in 2006. The major redevelopment of the South Lake Union environment is underway in an effort to attract new and well-established biotech companies to the city, joining the Corixa biotech company (Obtained by GlaxoSmithKline), Immunex (now part of Amgen), Trubion, and ZymoGenetics. Vulcan Inc., the billionaire's parent company Paul Allen, is behind most development projects in the region. While some see a new development as an economic boon, others criticize Nickel and Seattle City Council for wandering toward Allen's interests in taxpayers. Also in 2006, Expansion Magazine placed Seattle as one of the top 10 metropolitan areas in the country based on a favorable climate for business expansion. In 2005,
Operating hub at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Alaska Airlines maintains its headquarters in the city of SeaTac, next to the airport.
Seattle is a global health center with Bill & amp; Melinda Gates Foundation, PATH, Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Institute of Health and Evaluation Metrics. By 2015, the Washington Global Health Alliance has counted 168 global health organizations in Washington state. Many headquartered in Seattle.
Culture
Twenty Seattle neighborhoods accommodate one or more fairs or parades.
Nickname
From 1869 to 1982, Seattle was known as "Queen City". Seattle's official nickname is "Emerald City", the result of a contest held in 1981; The reference is the dense green forest in the area. Seattle is also referred to informally as "Gateway to Alaska" for being the nearest major city in the US adjacent to Alaska, "Rain City" due to frequent cloudy and rainy weather, and "Jet City" from local Boeing influences. The city has two official slogans or the motto: "The City of Flowers", intended to encourage the planting of flowers to beautify the city, and "The City of Goodwill", adopted before the 1990 Goodwill Games. Seattle residents are known as Seattleites .
Performing arts
Seattle has been a regional hub for performing arts for many years. The century-old Seattle Symphony Orchestra is one of the most recorded in the world and performs mainly in Benaroya Hall. The Seattle Opera and Pacific Northwest Ballet, which appeared at McCaw Hall (opened in 2003 at the site of the former Seattle Opera House in Seattle Center), can be distinguished, with Opera especially known for its performances from the work of Richard Wagner and PNB School (founded 1974) ranked as one of the top three ballet training institutions in the United States. Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras (SYSO) is the largest symphonic youth organization in the United States. The city also offers summer and winter music festivals hosted by the Seattle Chamber Music Society.
The 5th Avenue Theater, built in 1926, features Broadway-style music shows featuring local talent and international stars. Seattle has "about 100" theatrical production companies and more than two dozen theater venues, many of them associated with fringe theater; Seattle may be second only to New York for a number of equity theaters (28 Seattle theater companies have some sort of Actor Equity contract). In addition, the 900-seat Revival Romanesque Town Hall on First Hill hosts many cultural events, especially lectures and recitations.
Between 1918 and 1951, there were nearly two dozen jazz nightclubs along Jackson Street, running from the current Chinatown/International District to the Central District. The jazz scene developed the early careers of Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Blackwell Bumps, Ernestine Anderson, and others.
Early popular music acts from the Seattle/Puget Sound area include the college folk group The Brothers Four, The Fleetwoods vocal group, 1960 garage rockers The Wailers and The Sonics, and The Ventures instrumental surf group, some of which are still active.
Seattle is considered the home of grunge music, having produced artists such as Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, and Mudhoney, all reaching international audiences in the early 1990s. The city is also home to such diverse artists as avant-garde jazz musicians, Bill Frisell and Wayne Horvitz, hot jazz musician Glenn Crytzer, hip hop artist Sir Mix-a-Lot, Macklemore, Blue Scholars and Shabazz Palaces, jazz saxophonist subtle Kenny G, classic Heart and QueensrÃÆ'¿che rock staples, and alternative rock bands like Foo Fighters, Harvey Danger, President of the United States, The Posies, Simple Mouse, Band of Horses, Death Cab for Cutie and Fleet Foxes. Rock musicians like Jimi Hendrix, Duff McKagan, and Nikki Sixx spent their formative years in Seattle.
Seattle-based Sub Pop recording company continues to be one of the most famous independent/alternative music labels in the world.
Over the years, a number of songs have been written about Seattle.
Seattle annually sends a team of slammers words to the National Poetry Slam and considers itself home to performance poets like Buddy Wakefield, twice Individual World Poetry Slam Champ; Anis Mojgani, twice National Poetry Slam Champ; and Danny Sherrard, 2007 National Poetry Slam Champ and 2008 Individual Poetry World Slam Champ. Seattle also hosts the 2001 National Poetry Tournament. The Seattle Poetry Festival is a biennial poetry festival (first launched as Poetry Poet 1997) featuring local, regional, national, and international names in poetry.
