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House-Moving from Shearwater in Wedgwood
In January 1972 a very unusual house-moving event took place in the Wedgwood neighborhood in northeast Seattle. Twelve small houses (600 square feet each) were moved from 40th Ave NE near Decatur School, to 7320 35th Ave NE in the … Continue reading
Posted in apartments, businesses, Controversies, Shearwater
Tagged Neighborhood History, Seattle, WPLongform
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Remembering Shearwater: Cynthia’s Story
The Wedgwood neighborhood is only a mile-and-a-half from the (former) Naval Air Station at 7400 Sand Point Way NE in Seattle. There was much available land in Wedgwood in the 1940s for housing, so during World War Two a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Immigrant heritage, Shearwater
Tagged Decatur Annex, military housing in Wedgwood, Neighborhood History, Seattle
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Remembering Shearwater
The Decatur Annex building was on NE 77th Street at the corner of 43rd Ave NE, at the southern end of what is now Decatur School. The little white wood-frame Annex was the last building from the complex of Navy … Continue reading
Shearwater part five: the end of Shearwater and the death of the Wedgwood Community Club in the 1970s
In the early 1970s the USA suffered through an economic recession, made worse in 1973 when an energy crisis began because of a Middle East oil and gas embargo. In the USA gas prices skyrocketed and it affected air travel, … Continue reading
Posted in apartments, community club (old), community council (present time), Controversies, School histories, Shearwater
Tagged Navy housing in Seattle, new school building in Wedgwood, Seattle, single family zoning in Wedgwood, Thornton Creek School, Veraci Pizza, Wedgewood Cottage Apartments
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Shearwater part four: the developer versus the Wedgwood Community Club, 1966 to 1970
On December 16, 1965, all the Shearwater land parcels on streets near Decatur School were sold at a government-property auction, with the stipulation that the buyer must remove the old barracks buildings within ninety days of the sale. The Wedgwood … Continue reading
Shearwater part three: Shearwater victories and setbacks in the 1960s
The administrative wheels turned slowly but finally in 1959 the Navy got ready to release some of its property in Wedgwood for the site of a much-needed elementary school. In September 1961 Decatur School opened at 7711 43rd Ave … Continue reading
Shearwater part two: the Wedgwood Community Club fights Shearwater in the 1950s
In the 1950s the very active Wedgwood District Community Club made its voice heard in issues such as the completion of streets, water and other utilities, business district development in Wedgwood, and trying to get the Seattle Parks Department to … Continue reading
Shearwater Part One: Navy Housing in Wedgwood in the 1940s
Decatur Elementary School at 7711 43rd Ave NE in Wedgwood is on the site of what was Navy housing from 1945 to 1966. The first part of the school building was completed in 1961. With a later addition to the … Continue reading
The New Thornton Creek School
Decatur School was built in 1961 at 7711 43rd Ave NE on the former site of a Navy housing complex called Shearwater. In 1967 Decatur became a “program school” with a specific educational approach. Over the years it had another … Continue reading
Before There Was a Wedgwood Safeway: the Plat of Public Lands
Today’s Wedgwood neighborhood is defined as extending from NE 75th to 95th Streets along the central arterial of 35th Ave NE. These “boundaries” are arbitrary but were suggested by the City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods in the 1980s to … Continue reading
Posted in businesses, grocery stores, Neighborhood features, Plat names
Tagged land use and zoning, Neighborhood History, Seattle, WPLongform
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Wedgwood in Seattle History 