OUTview NW: MK Moves to "Catholic Hill"

MK has moved from Central Seattle to the Gay Mecca of Capital Hill but this story in Seattle Times caught my eye since my new neighborhood is also known as the 'Catholic section of the Hill'. Before the Gays moved here over 30 years ago, the area was Home to middle class catholics.

Capitol Hill.com had issues with the story;  "Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood lives on in next generations," the headline says. And then the article goes on to say it doesn't:

Today St. Joseph is a destination parish where before it was fed by people who lived within walking distance, says Archdiocese of Seattle spokesman Greg Magnoni, who grew up on the Hill. The church has had to rebuild its identity and attract a much broader group of parishioners, he says.


Today, many church members have to commute to St. Joseph by car or bus because they live so far away.

Anybody who has seen the incredible line of cars lining up to flow through St. Joe's parking lot to drop off kids on any given school day morning knows exactly what the spokesman speaketh of.


Still, the article is worth reading for its history and its photos and its profiles of a few people who called this place home for a long time. But while we've never seen much of a history of gay Capitol Hill or hippie Capitol Hill, we now have another history of the few blocks around 19th Ave. It's as if the Times leaps from Catholics to grunge.

Read the FULL article here.