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Author Archives: Wedgwood in Seattle History
Bird Migration Routes
An article from the All About Birds Blog of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology explains how birds migrate seasonally, following the “green wave” of plant resources. The bird migration patterns show the importance of conservation efforts such as building the … Continue reading
The New Boardwalk at Yesler Swamp
The Yesler Swamp is a wetland on part of what was the property of Henry Yesler, a Seattle pioneer who moved his sawmill business from downtown to this site on Union Bay in 1888. The Town of Yesler later became part … Continue reading
Twentieth Anniversary Celebration: Thornton Creek Alliance
Thornton Creek Alliance (TCA) is an all-volunteer organization whose goal is to benefit the watershed by encouraging individuals, groups, schools, businesses, and government to work together in addressing the environmental restoration of the creek system. It has been twenty years … Continue reading
Posted in Neighborhood features, Thornton Creek
Tagged environmentalism, Seattle, Thornton Creek Alliance, watershed
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August 2014 Update: Construction on the Creek
In the Summer of 2014 work is continuing on improvements at The Confluence, the joining-place of the north and south branches of Thornton Creek on 35th Ave NE at NE 107th Street. The two branches flow into Meadowbrook Pond, a … Continue reading
A Tree in Montlake
Reblogged from Montlake.net/flyer/: Seattle’s renowned tree expert Arthur Lee Jacobson has written about a fallen cherry tree near the Montlake Community Center at 1618 E. Calhoun Street, on the south side of the Lake Washington Ship Canal. Mr. Jacobson alerts … Continue reading
July 2014 Update: Thornton Creek Confluence Project
The South Fork of Thornton Creek flows eastward through culverts under 35th Ave NE at NE 107th Street in Meadowbrook. Work is underway this summer to widen and improve this channel of Thornton Creek. Instead of a straight, vegetation-choked channel, … Continue reading
Posted in Meadowbrook neighborhood, Nature and wildlife
Tagged fish, Seattle, Thornton Creek Watershed System
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The Confluence in 2014
Road closure update: As of June 2nd, 2014, 35th Ave NE is CLOSED at NE 107th Street. Summer construction work will be done to enlarge the creek bed of the South Fork of Thornton Creek and put in new, much … Continue reading
A Log House Life in Wedgwood in the 1930s
The Reese brothers, Fred and Albert, grew up in a German-speaking farm community in Minnesota in the 1880s. It was a hard-working life with limited opportunities, and the boys’ formal education ended at the eighth grade. From then on they … Continue reading
A Princess in Wedgwood
In the 1950s and 1960s the Wedgwood Community Club (WCC) was busy dealing with issues of city limits, zoning, street improvements, establishment of a business district and needed services such as schools and postal delivery. The Club was proud of … Continue reading
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