A History Presentation at Merrill Gardens

The folks at the Merrill Gardens Independent Senior Living Apartments asked if FORC could present a history lecture for their community. https://www.merrillgardens.com/senior-living/wa/seattle/merrill-gardens-at-the-university/ As a founding board member, I researched the immediate area that the facility is located in, including University Village, and prepared a slide show covering the time between when the area was used by native people up until the mid-1990s.

The presentation was well received by at least 40 of the residents and we will be scheduling a followup walking tour Ravenna Park with them later this spring.

You can download a copy of the presentation here:

Town of RavennaR.pdf

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Side Project

As I mentioned in a previous post, I am working on writing a monograph of the Seattle architect Ellsworth Prime Storey. During my research I came upon a 29-page biography written by Storey's daughter Eunice de Chazeau. It was a very personal view of her father's family life.

My intent, however, is to primarily highlight Storey's professional career and I felt that including many of his daughter's observations would distract from this objective. I did believeI that the biography should be made available to those that wished to know more about Storey. As a result, and with the permission of Storey's grandaughter, Alice Speers, I took some time to create and self publish an annotated version of Eunice's biography. Copies will be available at the University of Washington's Architectural Library and the University's Special Collections library. I can also send a pdf copy to you at your request.

New Tenants!

Entry Door witrh New Signage

Over the last few weeks NLM Photonics has moved some of their administrative staff into our building at 1212 NE 65th Street. Our son, Lewis Johnson, is a co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of the company that is on the cutting edge of optical computing. At the moment there are only between two and five staff members using the space, but the company will be adding additional staff over the next few months. Check out their website for additional information:

https://www.nlmphotonics.com

NLM Team. Lewis Johnson, First Row, Second From Right. The Team is Growing.