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Hamburgers in Wedgwood
Wedgwood of the 1950s was a still-developing neighborhood with a lot of house construction in progress. Although Albert Balch’s original group of Wedgwood houses was finished (from NE 80th to 85th Streets on the west side of 35th Ave NE) … 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
How Wedgwood came into the City Limits of Seattle
The neighborhoods of northeast Seattle gradually came into the city limits between 1941 and 1954. The Seattle City Limits did not advance northward in a straight line, like water rising in a bathtub. It was up to each voting precinct … Continue reading
Posted in boundaries, Controversies
Tagged annexation, Neighborhood History, Seattle, what year did the city limits change
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Wedgwood’s Bus Company Lawsuit
One of Wedgwood’s biggest controversies, a lawsuit over the ownership of a bus company, is remembered by few people because the dispute began back in 1937.
Posted in Controversies, name of the neighborhood, School histories
Tagged Neighborhood History, Seattle, WPLongform
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Groceries and Growth in Wedgwood
Grocery stores in Wedgwood expanded with the growth of the neighborhood in the post-World-War-Two period of the 1940s and 1950s. Beginning with the economic downturn called the Boeing Bust in the 1970s, grocery stores and some other kinds of stores declined … Continue reading
Posted in apartments, businesses, Controversies, grocery stores, Neighborhood features
Tagged land use planning, Neighborhood History, Seattle
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Apartments in Wedgwood: Oneida to Jasper
In the early 1900s in Seattle, apartments were built along trolley routes to close-in neighborhoods such as Capitol Hill. Wedgwood was a remote neighborhood which didn’t begin to form an identity until the 1940s and was never served by a … Continue reading
Wedgwood in Seattle History 