莱克伍德是西雅图华盛顿湖湖滨东南部的一个街区，位于杰纳西公园 (Genesee Park) 西部和苏域柏公园的北部（通常被视为苏域柏公园街区的一部分）。该地区最初是华盛顿湖西岸的一个半岛，由狭长的入湖口形成，被人们称之为 Wetmore Slough（如今是杰纳西公园的所在地），这一狭长地带从华盛顿湖向南延伸超过半英里后转向西方，直抵哥伦比亚市。直到 1912 年，才在华盛顿湖 Boulevard S 上建起一座大桥，此桥横跨河道的入湖口。同时，从 S Genesee Street 始发的电车线路也得以开通，此条线路成为社区与其他城市之间建立良好沟通的关键途径。1917 年，由于华盛顿湖运河行道的开通而导致湖面水位下降，河道也因此排干。西雅图市买下了这片土地，计划在原河道区域修建一座公园，但多年来，这片土地一直被 用作垃圾场。1957 年，西雅图市在原河道区域北端建造了 Stanley S. Sayres Memorial Hydroplane Pits。1968 年，通过发行 Forward Thrust 债券，长期搁置的开发计划得以完成，最终将其余河道区域开发为杰纳西公园和球场。除公园之外，莱克伍德地区还建造有许多毗邻湖岸的大型房屋和位于内陆的较 宜居的房屋。
西雅图街区：莱克伍德 (Lakewood)--简史
- By David Wilma
- Posted 3/28/2001
- HistoryLink.org Essay 3140
Sources:
"Lakewood Community Club," brochure, 1948, Rainier Valley Historical Society, Seattle; David Buerge, "Indian Lake Washington," The Weekly, August 1, 1984, pp. 29-33; Don Sherwood, "Seward Park - Graham Peninsula," Interpretive Essays on the History of Seattle Parks, Handwritten bound manuscript dated 1977, Seattle Room, Seattle Public Library; Don Sherwood, "Genessee P.F., Wetmore Slough," Ibid.; Don Sherwood, "Stanley S. Sayres Memorial Park," Ibid.; "Cougar captured near Lake Washington about February 23, 1870," Timeline Library, (www.Historylink.org); Paul Dorpat, Seattle Now and Then, (Seattle: Tartu Publications, 1984), 82; Lucile B. McDonald, The Lake Washington Story, (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co., 1979), 23, 87, 88; Redick H. McKee, Road Map of Seattle and Vicinity, 1890, Seattle Public Library; "Guide Map of the City of Seattle, Washington Territory," ca. 1888, brochure, Seattle Public Library; David Wilma interview with Grover Haynes, president, Lakewood-Seward Park Community Club, March 31, 2001, Seattle, Washington; Alan A. Hynding, "Eugene Semple's Canal Scheme," The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, vol. 59, no. 2, (April 1968), 77-87; Joseph B. Shepherd, "Improvement Clubs and Their Works," The Seattle Times, March 29, 1928, p. 18; "Columbia City's Seaport Dream Never to Come True," Ibid., April 9, 1937, p. 7; David B. Williams, Jennifer Ott, and the staff of HistoryLink, Waterway: The Story of Seattle's Locks and Ship Canal, (Seattle: HistoryLink, 2017).
Note: This essay was revised and corrected on November 2, 2011, and revised and expanded on April 20, 2017.
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