Site report 2

Zoomed in image of my site from 1904. As seen, my block is relatively developed with many houses but there are still hints of trees. Drawn on 1904 by Seattle Map Co. 

On the far left, you can see a hint of my site. Drawn by Augustus Koch in 1891.

Street View of 7th Avenue taken by Sungmeen Hong on 1/17/2017

I had an incredibly difficult time finding a topographical map for my site. The location of my site is on the very edge of U-District which made it quite hard to find maps in my area. However, after surfing the web and UW Library’s digital collections, I managed to find some portions of my site. Prior to the 1850s, my site was far from what it looked like today. Instead of developed buildings, houses, and a garden, it was simply just a vast forestland. The Duwamish tribe was said to have lived in this area before the European settlers came. During the late 18^th century, my site was quickly renovated as all the trees got cut down to make space for houses. Although, by observing maps from the 1800s/1900s, they seemed to have left some of the trees up and built houses around them.

Due to how close my site was to Lake Union, the settlers wasted no time creating what is now U-district. Like our professor went over class, using grid-like mapping, my site was developed. Progressively, more and more of my area was renovated so that people can create buildings and roads. When going up 7^th and 8^th avenue, it was a slight uphill walk which signaled to me that my site could have been on a little hill. When viewing the houses currently, they leveled the floor by elevating the parts of the house that was slightly downhill. Although it isn't clearly displayed on the topographical map, there is some evidence of slight elevation.

Currently, my site seems to be going through the stages of total renovation. This is referring to the new apartments on 8^th Avenue. I believe that overtime, 7^th Avenue will also be renovated to new apartments. When walking around the site for hints of natural processes, I immediately think of the University District P-Patch Community Gardens. Although they aren’t considered “natural”, nevertheless the community seemed to put in a lot of effort and time to develop the nature that is going on in the block. Recently, the garden seems to have been abandoned due to lack of organization by the particular garden. However, with some attention, I believe that the garden can be restored.