A Charmed Land: Dairy Farming on Crown Hill
By Chris Jacobsen & Heidi Madden If you were to stand facing north at the intersection of 8th Ave. NW and NW 105th today, you would see rows of ramblers built in the early 1950s during the post-war...
View ArticleFrom Legends to Lights: The Story of Olympic Golf Club
By Heidi Madden On the crisp, clear afternoon of December 7, 1924, ships passing through Puget Sound on their way to Elliott Bay were treated to a surprise: On a ridge high above the Sound, just north...
View ArticleHow a Grocery Store Shaped a Neighborhood: The Story of Art’s Food Center
By Heidi Madden & Chris Jacobsen August 22, 1956 was the day the housewives of Crown Hill had been waiting for: The Plaza Shopping Center (a.k.a. Art’s Plaza) on 6th Ave. N.W. and Holman Road was...
View ArticleGifts from the Builder: The Eddie McAbee Park Entrance
By Heidi Madden and Chris Jacobsen Have you ever driven past the Eddie McAbee entrance to Carkeek Park off of NW 100th Place and wondered who Eddie McAbee is? Perhaps the name sounded familiar:...
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