Grandview/Thorpe, Spokane

Grandview/Thorpe is a neighborhood in Spokane, Washington. Located in southwestern Spokane, the neighborhood takes its name from two roads that pass through. Grandview Boulevard, so named because of its location at the top of a ridge from which large swaths of Spokane, the Spokane Valley and surrounding mountains to the north and east such as Mount Spokane, can be seen, is located in the northern part of the neighborhood. Thorpe Road traverses a gully in the central and southern portion of the neighborhood.

The neighborhood's topography is a defining feature, as evidenced by the name Grandview. Interstate 90 descends into the Spokane Valley through the Garden Springs Creek drainage in the north, and Highway 195 travels into the city through the deep valley of Latah Creek to the east. These hills, and the limited access roadways that bound the neighborhood to the north and east, isolate Grandview/Thorpe from the rest of the city. Though the bulk of the neighborhood was annexed into the city by 1907, development was slow and much of Grandview/Thorpe, especially in the south, remains undeveloped. The areas that have been developed are entirely residential, and almost entirely single-family residential.