Eighty-Fourth Avenue — Hunt's Absent Point

Sal on SR 520 Eastbound: Seattle to Redmond · Oct 29, 2026 · 1m

Sal: Between Eighty-Fourth Avenue and Ninety-Second Avenue. Sal: Close by is Hunts Point, a finger of land nearly a mile long but less than a quarter mile wide. Sal: It's named for Leigh Hunt, publisher of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer from 1886 to 1894. In 1888 he bought a piece of land on its tip, reportedly so he could cut down the trees that blocked the view from his home on Yarrow Point. Sal: Then the financial panic of 1893 forced him to sell everything at a loss, including his land on the point. Peggy: A town named for a man who never lived there. He just wanted the trees gone. Sal…