Jeanne Inouye, in blue, and Punchy Hamanishi, right, enjoy the advanced line dancing class at Beacon Hill's Jefferson Community Center.

Fifth-grade students from Dearborn Park Elementary School act as forest guides in the 4-acre outdoor classroom near their school.

Beacon Hill is a neighborhood of mostly single-family homes with great views in all directions.

El Centro de la Raza's food bank receives food from a variety of sources and distributes it on Wednesdays. The food bank has been in operation since El Centro was founded 25 years ago.

One of the challenges of the Jefferson Park Golf Course is crossing four lanes of traffic on Beacon Avenue South.

Jovita Castro leads her pre-school class from Jose Marti Child Development Center on their daily "nature walk" through the neighborhood.

Beacon Hill is more than half Asian. Many of the storefronts along Beacon Avenue South, the neighborhood's main thoroughfare, address that in their signs.

Beacon Hill real estate agent Keith Murray has been instrumental in the restoration of a Japanese garden built in 1914 for Katie Black, wife of former Seattle Mayor Frank Black.

Greg MacPherson jumps in to help Liza Ancheta unload piles of Clementine tangerines. MacPherson's market on Beacon Hill is situated at the corner of Columbian Way and 15th Avenue South.