Curious about Pinehurst’s boundaries, I looked in old Seattle Times papers for information.
In an article in March 1939 Pinehurst boundaries were listed as 15th – 19th and 125th – 137th. But later that month another article said they were 15th – 21st and 115th – 123rd.
Then in June 1959 another article said Pinehurst’s boundaries were 5th – 25th and 110th – 137th.
So at this point it is as the 1959 layout states? I find the neighborhoods in Seattle very confusing…
soo… then I googled it and here is a pretty clear map for anyone else interested… http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/north.htm
No, it’s really not clear. Pretty much everyone, including the City, agrees that the clerk map is bunk. Here’s the disclaimer they give:
Q: Why doesn’t this map show my neighborhood correctly?
A: There is no one “correct” Seattle neighborhood map. Representation of neighborhoods in this atlas can never meet all expectations for several reasons:
The City does not have electoral districts that might serve as official neighborhood boundaries;
Different City departments and non-City entities define neighborhoods differently based on many factors;
Familiar neighborhood boundaries and City planning areas and names change over time;
The records being indexed using this atlas date from the 1800’s to present, and so no one set of boundaries and names will ever perfectly match all records; and,
At any point in time there may be many conceptions of what defines a neigbhorhood and how it is named.
Examples of various current neighborhood boundaries and names from different City departments include:
Department of Neighborhoods Neighborhood District Council Boundaries
Office of Economic Development Map of Neighborhood Business Organizations
Department of Planning and Development Neighborhood Districts
Department of Transportation Neighborhood Planning Areas
If you look at the detailed list of neighborhoods, Pinehurst is in the Northgate sublist and Victory Heights is under the Lake City sublist. If you click on them you can see that Pinehurst and Victory Heights maps overlap! For those of us lucky enough to be in the overlap area, 125th to Northgate way, we can claim either.
http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1045S.htm
http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1034S.htm
Hi Greg, the clerk’s maps don’t overlap. They divide PH and VH at 15th. In any case, I think that everyone acknowledges the overlapping/melding nature of the neighborhoods.
The only thing that strict boundaries would be good for is to be able to say that the Pinehurst Community Council represents a definite number of households or people. For example, our highly organized neighbors in Maple Leaf have strict boundaries; either you’re in or you’re out.
The newest boundaries were made ten years ago by some Pinehurst Community Council members. At that time, the boundaries were extended to Lake City Way capturing part of Victory Heights.