Not so long ago, few whites wanted to live in Seattle's diverse Central District, so it housed the people who had no choice.
Synagogues point to the neighborhood's long-gone Jewish past, an immigrant community that was joined by Japanese-Americans. Their internment in World War II left the way clear for a wave of African-Americans, who settled in big numbers and turned the area into the heart of Seattle's black community.
Now things are changing once again and the district's long-term black residents don't much like it.