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Density and Proposed Zoning Changes in Wedgwood

Posted on October 1, 2017 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

More than 150 people filled a meeting room in Wedgwood on June 24, 2015, to hear a presentation about how changes in zoning could help to develop more businesses and a more pedestrian-friendly walking environment along 35th Ave NE.  The … Continue reading →

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Names in the Neighborhood: Wedgwood’s Boundaries and Neighborhood Identity

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

In the early 1900s Wedgwood in northeast Seattle did not have a name or a definite identity as a neighborhood.  It took a post-World-War-Two growth spurt in population, and a housing development by Albert Balch, for the neighborhood to coalesce … Continue reading →

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Halloween Window-Painting in Wedgwood in the 1950s

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

When World War Two ended in 1945 the generation of young adults who had grown up during the war was eager to leave behind the deprivations and hardships of those years.  Most especially the young men who returned from war … Continue reading →

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