Madison Park is a neighborhood in east central Seattle, Washington

Seattle, Washington

Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...

, USA, named after the city park

Madison Park (Seattle)

Madison Park is an 8.3 acre park in the Madison Park neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, located between the western shore of Lake Washington on the east, 42nd Avenue E. on the west, E. Madison Street on the north, and E. Blaine Street on the south. 43rd Avenue E...

 at the foot of E. Madison Street on the Lake Washington shore. It is bounded on the east by Lake Washington

Lake Washington

Lake Washington is a large freshwater lake adjacent to the city of Seattle. It is the largest lake in King County and the second largest in the state of Washington, after Lake Chelan. It is bordered by the cities of Seattle on the west, Bellevue and Kirkland on the east, Renton on the south and...

; on the south by the intersection of Lake Washington Boulevard E. and 39th Avenue E., beyond which is Denny-Blaine

Denny-Blaine, Seattle, Washington

Denny-Blaine is a neighborhood in east central Seattle, Washington. It is bounded on the east by Lake Washington; on the south by E. Howell Street, beyond which is Madrona; on the west by 32nd Avenue, beyond which is Madison Valley; and on the north by Lake Washington Boulevard E., Hillside Drive...

; on the west by Lake Washington Boulevard E.; and on the north by Union Bay.
Washington Park

Washington Park, Seattle, Washington

Washington Park is a neighborhood in east central Seattle, Washington, named after the city park to its northwest. It is bounded on the east by 38th and 37th Avenues E...

 and the private Broadmoor

Broadmoor, Seattle, Washington

Broadmoor is a gated residential community of 85 acres and golf course of 115 acres in Seattle, Washington, USA. It is bounded on the west by the Washington Park Arboretum, on the south by E...

 community and golf course are subunits within Madison Park. The neighborhood's main thoroughfares are E. Madison Street (northeast- and southwest-bound) and McGilvra Boulevard E. (north- and southbound).

Madison Park in the early 1900s was a popular destination for people who lived in Downtown Seattle

Downtown Seattle

Downtown is the central business district of Seattle, Washington. It is fairly compact compared to other city centers on the West Coast because of its geographical situation: hemmed in on the north and east by hills, on the west by the Elliott Bay, and on the south by reclaimed land that was once...

. Though very close to the city center, it was seen as a summer getaway, with a cable car

Cable car (railway)

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 leading over the hills to the lake, park, swimming beach and ferries to destinations across Lake Washington. Today Madison Park is an upscale residential community boasting a number of restaurants, The Attic Alehouse, Madison Park Cafe (French), Mad Pizza, McGilvra's, Madison Park Bakery, Cactus (Mexican and Southwestern food), Independent Pizza, and Bing's (American fare, family-friendly).

It also has a number of shops, including Madison Hardware, Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy, Cookin, Red Wagon Toys, The Original Childrens Shop (provides kids haircuts), Madison Park Bakery, Tina's on Madison, and Bert's Red Apple Grocery. Madison Park is also home to a number of restaurants such as Cactus, Thai Ginger, Bings and Madison Park Cafe. There are also branches of Chase Manhattan, Bank of America

Bank of America

Bank of America Corporation, an American multinational banking and financial services corporation, is the second largest bank holding company in the United States by assets, and the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by market capitalization. The bank is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina...

, Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational diversified financial services company with operations around the world. Wells Fargo is the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by assets and the largest bank by market capitalization. Wells Fargo is the second largest bank in deposits, home...

, Starbucks

Starbucks

Starbucks Corporation is an international coffee and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world, with 17,009 stores in 55 countries, including over 11,000 in the United States, over 1,000 in Canada, over 700 in the United Kingdom, and...

, Key Bank

Key Bank

KeyBank is a regional bank headquartered in Key Tower within Cleveland, Ohio's Public Square. , it is the 19th largest bank in the United States based on total deposits...

 and Tully's.

Madison Park's Pioneer Hall (also known as Washington Pioneer Hall) is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

, ID #70000645.

Madison Park also has a local blogger who covers neighborhood news, issues, and real-estate.