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An Autumn Stroll in Wedgwood
The autumn season brings vibrant color to the flame ash street trees along the arterial 35th Avenue NE in the Wedgwood neighborhood of northeast Seattle. A stroll to enjoy the colors of the season can be taken along with stops … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn season, Neighborhood History, Seattle
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Birds Named For People
In Autumn we observe the seasonal activities of birds. Like people, some birds fly out, migrating to a warmer climate for the winter. Some birds, and some people, stay in Seattle and make preparations for surviving winter conditions. Around Seattle … Continue reading
The Thornton Creek Watershed Restoration Project in Meadowbrook
A car in the ditch…. and then another and another. Over the past three years, residents of the Meadowbrook neighborhood in Seattle often noticed cars in the ditch on the north side of NE 110th Street nearest to the corner … Continue reading
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Tagged environmental work, Seattle
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The Willow Creek Fish Passage Restoration Project in Meadowbrook
The Thornton Creek Watershed of northeast Seattle has two main branches, North and South. These branches converge at The Confluence in the Meadowbrook neighborhood at NE 107th Street, on the east side of 35th Ave NE across from Nathan Hale … Continue reading
Pumpkins of Wedgwood 2024
The autumn season in Wedgwood begins with the Pumpkin Patch at the Hunter Tree Farm site, 7744 35th Ave NE next door to the Wedgwood Post Office. The Hunter family use the property in Wedgwood for their annual Christmas Tree sales … Continue reading
Posted in Events and holidays, Hunter's Tree Farm, Neighborhood features
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Wedgwood’s Tree Controversies
Tree-advocates of the Wedgwood neighborhood in northeast Seattle are working to prevent the unnecessary destruction of trees. This site, 8314 28th Ave NE, is two houses south of Wedgwood School/NE 85th Street, where a stand of Western Red Cedar trees … Continue reading
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Tagged Environment, Neighborhood History, Seattle, Trees
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Property Records: Removal of Racially Restrictive Language
In the 1920s, as developers began to build plats of houses in northeast Seattle, some attached property covenants specifying that no person of a race other than White, could own property in that neighborhood. One of the first to do … Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, Land records and surveys, Seattle History
Tagged Neighborhood History, Seattle
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The First Airfield at Sand Point in Seattle
Magnuson Park in Seattle with its entrance gate at 7400 Sand Point Way NE, is the former site of an airfield which first began to be developed in the 1920s. In September 2024 we are celebrating the First World Flight, … Continue reading
Names in the Neighborhood: Meadowbrook
Meadowbrook began as the name for the golf course which opened in 1932 on the former Fischer Farm property, present site of Nathan Hale High School on NE 110th Street. Gradually other entities, including real estate developers, adopted the Meadowbrook … Continue reading
Come Sit Awhile: Harry Murfitt’s Bench
A favorite saying of Harry Murfitt, 9125 35th Ave NE, was to invite friends & family to “come sit awhile” for fellowship. Today Harry’s bench memorializes his life and his legacy in the Wedgwood neighborhood.
Wedgwood in Seattle History 