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Friday June 7th, 2013 - Avian Friday: Ms. Majestic
Reblogged from Sirfishalot's Blog: Here is another look at one of the more common hawks found in Washington’s Skagit Valley. This is from my earlier trip up there in March. On this particular afternoon I had hung around a spot … Continue reading
Union Bay blogger Larry Hubbell featured in The Seattle Times
Reblogged from montlaker: Local nature blog Union Bay Watch has really taken off in the past year, thanks to the passionate and patient work of Montlake resident Larry Hubbell. This morning Larry and UBW appeared in The Seattle Times, getting front … Continue reading
Meadowbrook Pond: Farewell Until Fall
Meadowbrook is the name of the neighborhood to the north of Wedgwood from NE 95th to 125th Streets and includes the sites of Nathan Hale High School, Meadowbrook Community Center and the Pond. Meadowbrook Pond is located directly across from … Continue reading
Albert Balch, Part Six: Architecture and Neighborhoods
Albert Balch, developer of Wedgwood, constantly watched trends and looked ahead to anticipate “the next thing” in the building of houses and neighborhoods. He saw that people were spreading out into the suburbs of Seattle and in the 1940s he … Continue reading
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Albert Balch, Part Five: Spreading Wedgwoods Everywhere
In November 1888 two young men, employees of the Post-Intelligencer newspaper in Seattle, quit their jobs and went into real estate. They didn’t have any formal training in such work but their knowledge of the city and their belief in its potential … Continue reading
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Albert Balch, Part Four: A New Development in Wedgwood
In the year 1940 Albert Balch was 37 years old and he was at a turning point both personally and professionally. He had been married seven years and his family had expanded to four children. His father and mother had … Continue reading
Albert Balch, Part Three: Learning Real Estate in View Ridge
As of January 1936 Albert Balch and Ralph Jones were on their way: they had started a new real estate development called View Ridge and had been able to get some buyers. Although Balch & Jones had experience in advertising … Continue reading
Albert Balch, Part Two: Finding a Career in the 1930s
Albert Balch, developer of the View Ridge and Wedgwood neighborhoods of northeast Seattle, did not start out to work in real estate. As many college grads do, at first Balch struggled to find a suitable career. Albert Balch graduated from … Continue reading
Albert Balch, Part One: Early Life
This series of articles will outline the life of Albert Balch, the developer who, in 1941, built the Wedgwood houses which gave their name to the neighborhood in northeast Seattle. Balch’s father Albert S. Balch Sr. was from a Michigan … Continue reading
Working for Mr. Balch
The developer of the Wedgwood neighborhood, Albert Balch, grew up in Blaine, Washington, and graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle. In 1934 Balch was thirty years old, married and about to become a father, and his natural ambition … Continue reading
