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The Latona Addition in North Seattle
The Latona Addition, a plat filed in 1889, has Latona Avenue at its center between 1st to 6th Avenues NE. In the process of standardization of Seattle street names to a numbered system, Latona Avenue was retained, a charming reminder … Continue reading
The Sunset Heights Plat in Fremont, Seattle
The original land plat of Fremont extended as far as North 39th Street. North of that street, other investors filed land plats with layouts of streets and house lots to get in on the growth of real estate values. In … Continue reading
The People Behind the Street Name: Humes Place West
In January 1906 Seattle Assistant City Engineer James C. Jeffery announced another round of street name changes. He explained that changes were necessary because sometimes there were two streets with the same name in different parts of the city. Other streets had … Continue reading
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C.P. Stone, Namesake of Stone Way in Seattle
Fremont in Seattle was developed in 1888 as a suburb with its own name. The success of Fremont was due to vigorous land developers, good planning, the availability of water transportation and the new rail line, the Seattle, Lake Shore … Continue reading
The People Behind the Street Name: Galer
Early Seattle settlers came from all over the USA. Some settlers have left us their stories so that we have a fair bit of info about them, such as the Denny and Mercer families. Other early settlers, like Jacob Galer, … Continue reading
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Early Post Offices at the Ross and Fremont Neighborhoods in Seattle
Seattle’s home-grown railroad, the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway, began running in 1887. Railway stations and post offices were opened as the train passed through population centers, and these gave names to the neighborhoods. This blog article will trace … Continue reading
The People Behind the Street Name: Hamlin
The names of Seattle streets are worthy of a trivia contest to discern their origins and guess the meaning of the names. What does it mean when a street in Seattle is named “Aloha???” The original meaning of some street names … Continue reading
NE 68th Street in Wedgwood, Then and Now
On 35th Ave NE at NE 68th in Wedgwood there is the Northeast Branch Library on the northwest corner, and an apartment building on the southwest corner. In our minds’ eye we may imagine what was there more than a hundred years ago. As of 1915 this … Continue reading
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Who were Burke & Gilman?
One of Seattle’s amenities is a trail which traverses the city and extends to the east side of Lake Washington. Sometimes called “Seattle’s longest park,” the trail is overseen by the Parks Department and serves those who walk, run, or … Continue reading
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The Wedgwood Gardens Plant Nursery Business
In the 1930s the (future) Wedgwood neighborhood was an unnamed area outside of the Seattle City Limits. Along 35th Ave NE, the three intersections of NE 75th, 85th and 95th Streets each had only one building: a tavern. German immigrant … Continue reading
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