In the Historic Heart of Stanwood
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This website is maintained by Stanwood Historic West End, LLC, with updates written under the pen name Carrie Meyer.
The site documents activity related to a parcel fronting the historic brick road along 270th St. NW, formerly Main Street, in the historic heart of Stanwood.
As this project develops, observations, photographs, and periodic updates will be shared here. From time to time, short history highlights will also appear.
Comments from the Readers are very welcome..
With Appreciation
- City of Stanwood & Stanwood Area Historical Society
- Architects: Design NorthWest
- Builder: Stirling Construction
- Engineers: Nelson Geotechnical, Equilibria Structural Engineering
- Muralist: Mark Stein
- and many others
Listen closely – the past is all around us
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Before construction, roads and dikes
A Little History interpretive illustration Long before dikes and roads reshaped the Stillaguamish delta, the river and its sloughs formed a network of waterways used by the Stillaguamish people. Traveling in cedar canoes, they moved between inland villages and the waters of Skagit Bay. Additional history or corrections always appreciated.
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March Site Update
Construction Notes : The Raft (Mat) Foundation As work continues on the site, much of the engineering attention is focused on the type of foundation that will support the building. A raft (mat) foundation spreads the weight of a building across a broad reinforced concrete slab, helping reduce uneven settlement in soft soils. (interpretive engineering…
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Preload & Brick Road
construction site in the beginning stages – photo: Carrie Meyer Fronting the Brick Road…… is a square building envelope. It measures roughly 70 feet by 70 feet and is surrounded by concrete retaining structures supporting nearly twelve feet of preload fill. Fronting the brick road… is a slender vertical monitoring pole has been installed and…
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