Home Northwest Restaurants Lodging Highways First Hill Restaurants Lodging Attractions	The First Hill Neighborhood of Seattle, WA and the attractions located there. The First Hill area lies east of Seattle, Washington’s downtown area on the east side of Interstate-5. By far, the dominating feature of this neighborhood is hospitals. Harbor View Hospital (regional trauma center staffed by the University of Washington), Virginia Mason Hospital, Swedish Hospital, and Providence Hospital are all located in this area. This area of Seattle is almost exclusively commercial or apartments. Right in the middle of this area is Seattle University.
City of Seattle City Page Neighborhood information & attraction pages North Central / Downtown South / West Seattle Metro Restaurants Lodging City Pages Neighborhoods of Seattle’s Central Region West of Interstate-5 North to south Magnolia Interbay Queen Ann Lake Union Waterfront Seattle Center Eastlake Belltown Downtown Pioneer Square International District East of Interstate-5 North to South Montlake Madison Capital Hill Madrona Park First Hill Central Area	The map shown at the left is of Seattle, Washington. It shows the boundaries of the neighborhoods we use to organize Seattle. The First Hill Area is shown in Red. The First Hill area’s northern boundary is Union Street, its eastern boundary is 23^rd Avenue, its southern boundary is Interstate-90 and its western boundary is Interstate-5 There is some overlapping of this neighborhood in the south end into our International District neighborhood. The establishments and attractions in the International District are not on this page, they are on the International District page. International District Seattle’s Central Area Neighborhood Seattle’s Central area runs from East Madison Street on the north to Jackson Street on the south. It runs from 12^th Avenue on the west to 23^rd Avenue on the east. Most of the commercial activity in Seattle’s Central Area neighborhood occurs at 12^th avenue east and 23^rd Avenue east. For ease of mapping we have included these areas in our First Hill area page. The eastern part, that area east of 23^rd street, of Seattle’s Central Area Neighborhood is on our Central Area page. For a history of Seattle’s Central Area, one of Seattle’s oldest residential areas, visit HistoryLink.org Central Area History. Central Area Chamber of Commerce http://www.scacc.net/
Lodging in the Hospital area Lodging	There are four hospitals in this area of Seattle. Harborview Hospital (regional trauma center staffed by the University of Washington), Virginia Mason Hospital, Swedish Hospital, and Providence Hospital are all located in this area Harborview Trauma Center – UW Medicine http://www.uwmedicine.org/Facilities/Harborview/ Virginia Mason https://www.virginiamason.org/ Swedish Medical Center http://www.swedish.org/ Providence Hospital – In 1992 this 436-bed hospital became part of the Swedish system. http://www.swedish.org/body.cfm?id=1126
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