The city also has a home movie showing Hollywood production and the work of independent filmmakers. Among these, Seattle Cinerama stands as one of only three theaters in the world that are still capable of displaying the three-panel Cinerama film.
Tourism
Among Seattle's famous annual exhibits and festivals are the 24-day Seattle International Film Festival, Northwest Folklife over Memorial Day weekend, many Seafair events throughout July and August (from Bon Odori to Seafair Cup seawater seasons), the Bite of Seattle, one of the largest Gay Pride festivals in the United States, and the Bumbershoot art and music festival, which programs music and other arts and entertainment over the Labor Day weekend. All are usually attended by 100,000 people each year, such as Seattle Hempfest and two separate Independence Day celebrations.
Other notable events include many pow-wows of Native Americans, the Greek Festival organized by the Greek Orthodox Church St. Demetrios in Montlake, and many ethnic festivals (many associated with the Festival at the Seattle Center).
There are other annual events, ranging from Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair & amp; Book Arts Show; anime convention, Sakura-Con; Penny Arcade Expo, game convention; Seattle, two days, 9,000-riders to the Portland Bicycle Classic; and special film festivals, such as the International Whirlpool Fantastic Film Festival, Asian American Film Festival Seattle (formerly known as the Northwest Asian Film Festival), Seattle Children's Film Festival, Translation: Seattle Transgender Film Festival, Seattle Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Latin, and the Seattle Polish Film Festival.
Henry Art Gallery opened in 1927, Washington's first public art museum. The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) opened in 1933; SAM opened the museum downtown in 1991 (expanded and reopened 2007); since 1991, the building of 1933 is the SAM Asian Art Museum (SAAM). SAM also operates the Olympic Sculpture Park (opened in 2007) by the sea on the north side of the downtown pier. The Frye Art Museum is a free museum on First Hill.
Regional history collections are located at Log House Museum in Alki, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Museum of History and Industry, and Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. Industrial collections are located in the adjacent Northwest Woods and Seaport Center, the Seattle Metropolitan Police Museum and the Aviation Museum. Regional ethnic collections include the Nordic Heritage Museum, the Wing Luke Asian Museum, and the Northwest African American Museum. Seattle has an artist-run gallery, including a 10-year veteran Land Art Gallery, and a new Space Gallery.
The Great Wheel of Seattle, one of the largest Ferris wheels in the US, opened in June 2012 as a new permanent attraction on the edge of the city, at Pier 57, next to Downtown Seattle. The city also has many community centers for recreation, including Rainier Beach, Van Asselt, Rainier and Jefferson south of Ship and Green Lake, Laurelhurst, Loyal Heights in the North Canal, and Meadowbrook.
The Woodland Park Zoo opened as a private zoo in 1889 but was sold to the city in 1899. The Seattle aquarium has opened in the city center since 1977 (underwent a 2006 renovation). Seattle Underground Tour is an exhibition of places that existed before the Great Fire.
Since the mid-1990s, Seattle has experienced significant growth in the shipping industry, particularly as a departure point for Alaska cruises. In 2008, there were a total of 886,039 cruise passengers passing through the city, outnumbering Vancouver, BC, another major departure point for Alaskan cruises.
Professional sports
Seattle has three major male professional sports teams: Seattle Seahawks National League (NFL) Seattle Seahawks, Major League Baseball (MLB) Seattle Mariners, and Major League Soccer (MLS) Seattle Sounders FC. Other professional sports teams include Seattle's National Women's Basketball Association (WNBA) Storm, which won the WNBA championships in 2004 and 2010, and the Seattle Government of the National Women's Soccer League.
The Seahawks' CenturyLink Field has hosted an NFL playoff game in 2006, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, and 2017. The Seahawks have advanced to the Super Bowl three times: 2005, 2013 and 2014. They beat the Denver Broncos 43-8 for won their first Super Bowl championship in the Super Bowl XLVIII, but lost 24-28 against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX. The Seahawks also held NFL playoffs at Kingdome in 1983, 1984 and 2000. The 2000 playoff game is the last game of any kind of football and any sport at The Kingdome.
