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The Wedgwood Neighborhood in Seattle: Looking Back, Looking Ahead in 2025-2026
The Wedgwood neighborhood in northeast Seattle has a linear business district along the arterial 35th Ave NE. Its major cross-streets are NE 95th, 85th and 75th. In the year 2025 the business environment at the major NE 85th Street shopping … Continue reading
The Wedgwood Post Office
In 1946 McVicar Hardware became the first business to occupy a new storefront building owned by Henry R. Hansen of the adjacent tavern. Business owner Grant McVicar became a leader in the growing Wedgwood community, and one of his initiatives … Continue reading
The Wedgwood Gardens Plant Nursery Business
In the 1930s the (future) Wedgwood neighborhood was an unnamed area outside of the Seattle City Limits. Along 35th Ave NE, the three intersections of NE 75th, 85th and 95th Streets each had only one building: a tavern. German immigrant … Continue reading
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The Hudson Building in the 1920s
On the evening of July 4, 2025, a speeding car plowed into the Mioposto restaurant at 3426 NE 55th Street. Diners were showered with broken glass, but fortunately no one was killed. Immediately work began to reinforce the building’s storefront, … Continue reading
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Lumbermen of Lake City in Seattle
Northeast Seattle, including Lake City, really began to grow in the 1920s because of the rise of the automobile and the creation of more roads. A highway called Erickson Road had opened in 1913 but its winding, narrow passage from … Continue reading
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John Terlicher of Morningside Market in Seattle
This blog article will tell of an Italian immigrant who fulfilled his American Dream in Seattle. John Terlicher was able to find work, learn English, marry, own a home and have his own business. He was mostly successful in American … Continue reading
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An Autumn Stroll in Wedgwood
The autumn season brings vibrant color to the flame ash street trees along the arterial 35th Avenue NE in the Wedgwood neighborhood of northeast Seattle. A stroll to enjoy the colors of the season can be taken along with stops … Continue reading
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Wedgwood Neighborhood Business District Trivia Quiz 2024
Over the past one hundred years since Wedgwood began to develop a commercial district, the types of businesses have changed. Some types of businesses have disappeared from Wedgwood, such as a hardware store, appliance store and women’s dress shop. Some … Continue reading
The Pinehurst Safeway Store in Seattle
The present site of the Pinehurst Safeway grocery store, on 15th Ave NE between NE 123rd to NE 125th Streets, once had a cluster of semi-industrial buildings including a lumber yard and a dairy processing plant with a company office. … Continue reading
The Business District of Pinehurst in Seattle
The Pinehurst neighborhood in Seattle was named by two men, its landowner and a real estate salesman, in 1926. William Hartranft and George Spencer had known each other since 1889 when each came to Washington Territory and taught school in … Continue reading
Wedgwood in Seattle History 