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Seattle’s Immigrant Photographer: Werner Lenggenhager
Werner Lenggenhager (1899-1988) was a Swiss immigrant who had lived in Australia and California before coming to Seattle in 1939 at age 40. A trip home to Switzerland in 1949 made Lenggenhager realize that historic buildings are not always valued … 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
The Theodora in Northeast Seattle
The (former) Theodora building in northeast Seattle, located on 35th Ave NE closest to the corner of NE 68th Street, went through a transition to new use and became a regular apartment building called The Mod in the year 2016. … Continue reading
Posted in apartments, Architecture
Tagged historic landmarking, Neighborhood History, Northwest Modernism, Seattle
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Pacific Northwest Regional Architecture
In the Pacific Northwest, modern architecture has been described as Northwest Regionalism. From the 1930’s to the 1970’s 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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Tagged residential architecture, Seattle Public Library downtown
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Requiem for the Big Green House
Some neighborhoods of Seattle have any number of houses which are one hundred years old or older, but in Wedgwood the number of hundred-year-old houses is very small. One was the Big Green House at 7321 35th Ave NE … Continue reading
Tour Two Modern Homes in Wedgwood – Saturday, August 10, 2013
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Docomomo WEWA and 360°modern invite you to a summer tour of two homes designed by Paul Hayden Kirk in Seattle’s Wedgwood neighborhood. The two houses open for view on 28th Ave NE were built for real…
Posted in Architecture, Balch, Houses
Tagged Northwest Modern architecture in Seattle, Paul Hayden Kirk
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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. Balch saw that in the period following the end of World War Two, people were spreading out … Continue reading
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
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Tagged 1940s in Wedgwood, developer of Wedgwood, Seattle, WPLongform
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Houses in Wedgwood: from Craftsman to Balch
All of Wedgwood didn’t come within the Seattle City limits until 1954, and up until that time the neighborhood retained its rural character. Wedgwood was thinly populated and there were many vacant lots whose owners were holding land as an investment. Many … Continue reading
Wedgwood in Seattle History 