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Bitter Lake is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, United States, named after its most notable feature, Bitter Lake. It was a mostly natural forest of Douglas-fir and Western Redcedar, inhabited by Native Americans, until the late 19th century. Development especially picked up when the Seattle-to-Everett Interurban streetcar reached the lake in 1906. A sawmill operated in the area until 1913, when most of the trees had been cut down. Part of the site of Playland is now the R.H. Thomson Elementary School; the Bitter Lake Community Center sits near the onetime site of the Dipper.

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  • Bitter Lake is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, United States, named after its most notable feature, Bitter Lake. It was a mostly natural forest of Douglas-fir and Western Redcedar, inhabited by Native Americans, until the late 19th century. Development especially picked up when the Seattle-to-Everett Interurban streetcar reached the lake in 1906. A sawmill operated in the area until 1913, when most of the trees had been cut down. To its east, across Aurora Avenue N., is the neighborhood of Haller Lake; to its west, across Greenwood Avenue N., is Broadview; to its north, across N. 145th Street, is the city of Shoreline; and to its south is Greenwood. N. 130th Street is often considered its southern boundary, although some place it further south, at N. 125th Street, N. 115th Street, or even N. 105th Street. Bitter Lake played a more prominent role in Seattle at mid-20th century—when it was not yet officially part of the city—than it does today. From May 24, 1930 to 1961, it was home to Playland, one of several amusement parks built by the Washington Amusement Company. It was purchased a year after it opened by Carl E. Phare, a designer and builder of roller coasters, who designed The Dipper, a roller coaster with 3,400 feet (1,000 m) of track and a maximum altitude of 85 feet (26 m). Other notable attractions included The Canals of Venice, 1,200 feet (370 m) of darkness that may have been Seattle's most famous makeout spot for two generations, and a 9,600-square-foot (890 m2) hardwood floor dance pavilion. During the Great Depression, it was home to dance marathons and flagpole sitting contests. The 12-acre (49,000 m2) amusement park, with parking for 12,000 cars, closed at the end of the 1961 season, under three economic pressures: the rise of television, the rising value of its lakefront real estate, and the impending Century 21 Exposition (the 1962 Seattle world's fair), which would dwarf a relatively small amusement park on the edge of town. Part of the site of Playland is now the R.H. Thomson Elementary School; the Bitter Lake Community Center sits near the onetime site of the Dipper. (en)
  • Bitter Lake (t.e. "Amara Lago") estas la nomo de loĝkvartalo en norda Seatlo. Ĝia nomo devenas de la samnoma , kies indiĝena (laŝucida) nomo estis cHálqWadee, "rubusetoj ĉe la flankoj", pro la iam abundaj rubusetoj tie. La norda limo estas la strato N 145th St, trans kio estas la urbo Shoreline; la orienta limo estas la strato Aurora Ave N (trans kio estas la kvartalo Haller Lake); la okcidenta limo estas la strato Greenwood Ave N (trans kio estas la kvartalo Broadview); kaj la suda limo estas la strato N 105th St (trans kio estas la kvartalo Greenwood). Inter 1930 kaj 1961, tiu ĉi kvartalo estis tre konata pro la granda distrejo Playland, kun kilometron longa onda fervojo nomata The Dipper, kaj 370 metrojn longa senluma "Venecia Kanalo", kiu fariĝis furora rendevuejo por junaj geseatlanoj. Bitter Lake aneksiĝis en la urbon en la jaro 1954. (eo)
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  • Bitter Lake is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, United States, named after its most notable feature, Bitter Lake. It was a mostly natural forest of Douglas-fir and Western Redcedar, inhabited by Native Americans, until the late 19th century. Development especially picked up when the Seattle-to-Everett Interurban streetcar reached the lake in 1906. A sawmill operated in the area until 1913, when most of the trees had been cut down. Part of the site of Playland is now the R.H. Thomson Elementary School; the Bitter Lake Community Center sits near the onetime site of the Dipper. (en)
  • Bitter Lake (t.e. "Amara Lago") estas la nomo de loĝkvartalo en norda Seatlo. Ĝia nomo devenas de la samnoma , kies indiĝena (laŝucida) nomo estis cHálqWadee, "rubusetoj ĉe la flankoj", pro la iam abundaj rubusetoj tie. La norda limo estas la strato N 145th St, trans kio estas la urbo Shoreline; la orienta limo estas la strato Aurora Ave N (trans kio estas la kvartalo Haller Lake); la okcidenta limo estas la strato Greenwood Ave N (trans kio estas la kvartalo Broadview); kaj la suda limo estas la strato N 105th St (trans kio estas la kvartalo Greenwood). (eo)
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