South Park, Seattle | |
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 Duwamish Waterway at South Park (2007). South Park is on the left. View from South Park Bridge. | |
 South Park Map | |
| Coordinates: 47°31′49″N 122°19′26″W / 47.53028°N 122.32389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | King |
| City | Seattle |
| Zip Code | 98108 |
| Area Code | 206 |
South Park is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. It is located just south of Georgetown across the Duwamish River, and just north of the city of Tukwila. Its main thoroughfares are West Marginal Way S. (northwest- and southeast-bound), S. Cloverdale Street (east- and westbound) and 14th Ave. S (north-and-south). South Park connects to Georgetown by two bridges at 1st Ave S. at the northmost end of the neighborhood, and the South Park Bridge at the north end of 14th Ave. South.
Surrounded by Seattle's industrial area, South Park's soil and air have been polluted; heavy metals have contaminated the top soil and the nearby Duwamish River has been known for unhealthy levels of toxic chemicals.[1] The property values are lower than elsewhere in Seattle, though some see growth potential in the area.[2][3] The neighborhood is also home to a large Hispanic community with a population that of 4,154 that is roughly 47% Latino, thus giving it the highest concentration of Hispanic residents in the city.[4][better source needed]
- ^ Eric Pryne, "South Park – 'We're Seattle's Dumping Ground'", Seattle Times, February 24, 1994. Accessed online 3 December 2007.
- ^ A neighborhood on the upswing, Seattle Post-Intelligencer "Webtowns" series (online neighborhood profiles). Accessed online 3 December 2007.
- ^ Seely, Mike (April 12, 2019). "For a Seattle Enclave, Isolation May Be Its Salvation". The New York Times. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
- ^ Lower Duwamish Waterway Site, Seattle, Washington: Hispanic Community Involvement Supplement, Environmental Protection Agency, September 2002, p. 2. Lumps South Park with the neighboring, much less Hispanic, Georgetown and gives a combined South Park/Georgetown population of 4900, which it characterizes as 32% Hispanic. Accessed online 2015-09-22