[4] Beacon Avenue, the main thoroughfare through the neighborhood, was built with a wide median that covered the wooden pipe carrying Seattle's drinking water supply from the Cedar River.

The city government relocated the utility poles and beautified Beacon Avenue in the 1970s and 1980s, which included landscaping the median into a walking trail.

The term fell out of use when many Boeing employees joined the general exodus to the suburbs, and Asian immigrants took their place.

Today the neighborhood is majority Asian, as can be seen by the many Chinese, Vietnamese, and Filipino businesses along Beacon Avenue South.

However, the area remains racially diverse, as shown by the 2000 United States census: 51% Asian, 20% white, 13% black, 9% Hispanic/Latino and 7% other.

The project is part of the city's P-Patch network of shared neighborhood farms and is maintained year-round by volunteers.