Category Archives: Neighborhood features

Summer Fun in Wedgwood

Posted on August 6, 2019 by

August is a festival month in Seattle, with parades and outdoor events around the city.  In the first weekend of August 2019, Blue Angels Navy pilots zoomed over Lake Washington on Seattle’s eastern edge, while hydroplanes roared in the water. … Continue reading →

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Seattle Street Names North of Lake Union

Posted on July 15, 2019 by

Seattle historian Rob Ketcherside has previously cataloged the street names which were reorganized in a major City ordinance in the year 1895.  This was when the decision was made to have streets keep one name along their entire length, instead … Continue reading →

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Fremont Drug Company in Seattle, Part Three: from Drugstore to Red Door

Posted on April 24, 2019 by

The Red Door restaurant is in the Fremont Drug Company building which was moved to its present site, 3401 Evanston Avenue, in the year 2001.  This original Fremont Drug Company building was built in 1895 at 3401 Fremont Avenue. Today’s … Continue reading →

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Freedom in Fremont: An Early Gas Station in Seattle

Posted on February 1, 2019 by

In the early 1900s nationalist fervor built up in Europe until the tensions exploded into the First World War from 1914 to 1918.  When Germany declared war on Russia, it set off power struggles within that country which ended Russia’s … Continue reading →

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Wedgwood and the Inaugural Day Storm of 1993

Posted on January 19, 2019 by

It was January 20, 1993, the day of the inauguration of incoming president Bill Clinton, and I was watching the ceremony and events of the day on TV.  I lived in an apartment on the NE 77th Street side of … Continue reading →

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The Northeast Branch Library in Seattle

Posted on January 10, 2019 by

In the early 1900s the land area around the Northeast Branch Library at 6801 35th Ave NE was owned by Marvin & Isabella Jones, who wanted to share their wealth by giving portions of their land for use of charities … Continue reading →

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Wedgwood Neighborhood History Trivia Quiz

Posted on October 1, 2018 by

Test your knowledge of Wedgwood neighborhood history with this quiz.  Answers to the quiz follow Question #17. 1. In which neighborhood is Wedgwood Rock? Wedgwood (duh!) Meadowbrook Ravenna 2. What does the “P” in P-Patch stand for? Peat, for the … Continue reading →

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