Logan is one of the central neighborhoods in Spokane, being located immediately adjacent to downtown and the rest of the city center. The Spokane River flows past Logan, first along the eastern edge of the neighborhood before turning to the west and providing the southern boundary. A stretch of Spokane Falls Boulevard and
Trent Avenue, south of the river, act as the southern border of the neighborhood as well.
Division Street, which carries
U.S. Route 2 and serves as a major north-south thoroughfare in the city, serves as the western boundary. Euclid Avenue is the northern limit, from Division to Napa Street, though Illinois Avenue serves as that boundary from Napa to Crestline Street. The
Spokane River Centennial Trail passes through Logan. Mission Avenue passes through Logan as a tree-lined boulevard from Division Street on the west all the way to Mission Park on the east side of the neighborhood. Mission, along with Spokane Falls Boulevard, Sharp Avenue, Indiana Avenue and North Foothills Drive, are east-to-west arterials in Logan. The Division and Ruby Street couplet on the west edge of the neighborhood, and Hamilton Street passing through the heart of Logan, serve as arterials for north-to-south travel. Pedestrian
crossings of the Spokane River are located at Division, the Spokane River Centennial Trail, Spokane Falls Boulevard, Trent Avenue, Iron Bridge and Mission Avenue. Higher education dominates the geography of the southern half of Logan. The campus of Gonzaga University stretches from the Spokane River on the south to Sharp on the north and Ruby on the west to Hamilton on the east. A handful of campus buildings are located north of Sharp and east of Hamilton. Gonzaga's campus forms the northern half of
University District, which extends south of Logan to the
Spokane campuses of
Washington State University and
Eastern Washington University. To the north and east of Gonzaga's campus lie the tree-lined, residential sections of the Logan neighborhood. The historic character fades as you reach the northern edge of the neighborhood, however, and residential areas transition into commercial and light-industrial zones. Hamilton Street serves as the neighborhood's main commercial and retail district. Zoned as part of Spokane's "centers and corridors" plan, higher density buildings are allowed on Hamilton than elsewhere in the neighborhood. The terrain is mostly flat, though the northernmost edge of the neighborhood lies on a relatively steep incline leading up to the aptly named North Hill neighborhood. ==History==