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With the crossing of two streetcar lines in 1907, a "new center of Greater West Seattle" was created at the Junction. By 1911, the Junction had grown to a full-fledged "home town" business district.
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The last street car came through the Alaska Junction on November 10, 1940.
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The Junction, where Alaska meets California, in the heart of West Seattle boasts Seattle's finest collection of magnificent historic murals. The Murals of West Seattle was a National Winner in 1992 of Neighborhood of the Year Projects.
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The business district known as "The Junction" is built on a swamp originally known as Spring Hill Pond.
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The Campbell building, a two-story brick structure built at the northeast corner of Alaska Street SW and Californian Avenue SW in 1918, survives as the oldest building in the Junction.
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California Ave, the Spine of West Seattle claims to be the longest straight street the City of Seattle.
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Husky Deli, a West Side tradition since 1933, sold 2000 big ice cream cones during the first Hi Yu celebration in August, 1934.
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Classic Barber Shop has offered professional haircutting in the Junction for 72 years.
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When Neilsen Florists first opened in 1938, rent was $45 a month, gas less than 20 cents a gallon and daily sales averaged $4 to $5 a day.
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The flag pole at the corner of 44th and Alaska is all that remains of the "old" fire station when Company 32 moved from the Junction to new quarters in 1967.
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The Huling Brothers (Dale and Deryl, not second generation Steve and Tom) opened their dealership in the 1940s with savings accumulated while logging on the Peninsula (Olympic, not West Seattle).
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Diane Friesen, better known as Dyan Cannon, was crowned Miss West Seattle in 1954. Jim & Lou Whitaker earned early climbing credentials at the sand pit (Arroyo Beach.)
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The Junction's "Walk All Ways" pedestrian crossing system at the corner of California and Alaska was inaugurated in 1952.
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Jefferson Square is located on the site of the former Jefferson Elementary School.
Summer Fest 2008
