Planning Exhibit
South Lake Union

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
               
 Sustainability
 and Partners		 Map: Change &
 Opportunity		  South Lake Union:
 A Neighborhood
 of Opportunity
  

Change & Opportunity Map

   


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).

Last Updated: February 13, 2007