布莱顿海滩是西雅图东南部华盛顿湖附近的一个街区。布莱顿海滩位于贝利半岛 (Bailey Peninsula)（苏域柏公园的所在地）的正南方，从华盛顿湖一直延伸，越过格拉汉姆山 (Graham Hill)，穿过雷尼尔谷，并沿灯塔山山坡向上蔓延，大体上，南以 S Othello Street 为界，北以 S Orcas Street 为界。英国移民于 19 世纪 80 年代买下了此处大片土地，并以英国的度假胜地命名。在那之前，该地区曾是杜瓦米什印第安人的家园，他们所居住的村落被称作 hah-HAO-hlch（“禁地”之意），位于贝利半岛的正南方。但是，此后到来的移民者大肆砍伐大型树木、建造农场、果园和校舍，以及规划宅地等。 1891 年，电车线路开通，沿雷尼尔谷最远可到达哥伦比亚市，从而加快了布莱顿海滩的发展步伐。该街区与毗邻街区于 1907 年划归西雅图市管辖。西雅图市政府在 20 世纪 30 年代期间建造了布莱顿球场 (Brighton Playfield)。之后不久，在球场旁边又盖起了夏普勒初级中学 (Sharples Junior High School)。二战后的几年间，许多非洲裔美国家庭从中部地区沿雷尼尔谷向南移居至此。布莱顿海滩和苏域柏公园也是西雅图犹太社区中心，这里有三个犹太 教会堂，且信仰正统犹太教的人口约占全市正统犹太教人口的 90%。
西雅图街区：布莱顿海滩 (Brighton Beach)--简史
- By David Wilma
- Posted 3/18/2001
- HistoryLink.org Essay 3110
Sources:
Don Sherwood, "Brighton Playfield," Interpretive Essays on the History of Seattle Parks, Handwritten bound manuscript dated 1977, Seattle Room, Seattle Public Library; David Buerge, "The Native American Presence in the Rainier Valley Area," typescript, undated, Rainier Valley Historical Society, Seattle; David Buerge, "Indian Lake Washington," The Weekly, August 1-August 7, 1984, pp. 29-33; HistoryLink.org Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History, "Central Area - Thumbnail History" (by Mary T. Henry) and "Galland Center" (by Lee Micklin), http://www.Historylink.org/; Mark Higgins, "Large Jewish population calls diverse community home," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 20, 1997, (seattlep-i.nwsource.com).
Note: This essay was revised on October 31, 2011.
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