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Northlake is aneighborhood inSeattle, Washington, that consists of the southern part ofWallingford, below N 40th Street. It is so named for being on the northern shore ofLake Union. Landmarks include the Northlake Shipyard,Gas Works Park, the Wallingford Steps art installation, andIvar's Salmon House. Circa 1900, the eastern part of Northlake was known asLatona, and theJohn Stanford International School building was formerly the Latona School.[1] Nowadays, the nameLatona is likely to refer to anywhere along Latona Ave. NE from Northlake north to NE 65th St. nearGreen Lake.
Northlake's main thoroughfares are N 34th Street (east- and westbound), N Northlake Way and N Pacific Street (northeast- and southwest-bound), and Wallingford Avenue N and Stone Way N (north- and southbound).
There are several marinas, houseboats, office buildings, and small businesses along Northlake Way on the north shore of Lake Union. This area is home to several technology companies involved in newmaterials research and manufacturing, including Modumetal, which producesnanolaminated materials for wear and corrosion resistance, and Energ2, which producescarbon electrodes for energy storage applications.
TheDivers Institute of Technology is located near the Northlake Shipyard. Additionally, theCenter for Wooden Boats maintains a warehouse and workshop adjacent to Gas Works Park.[2]
On November 3, 1999, Seattle resident and shipyard worker Kevin Cruz shot and killed two people and injured two others in aworkplace shooting at the Northlake Shipyard. The gunman, who was described as a "loner" by neighbors and had a long history of criminal convictions,[3] initially escaped, leading to a manhunt that included police cordoning off the surrounding area and doing a door-to-door search of the neighborhood.[4] Cruz was finally captured and arrested about two months later on January 4, 2000.[3]
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