Seattle Sounders FC has been playing in Major League Soccer since 2009, sharing CenturyLink Field with Seahawks, as a continuation of previous teams in the bottom division of American football. The Sounders have won the MLS Supporters Shield in 2014 and the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup on four occasions: 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2014. Sounders won their first MLS Cup after beating Toronto FC, 5-4 on penalties, in MLS Cup 2016 With the first MLS Sounders Cup championships in franchise history, Mariners is the only male professional sports team in the city without a championship, let alone a championship series appearance.
Seattle's professional sports history began in the early 20th century with PCHA Seattle Metropolitans, which in 1917 became the first American hockey team to win the Stanley Cup. Seattle is also home to the previous Major League Baseball franchise in 1969: Seattle Pilots. The pilots moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and became Milwaukee Brewers for the 1970 season.
From 1967 to 2008 Seattle was also home to the National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise: Seattle SuperSonics, the 1978-79 NBA champions. The SuperSonics moved to Oklahoma City and became Thunder City of Oklahoma for the 2008-09 season.
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game was held in Seattle twice, first at Kingdome in 1979 and again at Safeco Field in 2001. That same year, the Seattle Mariners tied the all-time regular single-season winning record with 116 wins. The NBA All-Star Game was also held in Seattle twice: the first in 1974 at the Seattle Center Coliseum and the second in 1987 at Kingdome.
Seattle Thunderbirds hockey team plays in Canada's Western-junior Hockey League and is based in Seattle, a suburb of Kent. Seattle also offers a strong history in college sports. The University of Washington and Seattle University are NCAA Division I schools. The University of Washington athletics program, dubbed the Huskies, competes in the Pac-12 Conference, and the Seattle University athletics program, dubbed Redhawks, competes in the Western Athletic Conference.
Seattle is applying for a new expansion team with the National Hockey League to start in 2020 or later. Seattle plans to renovate KeyArena to use for possible NHL teams. On March 1, 2018, a ticket ticket began measuring interest in season ticketing deposits. Oak View reported that their initial goal of 10,000 deposits was exceeded in 12 minutes, and that they received 25,000 deposits in 75 minutes.
Parks and recreation
The cool, temperate climate of Seattle allows outdoor recreation all year round, including walking, cycling, hiking, skiing, snowboarding, kayaking, rock climbing, motorboats, sailing, team sports, and swimming.
In the city, many people walk around Green Lake, through the woods and along the cliffs and 535-acre (2.2Ã, km 2 ) Discovery Park in Magnolia, along the edges of Myrtle Edwards Park on the waterfront of Downtown, along the shore of Lake Washington at Seward Park, along Alki Beach in West Seattle, or along the Burke-Gilman Trail.
Gas Works Park features a preserved superstructure of a coal gasification plant that closed in 1956. Located opposite Lake Union from the city center, this park provides a panoramic view of the Seattle skyline.
Also popular are hiking and skiing in the nearby Cascade or Olympic Mountains and kayaking and sailing in the waters of Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the Strait of Georgia. In 2005, the magazine Men's Fitness named Seattle the coolest city in the United States.
In the ParkScore 2013 ranking, the Trust for Public Land reports that Seattle has the 10th best garden system among the 50 most populous cities in the US. ParkScore rates the city park system with formulas that analyze areas, access, and services and investments.
Government and politics
Seattle is a charter city, with a form of governance of the mayor's council. From 1911 to 2013, nine Seattle city councils were elected widely, not by geographical subdivisions. For 2015 elections, this was converted into a hybrid system of seven district members and two major members as a result of the voting action adopted on November 5, 2013. The only other elected offices are city lawyers and city court judges. All city offices are officially impartial.
Like some other parts of the United States, governments and laws are also run by a series of voting initiatives (allowing citizens to pass or reject the law), references (allowing citizens to approve or reject legislation already authorized), and propositions (enabling certain government agencies to propose new laws or increase direct taxes to the people).
Jenny Durkan was elected mayor of the 2017 mayoral election and took office on 28 November 2017. The mayor's office also includes two deputy mayors, appointed to advise the mayor on the policy; In 2017, the city's deputy mayor is Michael Fong and Shefali Ranganathan.
Seattle's political culture is very liberal and progressive for the United States, with over 80% of the population voting for the Democrats. All areas in Seattle elect Democratic candidate Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election. In partisan elections for Washington State Legislature and the United States Congress, almost all elections are won by Democrats. Although local elections are nonpartisan, most of the city's elected officials are known as Democrats.
