Trees Bring Memories Each Spring at UW

Entering the UW campus from NE 45th Street and 17th Ave. NE, a line of 58 old sycamore trees line Memorial Way, each planted for a UW student or faculty member soldier who died fighting in World War I. Beautiful old flowering cherry trees in the Arts and Sciences Quadrangle or "Quad" are a favorite for photographers, who love to visit while they are in bloom, usually in late March.

Neighborhoods on Foot Trail Map Series

A new map of walking trails from Northeast Seattle Trails (NEST) can be found at libraries, community centers, neighborhood service centers and some local businesses under the name Feet First, You can also call 206-652-2310. Or see the map on their web site. More information on the Feet First effort is available at
www.feetfirst.info/

Volunteers Help Maintain Parks and Trails

Washington Trails Association is all about enjoying and working together to maintain the hundreds of miles of hiking trails in Washington State. WTA volunteers worked 94,175 hours maintaining Washington's trails in 2009!
www.wta.org

John Olmsted and Seattle Park History

History of Seattle Parks
John Charles Olmsted

Territorial University (University of Washington) opens on November 4, 1861

On November 4, 1861, the Territorial University (later, University of Washington) opens in downtown Seattle. The university was located at present-day 4th Avenue and University Street, where the Olympic Hotel was built in 1924. In 1895, the University moved to its present campus on Lake Washington
www.historylink.org

UW campus is transformed by the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition hosted on its grounds

Designed by the Olmsted brothers, Washington's first World's Fair - the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition - was held in Seattle on the grounds of the University of Washington campus between June 1 and October 16, 1909, drawing more than three million people. Visitors came from around the state, the nation, and the world to view hundreds of educational exhibits, stroll the lushly manicured grounds, and be entertained on the Pay Streak midway, while Seattle promoted itself as a gateway to the rich resources of Alaska, the Yukon, and Asia. The History Link below provides a picture of this exposition and fascinating details of exhibits and events, some of which we might find shocking today.
From www.historylink.org

The Independent Portland newspaper reporter Mateel Howe reviews the A-Y-P Exposition in her June 24, 1909 Report, "The Exposition"

"No fair ever had a lovelier setting than this one," she wrote in her very personal account of her experience. She compared World Fairs from the "stupendous" ones in the more urbanized east, the one put on only four years before in her home town of Portland, and the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition here. Her interesting analysis focused on the beauty of the site.
www.historylink.org

Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909) -- A Cybertour of Selected Buildings

Click the link below to view a "Now and Then" Cybertour of some of the exhibit buildings at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition on the University of Washington campus. Although most buildings were intended as temporary structures, at least four of them are still in use on campus.
www.historylink.org

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