Talk:Seven hills of Seattle

Modern-day identity of Yesler Hill
I'm not crazy about the Yesler Hill link to Yesler Terrace, which is an article on a housing development. I wish that we had a Yesler Hill article. I think it deserves an identity, especially considering the interesting origins of the term skid row related to this feature. Ref

-- Brianhe 03:48, 3 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Write one! :) --Lukobe 05:45, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Yesler Hill appears to have been a historical name for part of what is now regarded as First Hill, which is also the neighbourhood Yesler Terrace is considered to be in. I've changed the redirect to reflect this. Eldang 01:28, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Correct list of hills?
Personally, I think that Yesler Hill is redundant and probably just yet another name for First Hill, whereas Magnolia seems like the probable seventh hill seeing as it was both built and within Seattle city limits by 1900 (unlike Crown Hill or West Seattle). However, I'm following the source because HistoryLink is generally very reliable, and I've already spent an amount of time on this page that is disproportionate to its importance.... Eldang 18:43, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Seven Hills Mythology Around the World
I have added a few brief remarks with some links to give context to the '7 hills' notion. If anyone knows if the tradition is decidedly descended from Rome, that should be added, but as I neither know that nor really expect it to be true, I only mentioned Rome as a prominent and historically important example of another 7-hill city. 63.226.230.76 07:45, 12 November 2007 (UTC) Ventifact

Spurious content
The article begins, "Seattle, Washington is sometimes claimed to have been built on seven hills," but no attribution to this is made.

In addition, the claim does not hold up to even casual examination. The article admits that there is no consensus on which hills are included in the count; "Renton Hill" is a hill in name only, not topographically; some hills only became part of the city through annexation and, if annexed hills are to be counted, several are omitted: Phinney Ridge, Wallingford, et al.

At best this is folklore. To be included citations should be included so the claim can be verified.

If the claim cannot be substantiated, this article should be deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bqmackintosh (talk • contribs) 17:38, 12 April 2010

Cherry Hill
The article previously stated "Second Hill or Renton Hill – both names have passed out of common usage; it referred to an area roughly centered at 18th Avenue and Madison Street, and in present-day parlance would be considered to constitute upper Capitol Hill and upper First Hill[1][2]" I have replaced that with a link to Cherry Hill, and a mention of the past names.

This area is known as Cherry Hill. It's reflected in the name of the Cherry Hill Swedish Campus, the Cherry Hill neighborhood, and many business names. Although how official this name is may be questioned, it does appear to be the current name for what was known as Renton Hill. It historically and presently it's separated from Capitol Hill by Madison Street. There's also a valley separating it from First Hill, and I've never heard it called "upper First Hill". The proper thing to call it would appear to be Cherry Hill.

I'm not an experienced contributor, so if someone is watching this page I would appreciate a quick double check of what I wrote. Tychotesla (talk) 02:41, 25 September 2013 (UTC)