Category Archives: Neighborhood features

Sunday, Swamp, Soup, Cider

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

On Sunday, November 22nd at 2 PM everyone is invited to come on a guided walk through northeast Seattle’s wonderful urban amenity, the Yesler Swamp Trail.  The tour will be led by Professor Kern Ewing of the University of Washington’s … Continue reading →

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The Kittredge Family: a Bridge to Northeast Seattle

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

We may define “pioneers” as young people, perhaps single men or young couples, who journey out to unexplored lands to start new lives.  The story of Seattle’s growth includes plenty of pioneer stories but not just in Seattle’s first century … Continue reading →

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Seattle Street Names

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

The vision of a city in the place where Seattle now stands was born in the heart of Arthur Denny, a 29-year-old surveyor in Knox County, Illinois in 1851.  As a surveyor Denny knew that in unexplored regions, early-arriving settlers … Continue reading →

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A Walk Through Wedgwood History

Posted on August 23, 2015 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

Take a Walk Through Wedgwood History with me, Valarie, on any/all Saturdays in September 2015.  We will meet under the Safeway sign, 35th Ave NE at the corner of NE 75th Street at 10 AM.  We will look at the … Continue reading →

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Names in the Neighborhood: LaVilla

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

In March 1945 during the final battles of World War Two in Europe, a homesick soldier wrote a letter to the Seattle Daily Times newspaper.  Lieutenant Ralph A. Penington, age 34, was with the US Army’s 10th Mountain Division in Italy.  … Continue reading →

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The Future of 35th Ave NE in Wedgwood

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

What is the future of 35th Ave NE?  This arterial corridor through the Wedgewood neighborhood of Seattle has businesses clustered mainly at the intersections of NE 75th and 85th Streets.  As buildings at these intersections age and are replaced, we … Continue reading →

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The Theodora in Northeast Seattle

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

The (former) Theodora building is in northeast Seattle at 6559 35th Ave NE, at the southwest corner of NE 68th Street. In 2016 the building went through a transition and remodeling to new use.  The Theodora became a regular apartment … Continue reading →

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The Little Free Library

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

Walking along a sidewalk in the Wedgwood neighborhood one day, I saw what appeared to be a fancy front-yard mailbox…  or was it a birdhouse?  Upon closer examination I saw that the structure had a door with books visible inside.  … Continue reading →

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The AYPE and the Growth of Northeast Seattle

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was a world’s fair held in 1909 on the campus of the University of Washington in northeast Seattle. After the move of the university to its present site in 1895, the AYPE of 1909 was the … Continue reading →

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Wedgwood’s NE 85th Street Dividing Line

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

On September 2, 1858, a team of surveyors stood at what is now the center point of Seattle’s Wedgwood business district on 35th Ave NE at NE 85th Street.  The survey team of the year 1858 consisted of two chain … Continue reading →

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