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University District (including Ravenna) Pictorial History
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James Moore, Seattle’s boom-years super-developer, platted the future University District in 1890.

Thumbnail History of Ravenna & Roosevelt
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Before the arrival of settlers from the United States, the principal feature of Ravenna and Roosevelt was the creek that drained Green Lake and emptied into Union Bay.

Seattle P-I Neighbor's Section Profile of Ravenna
12/6/97 The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Be sure to take a look at the "Scenes of Ravenna," "Ravenna Historical Album" and "Ravenna By The Numbers" pages.

The Burke-Gilman Trail
Jan Paul (1993)
Little did Thomas Burke and Daniel Gilman realize when they were working on bringing rail service to Seattle, that their names would become household words  in Seattle less than 100 years later.

Ravenna Cave opened its mouth 43 years ago
9/00 Jet City Maven
It was only a little hole when I first noticed it, right in the middle of Ravenna Blvd. at 16th NE. This was 43 years ago, Nov. 11, 1957, to be exact.