Author Archives: Wedgwood in Seattle History

About Wedgwood in Seattle History

Valarie is a volunteer writer of neighborhood history in Seattle.

Lincoln High School in Seattle

Posted on September 4, 2019

A ribbon-cutting and open-house event was held at Seattle’s Lincoln High School on September 3, 2019, as the school celebrated its modernization and renovation.  Another opportunity for alumni and the general public to tour the building will be on Wednesday, … Continue reading →

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Seattleness

Posted on August 25, 2019

Did you know that Seattle residents live under 240 days of gray skies per year?  The cover illustration of this wonderful book, Seattleness, is a histogram featuring color samples from the Seattle sky measured over a year’s time and laid … Continue reading →

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Summer Fun in Wedgwood

Posted on August 6, 2019

August is a festival month in Seattle, with parades and outdoor events around the city.  In the first weekend of August 2019, Blue Angels Navy pilots zoomed over Lake Washington on Seattle’s eastern edge, while hydroplanes roared in the water. … Continue reading →

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Seattle Stream Names

Posted on July 23, 2019

The City of Seattle has at least fifty streams flowing across its ridges, through meadows and wetlands into bodies of water including Puget Sound and Lake Washington. There is no one source for a list of Seattle streams and their … Continue reading →

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Seattle Street Names North of Lake Union

Posted on July 15, 2019

Seattle historian Rob Ketcherside has previously cataloged the street names which were reorganized in a major City ordinance in the year 1895.  This was when the decision was made to have streets keep one name along their entire length, instead … Continue reading →

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Fremont at the Center of the Universe

Posted on June 11, 2019

Fremont is one of Seattle’s most art-filled neighborhoods, with many murals, sculptures and other indoor and outdoor artworks.  As written on the webpage of the Fremont Chamber of Commerce, “Where else will you find a troll, a drawbridge, a rocket, … Continue reading →

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Fremont’s Elephants

Posted on June 1, 2019

Even though elephants are only native to Africa and Asia, elephants appear in art, literature and cultural references worldwide. Perhaps the earliest elephant-reference in Seattle was in the 1870s.  In this 1878 photo, we see the Elephant Store on First … Continue reading →

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