Central Area, also referred to as the Central District, was once a hotbed of the civil rights movement as memorialized in the names of many streets and public structures. The Central District today is a residential neighborhood of family-owned businesses, historic landmark houses and some of the lowest home prices in the city. Close proximity to downtown and I-90 make the Central Area an attractive option for Seattle and Eastside workers.
If you were to look at a map, Central Area in Seattle appears to have many restaurants and shops. Some of the top rated restaurants in Central Area are the following: Taurus Ox- they're offering Laotian stews and sausages and it's located in E Madison St. and just north of Seattle World School (E Union St.); Ezell's Famous Chicken - selling fried chicken & desserts, located in 23rd Ave and it's a 1-minute walk from Garfield High School; Good Neighbor Cafe- located in 19th Ave and just north of Pratt Park (6-minute walk from Good Neighbor Cafe); The Barbeque Pit- a barbecue restaurant in East Yesler Way and it's a 3-minute walk from Pratt Park; And if you're looking for a pizza, there's a pizza place near Pratt Park, it's the Domino's Pizza in S Jackson St. If you are near in E Union St., there are stores and shops located in the same street and these are: Ponder Cannabis Shop (cannabis store), Union Coffee (coffee shop), Uncle Ike's Central District Marijuana Dispensary (cannabis store), Earl's Cuts & Style (barber shop), PCC Community Markets - Central District (grocery store), Chuck's Hop Shop & kegs (beer store), and 20/20 Cycle (bicycle shop). There is a top-rated barbershop located in 22nd Ave S, and it's the north of Judkins Park and Playfield- it's called Central Barber Shop.
Central Area in Seattle has many schools, these are Seattle academy (12th Ave), Seattle World School (E Union St), Meter Music School - Central District (E Union St), School of New and Continuing Studies at Seattle University ( E Columbia St), Nova High School (E Cherry St), Garfield High School (23rd Ave), Seattle Alternative/Sharples School, Washington Middle School (S Jackson St), Thurgood Marshall Elementary (S Irving St), Neighborcare Health at Bailey Gatzert Elementary School, and Bailey Gatzert Elementary School (E Yesler Way). If you're looking for a public library, Central Area has Douglass-Truth Branch - The Seattle Public Library located in E Yesler Way, and it's the west of Leschi. They also have a university library - it's Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons (12th Ave, and located on the east side of First Hill). Homes in the Central Area have recently sold for between $320k and $1.6 million. To see today's real estate listings in Central Area, Seattle, please click the link above.
The Central Area neighborhood is located in Central Seattle. Homes for sale in Central Area include foreclosures (bank-owned homes), short sales, new construction, and traditional resale homes. Home styles range from condos to townhomes and single-family homes.
The Central Area, commonly called the Central District or CD, is a mostly residential district in Seattle located east of First Hill (12th Avenue and Rainier Avenue); west of Madrona , Leschi and Mt. Baker; south of Capitol Hill, and north of Rainier Valley. Historically, the Central District has been one of Seattle's most racially and ethnically diverse neighborhoods, and was once the center of Seattle's black community and a major hub of African-American businesses.
The Central District's main thoroughfares are its east boundary along Martin Luther King Jr. Way ("MLK"), its west boundaries along 12th Avenue and Rainier Avenue, its 'main street' 23rd Avenue (north and southbound) and E. Union, E. Cherry, E. Jefferson, E. Yesler Way, and S. Jackson (east and west bound).
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