Meridian, Seattle, Washington
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Meridian or Tangletown is the part of Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood that lies north of N. 50th Street, near Green Lake. Some consider it to lie outside of Wallingford proper. The more recent name "Tangletown" comes from the disturbance of Seattle's street grid in this transition zone, where Wallingford shades into the Green Lake neighborhood. Of note are its "K streets": Kensington, Kenwood, Keystone, and Kirkwood Places N.
One of the neighborhood's principal landmarks built in 1910 by D.J. Orner & Son, shown at left, has been the home of various businesses over the years. In 1938, the building housed the Barclay's Grocery, Kenwood Market and Sires Brother's Paint Company. From 1956 it became the longstanding Lamont's Food Center until the 1980's when it was converted to the Honey Bear Bakery, while the East side of the building became the M&R Grocer. Today the West corner of the building is home to the Elysian Brewing Company's Tangletown pub while the East side is now the Mighty-O Donutsheadquarters.
The neighborhood is bounded on the south by N. 50th Street, beyond which is the rest of Wallingford; on the west by Green Lake Way N., beyond which is Woodland Park and Phinney Ridge; on the north by N. 60th Street, beyond which is the Green Lake neighborhood, and on the east by Interstate 5, beyond which is the University District. Its main thoroughfares are Meridian Avenue N., Kirkwood Place N., and Latona Avenue N.E. (north- and southbound) and N.E. 56th Street (east- and westbound).
