Comments on: Normandy Park Ranked #5 In “Hot Hoods” By Seattle Metropolitan Magazine http://www.normandyparkblog.com/2008/05/19/normandy-park-ranked-5-in-hot-hoods-by-seattle-metropolitan-magazine/ The Fifth Hottest 'Hood Around. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:48:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nanci Tangeman http://www.normandyparkblog.com/2008/05/19/normandy-park-ranked-5-in-hot-hoods-by-seattle-metropolitan-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Nanci Tangeman Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:57:47 +0000 http://www.normandyparkblog.com/?p=14#comment-35 That's nothing! We were going through old files and closets, getting my parents' house near Arrow Lake ready to sell, and I came across this Seattle Times article from 1992 (August 20, 1992), called Your Average Small Town. "You won't run into food banks, homeless people or urban blight in South King COunty's most exclusive city. But you will find big bank accounts and beautiful houses, with gobs of greenery and sweeping Sound views." "...'The Park,' as some residents call it, is the wealthiest community in South King County and one of the richest in the state. It ranks 11th in the state in average household incomes at $67,000, and stands10th in per-capita income with about $26,000, placing it ahead of Bellevue, but behind other Eastside communities such as Medina and Mercer Island." Other interesting facts: One of only three Washington dwellings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright is in NP. And the article quoted a sales brochure distributed in 1929, the year the stock market crashed, that urged Seattle residents to "steal away from the city for a brief spin on the highway to a lovely Normandy Park...a great place for a home." I wish we had a similar brochure to point sellers to my parents' house... That's nothing! We were going through old files and closets, getting my parents' house near Arrow Lake ready to sell, and I came across this Seattle Times article from 1992 (August 20, 1992), called Your Average Small Town. "You won't run into food banks, homeless people or urban blight in South King COunty's most exclusive city. But you will find big bank accounts and beautiful houses, with gobs of greenery and sweeping Sound views." "…'The Park,' as some residents call it, is the wealthiest community in South King County and one of the richest in the state. It ranks 11th in the state in average household incomes at $67,000, and stands10th in per-capita income with about $26,000, placing it ahead of Bellevue, but behind other Eastside communities such as Medina and Mercer Island."

Other interesting facts: One of only three Washington dwellings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright is in NP. And the article quoted a sales brochure distributed in 1929, the year the stock market crashed, that urged Seattle residents to "steal away from the city for a brief spin on the highway to a lovely Normandy Park…a great place for a home."

I wish we had a similar brochure to point sellers to my parents' house…

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