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Wilson’s Food Store in Wedgwood
From 2012 to 2018 the building at 2415 NE 80th Street was the home of the NE Seattle Tool Library, an initiative of the NE Seattle Sustainable movement. The Tool Library is a lending library for items which can be … Continue reading
A New Cafe Coming to Wedgwood
Good new businesses are always welcome in Wedgwood’s commercial district along 35th Avenue NE. A Seattle company, the Grand Central Bakery, announced that they will open a Wedgwood cafe at 7501 35th Ave NE, in the former View Ridge Pharmacy space … Continue reading
Gas Stations and the Maturing of the Business District in Wedgwood
A HistoryLink article by Greg Lange tells of the large-scale layoffs of employees at Boeing Aircraft which set off a recession in Seattle from 1967 to 1972. The population of Seattle plummeted as people left town to find work elsewhere. … Continue reading
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Tagged Neighborhood History, QFC grocery store, Seattle, WPLongform
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Wedgwood’s NE 95th Street Gas Station Intersection
In the 1940s the intersection of 35th Avenue NE and NE 95th Street had gas stations on three corners, and a used-car lot as well. This intersection on the northern boundary of the Wedgwood neighborhood was once called Morningside or … Continue reading
Gas Stations and Intersections in Wedgwood
The Wedgwood neighborhood of northeast Seattle has a linear business district along the arterial 35th Avenue NE, with stores clustered at the major intersections of NE 75th, 85th and 95th Streets. As the neighborhood began to take shape in the … Continue reading
Business Changes and Development Pressures in Northeast Seattle: Neighborhood Stores
The years following the end of World War Two in the 1940s saw the rise of new kinds of stores. Some were big supermarkets which had a much wider variety of products than traditional corner grocery stores, and some were … Continue reading
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Tagged 7-Eleven, Neighborhood History, Seattle, Wong's
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Gas Stations and Growth in Northeast Seattle: Gray’s Service Station
From 1936 to 1940 King County, Washington, which includes the greater Seattle area, undertook a survey of all existing buildings, both houses and businesses. The survey was 75% funded by the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) which helped provide jobs … Continue reading
Wedgwood Business Feature: Johnson’s Auto Repair
Johnson’s Auto Repair is a long-time, locally-owned business in Wedgwood on 35th Ave NE at the southeast corner of NE 95th Street. This full-service repair shop has high ratings for quality and service.
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Tagged Seattle, Wedgwood business district
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Wedgwood Business Feature: Adams Insurance
The summer of 2017 marked the fortieth work anniversary for Liz Jones of the Adams Insurance Agency at 8613 35th Ave NE in the Wedgwood neighborhood’s business district. Liz, co-owner of Adams Insurance, is Wedgwood’s longest-time worker, and now business … Continue reading
Density on Wedgwood’s Western Edge
In the 1980s the City of Seattle began to set neighborhood “boundaries” to give Seattle residents a sense of place and of civic involvement. Today the Seattle City Clerk’s maps of neighborhoods as listed, are still given for that purpose. Some … Continue reading
Wedgwood in Seattle History 