Broadmoor, Seattle, Washington
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Broadmoor is a gated residential community of 85 acres (340,000 m²) and golf course of 115 acres (465,000 m²) in Seattle, Washington, USA. It is bounded on the west by the Washington Park Arboretum, on the south by E. Madison Street, beyond which is the Washington Park neighborhood, on the east by 37th Avenue E., beyond which is the Madison Park neighborhood, and on the north by Union Bay marshland. It was founded on September 10, 1924.
Broadmoor was developed on land that had been logged by the Puget Mill Company for sixty years. In 1920, the parcel was split in two. The western 230 acres (930,000 m²) were given to the city, who developed Washington Park on the site; the eastern 200 acres (800,000 m²) were developed as Broadmoor by a group of businessmen that included E. G. Ames, general manager of Puget Mill.
Although Broadmoor is extremely affluent, it actually became less affluent than the surrounded ungated area, as per the 2000 Census[1]. Broadmoor is the only area in Seattle where the Republican Party consistently places first. It voted for Republican George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election[2]. While income levels in Broadmoor may be lower than in adjacent areas, it also remains a bastion of economic conservatism, even relative to the more liberal outside areas of the Madison Valley.
