Category Archives: streets

Street-grade: ups and downs in Wedgwood

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

Wedgwood’s main commercial corridor is along 35th Ave NE which was first declared an arterial in 1934.  Some improvements were made at that time, including some widening and some road-grading to level out the surface and make it more passable … Continue reading →

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The House in the Road

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

The years 1945 to 1955, from the end of World War Two until the Wedgwood neighborhood came completely into the city limits of Seattle, were years of rapid change.  The population of Seattle had swelled with war workers in the … Continue reading →

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