In 1926, Seattle became the first major city in America to choose the female mayor, Bertha Knight Landes. He has also chosen a gay mayor, Ed Murray, and a member of the socialist council, Kshama Sawant. For the first time in the history of the United States, a gay black woman was publicly chosen for public office when Sherry Harris was elected to Seattle city council in 1991. The majority of city councils are women.
Federal, Seattle is divided into two congressional districts. Most of the city is in Washington's 7th congress district, represented by Democrat Pramila Jayapal, the first Indian-American woman elected to Congress. He managed 28 years of incumbent and fellow Democrat Jim McDermott. The southwestern part of Seattle is in District 9, represented by Democrat Adam Smith.
Seattle is widely regarded as one of the most liberally socialized cities in the United States, even beyond Portland. In 2012 US elections, the majority of Seattle residents voted to approve Referendum 74 and legalize gay marriage in Washington state. In the same election, the overwhelming majority of Seattle also voted to approve the legalization of recreational use of cannabis in the state. Like most Pacific Northwest (which has the lowest church attendance in the United States and consistently reports the highest percentage of atheism), church attendance, religious beliefs, and political influence of religious leaders are much lower than in other parts of America..
Seattle also has an evolving alternate press, with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer web-based daily, several other online dailies (including Publicola and Crosscut ), < i> Foreigners (an alternative, left-leaning weekly), Seattle Weekly , and a number of issue-focused publications, including the world's two largest online environment magazines, Worldchanging and Grist.org .
In July 2012, Seattle banned plastic shopping bags. In June 2014, the municipality issued a local regulation to raise the minimum wage to $ 15 per hour in stages from 2015 to 2021. When fully implementing the $ 15 per hour rate would be the highest minimum wage in the country.
On October 6, 2014, Seattle officially replaces Columbus Day with Indigenous Day, honoring Seattle Native American community and recognizing controversy surrounding Christopher Columbus's legacy.
On May 9, 2017, Mayor Murray announced he would not seek re-election after a lawsuit stating that sexual harassment of several teenage boys in the 1980s. Murray resigned as mayor on September 12, 2017, effective on 5 p.m. on September 13, 2017, hours after The Seattle Times reported the fifth accusation of child sexual abuse.
In July 2017, Seattle City Council unanimously approved the income tax on the inhabitants of Seattle, making it the only city in the state with income tax. The new income tax was ruled unconstitutional in a ruling by the King County Superior Court and thus not allowed to continue. The city is expected to appeal this decision.
Education
Of the urban populations over the age of 25, 53.8% (compared to the national average of 27.4%) hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and 91.9% (vs 84.5% nationally) have a high school diploma or equivalent. A 2008 US Census Bureau survey showed that Seattle has the highest percentage of college and university graduates from major US cities. The city is listed as the most learned city in 69 of the country's largest cities in 2005 and 2006, the most learned in 2007 and most learned in 2008 in a study conducted by Central Connecticut State University.
Seattle Public Schools were degraded without a court order but continued to struggle to achieve racial balance in an ethnically divided city (the southern part of the city has more ethnic minorities than the north). In 2007, Seattle's racial termination system was struck by the United States Supreme Court, but the decision left the door open to a desegregation formula based on other indicators (eg, income or socio-economic class).
The public school system comes with a moderate number of private schools: five private high schools are Catholics, one is Lutheran, and six secular schools.
Seattle is home to the University of Washington, as well as a professional and continuing education institute unit, University of Education Outreach Washington. US News 2017 & amp; World Report ranked University of Washington at # 11 in the world, tied up with Johns Hopkins University. UW receives more federal research and development funds than any public institution. Over the past 10 years, it has also generated more Peace Corps volunteers than any other US university. Seattle also has a number of smaller private universities including Seattle University and Seattle Pacific University, the former Jesuit Catholic, the last Methodist Free; universities devoted to working adults, such as City University and Antioch University; colleges within the Seattle Colleges District system, consisting of North, Central, and Southern; seminaries, including the Western Seminary and a number of art colleges, such as the Cornish College of the Arts, the Pratt Fine Arts Center, and The Art Institute of Seattle. In 2001, Time magazine chose Seattle Central Community College as a community college of the year, stating that schools "encourage different students to work together in small teams".
Media
In 2010, Seattle has one major daily newspaper, The Seattle Times . The Seattle Post-Intelligence
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