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Summary: +, cit, so cl, rephrased; see Talk. MoS
Explication: See Talk:Seattle, Citing sources.

Suggestions: (We know we're in Washington State, that's in the article title.) "The expansion of Aurora Avenue North to" would be more accurate (the highway didn't do it, doesn't possess it). "The opening of Northgate Mall in 1950" would be less awkward. For accuracy, "Northgate Mall's opening in 1950 killed business in Lake City," so there was no business remaining afterward? --or "killed some businesses", "retail business declined"; {{Citation needed}}. "Renovation of Lake City's center": more accurately, perhaps "city core", since a linear development has little center.

Note re. Street layout of Seattle provides references for accuracy. Redundancy may be reduced. See also Talk:Seattle, Citing sources.
{{Citation needed}} noted where needed to distinguish from citation following. See also Talk:Seattle, Style.
Bug: <ref="multiple, id 3449">, etc. DNF, form <ref="multiple"> DNF. <ref>http://URL</ref> used for subsequent.
See "Style" section in Talk:Seattle, Citing sources.
DD Month auto format to user settings displays distracting link.

"External Links" -> "Further Reading", per MoS Further reading/external links.
"Retrieved ", since on-line reference links can break, (Embedded links).

--GoDot 15:35, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Accuracy is a goal.

As a former incorporated town, Lake City is more accurately a set of neighborhoods--an informal district, quarter, or borough--rather than a single neighborhood. As such, that is less awkward than using "sub-neighborhoods". Where is sub-neighborhood a correct word?

Above paragraph copied to Neighborhoods articles issues Talk:Seattle#6. Seattle neighborhoods|6. Seattle neighborhoods at Talk:Seattle.

"Lake City Way (formerly Bothell Way)" subtly provides historical context. Lake City grew up linearly with the automobile, in contrast to centrally around trolley stations like older city neighborhoods . The Old Bothell-Everett Highway was long a main road to city hinterlands before the feds and Highway 99. Traces still remain by the old LaVilla Dairy. The old vestigal Bothell Way name long remained, and the current naming (1960s) was part of a revitalization after the effects of Northgate Mall and I-5. How a neighborhood grew up has helped define what it is today. That the convenience store and fancy gas station is owned by one of the most famous oil companies in the Pacific Northwest ("modern oil company-owned"), is a concise part of the story of the Jolly Roger being so emblematic of the history (and thus character) of the district. The goal here is to tell a lot in few words. The article is relatively brief, so a few concise additonal words can well be afforded.

The Street layout of Seattle descriptive sentence is a useful link that is particularly relevant to content of metro neighborhoods articles, since such info is of particular interest to anyone wishing to navigate a city. Its codification has been a big deal in Seattle public works (cf. Phelps, Samson). The layout patterns of New York are famous. As such it is also a distinctive aspect of community character, demonstrably so with respect to that of different cultures.
After the initial paragraph, Lake City Way NE is redundant; they're all NE around here. Text is often more smoothly readable without. People don't much use the compass designations within a neighborhhod, unless disambiguation is needed. The link provides any further elaboration desired.

--GoDot 19:34, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Summary: + txt, cl wrt cit, date cit; see Talk
Explication: Added text, cleaned up with respect to source citations (so text accurately reflects source data), added date to citations. I did the citations here being corrected : )`

Headings to force ToC to top of article.

Re. Jolly Roger, refs file id=3449 and file id=3481, NB: Displayed footnotes consolidated for readability, specifics retained within <!-- comment --> as placholders for precision.

--GoDot 16:13, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

The Jolly Roger is about Lake City. It was selected among several as having a story most illustrative of that part of Lake City history 1910s-1990s. As such, it is an integral part of Lake City character and the Lake City article. Further, the Jolly Roger article has no sources; it has neither functional references nor any Bibliography. The Jolly Roger Restaurant article should be redirected. --GoDot 06:03, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Was Jolly Roger even in Lake City? If the map is right, then lake city stops 95th, which is half a mile north of Jolly Roger. -Gomm 18:16, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Businesses

Should the names of local business be included, and links to them? --Lukobe 17:39, 23 March 2007 (UTC)