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These are exciting times in White Center, which has seen a surge of shiny new bars and bistros pop up in the last three years. Two gay bars have opened on the commercial strip — The Swallow. Comprehensive health and human services in Washington State. Medical Services, Dental Services, Behavioral Health Services, Preventive Health Services, Long Term Care Services and affordable Housing and Community, Education and Service learning. White Center is a suburb of Seattle with a population of 15,834. White Center is in King County. Living in White Center offers residents an urban suburban mix feel and most residents own their homes. In White Center there are a lot of restaurants, coffee shops, and parks. Many families live in White Center and residents tend to be liberal.

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There were a few things that surprised me during my drunken Saturday night in White Center. First, this painting:

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An impressive work of art. It's found in the bottom floor bathroom at Lumber Yard Bar, one of the now MANY (as in TWO and, by the end of this year, THREE) gay bars on the 16th Ave strip in White Center. Is the painting a commentary on FOSTA-SESTA? Or the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board's militant attack on dicks in gay bars? Is it a fine example of 'post-analog' painting? Obviously, the answer to all of these questions is Yes. Or maybe Yas. But the painting leads to my second surprising revelation: White Center is becoming a very gay destination.

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After successfully gentrifying Capitol Hill and turning it into a bedroom community for Amazon elites, the gays have set their sights on White Center. I had this thought when I first visited Lumber Yard Bar during its opening in January 2018, but it became even more clear this weekend. First, the line for Lumber Yard was out the door. The doorman wasn't letting people in because the place was at capacity.

While waiting in line, a friend yelled at me from across the street. They were working the door at The Swallow, a new gay bar opened by noted queer Seattleite Marcus Wilson (the co-creator and former manager of Pony, who has also performed as drag artist Ursula Android and played in the electro-punk group Ononos). That bar, which is very nice, has aesthetic touches that we've come to associate with Wilson's projects (a 'throwback Castro and West Village aesthetic,' as The Stranger's Dave Segal once put it). It's fun and cruisey, both in that it feels like a gay cruise ship and like you could cruise a few guys and get your dick sucked out in the alley.

I spent the night going back and forth between Lumber Yard and The Swallow and noticed many other patrons doing the same. Both bars were packed. At the Lumber Yard, I met two men who told me they are producing the first ever White Center Pride this June.

I also found out that Unicorn is opening a second bar in White Center this December. Westside Seattle had the scoop on it last year, but I missed the news. It's going to be the largest bar in the area (15,000 square feet with games, two stages, a full kitchen, and a rental space for events, according to Westside Seattle), effectively turning White Center into a nightlife hub. Biscuit Bitch also recently announced they're expanding to the strip. Plus, a new RapidRide H Line will be servicing White Center starting around 2021. It's a new world out there. 'THIS IS THE NEW CAPITOL HILL' was shouted by many drunk gays throughout the night.

In October of 1870, 319 acres of land was purchased by the Soloman family, the early settlers of White Center. Those 319 acres encompassed what is now present day White Center and the north end of Burien. They settled on a piece of land near S.W. 128^th Street and Ambaum, which is now the annexation line between White Center and Burien. The area was originally swamp land which proved difficult to cultivate and farm. Eventually the Soloman family sold pieces of the original 319 acres of land to other families, such as the Hazelton’s and the Ambaum families. Logging was the earliest source of cash flow in the region.

In 1912 a group of White Center farmers raised money to extend the Seattle Street Car line from Spokane Street, through White Center, into Burien. The development of street car lines lead to the development of a business sector of the community, between Roxbury and 16^th Ave SW, which included the White Center Mercantile and a grocery store. When first being developed the land was cheap but there was no sewage system. Eventually one early White Center resident, Sam Metzler, developed the Mount View Water system. Once the community was stabilized, in the mid-1920’s, the Great Depression hit the Pacific Northwest. White Center felt the hardships brought on by the times, many people were without jobs and going hungry. But this created an early sense of community cooperation. Because of the Depression the community established their political identity, voting in their first State Legislator, Jack Bond.

In World War II the community received a giant boost from the growth of shipyards and from the nearby Boeing Airplane Company. White Center than began to rapidly change and develop as the community started to recover from the Great Depression. In 1933, Congress repealed the prohibition amendment which caused many bars and taverns to appear in White Center. In 1939 the White Center Park was established, across the street from McLendons. It was one of eight original developments in the King County park systems. The original rustic style field house is still standing. In 1943, White Center Heights Elementary school opened with eleven classrooms and approximately 350 pupils.

In the 1950’s the growth of White Center was felt more in the development of schools in the area. Between 1950 and 1960, Denny Junior High, Shorewood Elementary, Salmon Creek Elementary, Roxhill Elementary, Evergreen High School, Chief Sealth High School, and Cascade Jr. High school all opened. White Center was and still is a highly diverse community, with a high population of immigrant and refugee families settling in the area.