Ballard
Population: 10,589
Walkability Score: 94
Sign its value is on the rise
A tiny, 650-square-foot, 1944 Craftsman at 2621 Northwest 57th Street recently spent only five days on the market, and, after a bidding war, sold for $20,000 more than the asking price of $215,000.
A tiny, 650-square-foot, 1944 Craftsman at 2621 Northwest 57th Street recently spent only five days on the market, and, after a bidding war, sold for $20,000 more than the asking price of $215,000.
New in the neighborhood In late March, food-truck evangelist turned brick-and-mortar devotee Joshua Henderson announced plans to open a second Skillet Diner location this summer at 2034 Northwest 56th Street.
Formerly known as The raw end of a deal after, as legend has it, one Captain William Rankin Ballard lost a coin toss to a business partner in the 1880s and ended up with 160 acres of “undesirable” land, which today we recognize by his last name.
If you only have one hour Ballard Locks (3015 54th St NW, seattle.gov/tour/locks.htm), where sockeye as big as eight pounds and 30 inches long jump up 21 steps to return to their native spawning grounds, and some 60,000 boats a year squeeze through to return to their native recreational grounds of Lake Union and Lake Washington.
Capitol Hill
Population: 31,621
Walkability Score: 91
Formerly known as For most of the early 1900s, nearly all the city’s car dealers and other automobile-related businesses were crowded around the intersections of Pike, Pine, and Broadway, earning the area the alias Auto Row.
Sign its value is on the rise A three-bedroom town home at 1521 18th Avenue sold for $495,000 in just six days.
Median condo price $271,500
New in the neighborhood Speckled and Drake (1355 E Olive Way), a narrow, mezzanine-enhanced beer and cocktail lounge, opened last winter.
If you have only one hour You’ll barely scratch the surface of Seattle’s vital urban neighborhood.
Madrona
Population: 5,196
Walkability Score: 75
Sign its value is on the rise A three-story, turn-of-the-century home at 626 36th Avenue overlooking Lake Washington sold for $1 million after just 12 days on the market.
Formerly known as The Black Panthers local headquarters in the late 1960s; the group practiced drills at Madrona Playfield at East Spring Street and 34th Avenue.
If you only have an hour Walk the gauntlet of boutique shops on 34th, notably Hitchcock (1406 34th Ave,hitchcockmadrona.com) and Glassybaby (3406 E Union St, glassybaby.com), and just try—in vain—to get through without opening your wallet.
New in the neighborhood Restaurant Bea (1423 34th Ave, restaurantbea.com), which traffics in Northwest comfort food, opened last year.
Pioneer Square
Population: 2,276
Walkability Score: 86
New in the neighborhood Bar Sajor (323 Occidental Ave S, barsajor.com), Matt Dillon’s new lunch and dinner spot, opened in February.
Sign its value is on the rise About 80 tech firms, most of them startups, have moved into Pioneer Square.
If you only have an hour Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park commemorates the 1897 Gold Rush (319 Second Ave S, nps.gov/klse)
South Lake Union
Population: 1,150
Walkability Score: 97
New in the neighborhood Shanik (500 Terry Ave N, shanikrestaurant.com), run by the wife of the eponymous owner of Vij’s in Vancouver, opened in December 2012 (reviewed here).
Formerly known as Site of settler David Denny’s logging venture, Western Mill Co., in the late 1800s
If you only have an hour Museum of History and Industry (860 Terry Ave N, mohai.org), reopened in the Naval Reserve Armory overlooking Lake Union, features collections previously not on display and interactive exhibits.
Queen Anne
Population: 35,448
Walkability Score: 81
Sign its value is on the rise A two-story Dutch Colonial Queen Anne hill topper at 2146 Fourth Ave West sold within four days, luring six bidders who drove the price from $675,000 up to $727,000.
Formerly known as Early transparent settlers called the open space at the bottom of the hill—where Seattle Center sits today—Potlatch Meadows because, according to historylink.org, they erroneously believed Native Americans threw ceremonial parties there.
If you only have one hour Chihuly Garden and Glass (305 Harrison St, Seattle Center,chihulygardenandglass.com), a temple of molten glass frozen in time and Technicolor clamshells created by arguably the most famous living artist in the Northwest
New in the neighborhood Tin Lizzie Lounge (600 Queen Anne Ave N; marqueen.com), inside the MarQueen Hotel, is a block from SIFF Cinema Uptown, making it the perfect perch from which to debate plot after the movie.
Kirkland
Population: 87,105
Walkability Score: 59
Its value is on the rise Home values are expected to go up 8.2 percent within the next 12 months.
If you only have an hour Explore the wetland trails of Juanita Beach Park (9703 NE Juanita Dr,kirklandwa.gov/depart/parks).
New in the neighborhood Volterra (121 Kirkland Ave, volterrarestaurant.com), Ballard’s Italian mainstay, opened a second location on the Eastside in September 2012.
Formerly known as The brainchild of one Peter Kirk, who in the 1880s thought a town on the shore of Lake Washington was the perfect complement to his new iron mill
West Seattle
Population: 79,178
Walkabillity Score: 65
New in the neighborhood Marination Ma Kai (1660 Harbor Ave SW, marinationmobile.com/ma-kai), the second fixed location for the Korean and Hawaiian food truck, opened in October 2012.
Formerly known as The first encampment of European-American settlers in the area, who landed at Alki in 1851
If you only have an hour Tour Alki Beach by bike via Wheel Fun Rentals (2530 Alki Ave SW,wheelfunrentals.com).
Beacon Hill
Population: 35,298
Walkability Score: 62
New in the neighborhood Tippe and Drague Alehouse (3315 Beacon Ave S, tippeanddrague.com), which pulls 16 locally crafted beers, opened in summer 2012.
Sign its value is on the rise A two-bedroom home at 1546 19th Avenue South sold within one day for $10,000 above the $219,000 asking price.
If you only have an hour Jefferson Park (3801 Beacon Ave S, Seattle.gov/parks) is a 45-acre playground that includes a skate park, a golf course, and eye shots of the frosty Olympic Mountains.
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