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Category Archives: Neighborhood features
Preserving Wedgwood’s Scarlet Oak Heritage Tree
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has an Urban Forestry division which maintains street trees. In this June 2016 article from the SDOT blog, the tree crew explains the work which was done to preserve Wedgwood’s Scarlet Oak Heritage Tree … Continue reading
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Tagged Heritage Tree designation, SDOT, Seattle, street trees, urban forestry
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Seattle History and Houses in June 2016
Upcoming in the month of June 2016 are events and activities which will enhance your understanding of Seattle history and the history of one of Seattle’s iconic neighborhoods, Ballard.
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
Seattle’s Old Street Signs
The Seattle Department of Transportation is using a new digital method to print all kinds of traffic signs. SDOT’s street sign replacement program was made possible by Bridging the Gap, the nine-year transportation maintenance levy. By 2016, every neighborhood had … Continue reading
A Picardo Perspective
In the Spring of the year our thoughts turn to gardening.
Posted in farms, Immigrant heritage, Neighborhood features, Picardo Farm
Tagged gardening, Neighborhood History, P-Patch program, Seattle
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Wedgwood’s Commercial Intersections
In early years before the Wedgwood neighborhood in northeast Seattle acquired its identity, it did not have a commercial center on 35th Ave NE at NE 85th Street as it does today. In the 1920s there was much more residential … Continue reading
Completing the Trail at the Yesler Swamp
The name of Henry Yesler is associated with Seattle’s earliest years. Yesler set up a sawmill in 1853 at the site of today’s Pioneer Square and the mill became the economic engine which gave the small community a reason to … Continue reading
Posted in Nature and wildlife, Neighborhood features
Tagged birds, Neighborhood History, Seattle, urban nature trail
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Wedgwood’s Immigrants: the Akahoshi Family
Census records of 1920 show that there were quite a few immigrants living in the northeast Seattle neighborhood of Wedgwood that year. Germans who built their own houses and settled in Wedgwood included John Herkenrath, Gustav Morris, and William Voss, … Continue reading
Posted in Dahl Playfield, farms, Immigrant heritage, Picardo Farm
Tagged Japanese immigrants, Neighborhood History, Seattle, World War Two, WPLongform
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Churches and Changes in Wedgwood
There are four church buildings within the boundaries of northeast Seattle’s Wedgwood neighborhood from NE 75th to 95th Streets. Each congregation has had different locations, buildings and names over the years. The names and the patterns of use of the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, churches, Neighborhood features
Tagged Neighborhood History, Seattle
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Wedgwood in Seattle History 