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Category Archives: Meadowbrook neighborhood
Meadowbrook in Early Years
Where is “Meadowbrook” in Seattle? The Meadowbrook neighborhood in northeast Seattle derived its name from a golf course which was at the present site of Nathan Hale High School. This lowlands acreage with a creek running through it had once … Continue reading
Meadowbrook Pond in Winter
While technically not a park, Meadowbrook Pond is a user-friendly Seattle Public Utilities accessible area with walking paths. The Pond is on the east side of 35th Ave NE with an entrance marked by signage and boulders, directly across the … Continue reading
Names in the Neighborhood: Rogers School
In the summer of 2023 the John Rogers School building at 4030 NE 109th Street was demolished. Over the next two years a new building was constructed on the same site. This blog article is a history of the school’s … Continue reading
Names in the Neighborhood: Chelsea and Lake City
Seattle north of the ship canal has many neighborhoods which derived their names from plats of land development. Sometimes the naming was deliberate, such as Laurelhurst, in which the developers reconfigured the streets and promoted the sale of houses in … Continue reading
Names in the Neighborhood: from Chelsea to Meadowbrook
In 1961 residents of northeast Seattle petitioned the City to give them some geographic identity by preserving the name “Meadowbrook.” The Meadowbrook Golf Course at NE 110th Street had closed because the property had been purchased by the Seattle School … Continue reading
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Names in the Neighborhood: Chelsea Becomes a School Street
Hugh Benton and Victor Palmer were young attorneys who arrived to make their fortunes in Seattle in the early 1900s. In those days attorneys would often expedite property transactions because the category of real estate agent as a profession had … Continue reading
Names in the Neighborhood: Chelsea
NE 110th Street in the Meadowbrook neighborhood of northeast Seattle is today dominated by two large school buildings: Nathan Hale High School on the south side of NE 110th Street and Jane Addams Middle School on the north side. Hidden … Continue reading
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From Ravenna to LaVilla: the NE Seattle Tool Library
The NE Seattle Tool Library is a community-based nonprofit organization for sharing tools and knowledge of how-to-fix-it. The Tool Library has been very successful in its mission and in June 2018 it moved from its original site, 2415 NE 80th … Continue reading
Thornton Creek in 2016: Watershed Updates
Northeast Seattle’s Thornton Creek watershed has had major work done on it in recent years. How healthy is the water now?
Influence of the Confluence Celebration on Saturday, June 11, 2016
It has been a year since the major reconfiguration of the creek bed and flood plain of Thornton Creek at Meadowbrook. A festival event on Saturday, June 11th, sponsored by Thornton Creek Alliance, will offer education and info about the … Continue reading
Wedgwood in Seattle History 