Tag Archives: Seattle

Meadowbrook Update: October 2014

Posted on October 26, 2014 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

In October 2014 the flame ash street trees along 35th Ave NE are showing their autumn colors.  Since June 2014 street signs have been posted to warn drivers along the arterial that 35th Ave NE is closed to through-traffic at … Continue reading →

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Pumpkin Season in Wedgwood

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

This year’s fun fall festival of pumpkins is brought to you by Scout Troop 151.  They are getting into the spirit with costumed sales helpers and a great variety of gourds for your October decorating needs. The annual pumpkin extravaganza … Continue reading →

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Bird Migration Routes

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

An article from the All About Birds Blog of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology explains how birds migrate seasonally, following the “green wave” of plant resources.  The bird migration patterns show the importance of conservation efforts such as building the … Continue reading →

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Twentieth Anniversary Celebration: Thornton Creek Alliance

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

Thornton Creek Alliance (TCA) is an all-volunteer organization whose goal is to benefit the watershed by encouraging individuals, groups, schools, businesses, and government to work together in addressing the environmental restoration of the creek system.  It has been twenty years … Continue reading →

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A Tree in Montlake

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

Reblogged from Montlake.net/flyer/:  Seattle’s renowned tree expert Arthur Lee Jacobson has written about a fallen cherry tree near the Montlake Community Center at 1618 E. Calhoun Street, on the south side of the Lake Washington Ship Canal. Mr. Jacobson alerts … Continue reading →

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Slow-Down on the Trail: Construction Impacts the Burke-Gilman

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

An alert from the Seattle Parks and Recreation Dept:  Construction may affect use of the Burke-Gilman Trail between NE 125th and NE 135th Streets.

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July 2014 Update: Thornton Creek Confluence Project

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

The South Fork of Thornton Creek flows eastward through culverts under 35th Ave NE at NE 107th Street in Meadowbrook.  Work is underway this summer to widen and improve this channel of Thornton Creek.  Instead of a straight, vegetation-choked channel, … Continue reading →

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A Log House Life in Wedgwood in the 1930s

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

The Reese brothers, Fred and Albert, grew up in a German-speaking farm community in Minnesota in the 1880s. It was a hard-working life with limited opportunities, and the boys’ formal education ended at the eighth grade. From then on they … Continue reading →

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A Princess in Wedgwood

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

In the 1950s and 1960s the Wedgwood Community Club (WCC) was busy dealing with issues of city limits, zoning, street improvements, establishment of a business district and needed services such as schools and postal delivery.  The Club was proud of … Continue reading →

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Redefining the Boundaries of Wedgwood in the 1950s

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

In the 1940s and 1950s the neighborhoods of northeast Seattle grew rapidly, with housing developments filling up what had been semi-rural areas which were still outside the city limits.  Some people resisted the process of being absorbed into the City … Continue reading →

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