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The Mock Family and Maple Leaf School
During the hot-weather week of August 12, 1910, The Seattle Daily Times newspaper carried reports of fires across the State of Washington, and one fire which struck closer to home, to the northeast just outside of the Seattle City limits. … Continue reading
Wilson’s Exposition Heights
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, a world’s-fair event, attracted people to Seattle even before the fair’s opening date of June 1, 1909. When news of the Exposition plans became known in 1906, people from all over the USA began coming to Seattle … Continue reading
The Road is OPEN!!!!!
Thornton Creek Confluence Project Construction Update: January 16, 2015 With the advantage of this week’s dry weather, the contractor was able to complete the remaining pieces of work in order to open 35th Ave NE. The road had been closed … Continue reading
Meadowbrook Update: January 2015
On Tuesday evening, January 13, 2015 a roomful of people at the Meadowbrook Community Center, 10517 35th Ave NE, listened intently as Seattle Public Utilities Project Engineer Jason Sharpley reviewed the work done at The Confluence from May to December … Continue reading
Posted in Meadowbrook neighborhood, Thornton Creek
Tagged road work on 35th Ave NE, Seattle, The Confluence
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Meadowbrook Update: December 2014
Along the arterial 35th Ave NE there is a low point in the road between NE 105th and 115th Streets. In past times before the building of roads and houses, the area was a natural flood plain for The Confluence … Continue reading
Meadowbrook Update: November 2014
Since June 2014 the arterial 35th Ave NE has been closed at the point of NE 107th Street while the South Branch of Thornton Creek has been rechanneled and a flood plain created for greater capacity to hold water. The … Continue reading
Meadowbrook Update: October 2014
In October 2014 the flame ash street trees along 35th Ave NE are showing their autumn colors. Since June 2014 street signs have been posted to warn drivers along the arterial that 35th Ave NE is closed to through-traffic at … Continue reading
Meadowbrook Update: September 2014
The rain and cooler temperatures of the week of September 21 to 27, 2014, were a signal to fish, that it is almost time for them to swim upstream! The summer dry-season is over, and in-water work at The Confluence … Continue reading
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
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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Wedgwood in Seattle History 