A fascinating, nostalgic look at the history of Madison Park Author Jane Powell Thomas invites the reader to experience these true stories from one of Seattle's oldest neighborhoods. Located on the... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Ms. Thomas has done a careful, interesting job of organizing a lot of information in a most readable fashion. I particularly liked her tables about the population growth at the end of the sections and the time line presented inside the front cover. It was interesting to read about some of the names of streets known to us such as McGilvra Boulevard as we had not known anything about the McGilvra family previously. I also appreciated the last chapter on the various residences that are still about and plan to bring our copy to the neighborhood so that I might be able to spot more of them. Her comments on the various businesses in Madison Park were also very interesting to read.
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