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Where Nature Lives
This hummingbird photo along with more than a dozen other framed bird photos is part of an exhibit at Fuel Coffee in Montlake during the month of August 2015. The exhibit is entitled, “Where Nature Lives” by photographer and artist … Continue reading
The Future of 35th Ave NE in Wedgwood
What is the future of 35th Ave NE? This arterial corridor through the Wedgewood neighborhood of Seattle has businesses clustered mainly at the intersections of NE 75th and 85th Streets. As buildings at these intersections age and are replaced, we … Continue reading
Go Klondike Legacy Day
The Seattle unit of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park preserves the story of the 1897 stampede to the Yukon gold fields and Seattle’s crucial role in this event. On Friday, July 17, 2015, you can join in with … Continue reading
The Theodora in Northeast Seattle
The (former) Theodora building is in northeast Seattle at 6559 35th Ave NE, at the southwest corner of NE 68th Street. In 2016 the building went through a transition and remodeling to new use. The Theodora became a regular apartment … Continue reading
The Landscape in Our Pacific Northwest History
The history of the exploration of our Pacific Northwest region is built upon its landscape, including rivers, mountains, natural resources and the use patterns of traditional cultures. Two recently-released books tell stories of local history, fur traders, explorers, geology and … Continue reading
Under the Midnight Sun at the Klondike Gold Rush Museum in Seattle
The Gold Rush of 1897 was an event which rocketed Seattle out of an economic depression because the city advertised itself as the launch point to the Yukon. Forever after, the economies of the City of Seattle and the North … Continue reading
Relocated Houses: Ballard Ave NW
Around Seattle’s neighborhoods there are old houses which embody the history of the city’s development and growth. In Seattle’s early years it seemed that carpenters were everywhere and today we can still see examples of carpenter-built wood-frame houses. The Pioneer … Continue reading
The Little Free Library
Walking along a sidewalk in the Wedgwood neighborhood one day, I saw what appeared to be a fancy front-yard mailbox… or was it a birdhouse? Upon closer examination I saw that the structure had a door with books visible inside. … Continue reading
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History of the Fremont Neighborhood in Seattle
Fremont in Seattle was one of the city’s early neighborhoods with its own identity. It was founded as a land development, like a suburb, with the name of Fremont given because its investors came from Fremont, Nebraska. In 1888 Edward and … Continue reading
Pacific Northwest Regional Architecture
In the Pacific Northwest, modern architecture has been described as Northwest Regionalism. From the 1930s to the 1970s the University of Washington in Seattle was the incubator of architects and a modernist movement. In their work these architects expressed the … Continue reading
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