Editing Kenmore, Washington (section)

===Post-war redevelopment===
Once the [[Great Depression]] hit, Kenmore became home for a small settlement of workers under President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s [[Back to the Land]] program.  Paid by the [[Works Progress Administration]], a small number of workers settled in an area of northwestern Kenmore which became known as "Voucherville", after the vouchers the WPA paid in lieu of a cash salary.

After the end of [[World War II]], Kenmore became home to [[Nike Hercules|US Army Nike Hercules missile batteries]] as part of cold-war era defense plans. These nuclear-tipped anti-aircraft missiles were intended to protect Seattle and environs from [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] bombers, should war break out. They were removed in 1974.<ref name="nike-battery">"[http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=3688 Seattle tests a super siren during the Cold War on February 27, 1952]." ''HistoryLink.org.'' Essay 3688. Retrieved on April 2, 2007.</ref>

The post-war era largely transformed downtown. [[Kenmore Air Harbor]], which today is one of the world's largest [[seaplane]]-only airports, opened not far from the old location of the Blind Pig; [[Kenmore Air]] itself today runs a fleet of seaplanes serving waterside destinations throughout [[Pacific Northwest|Cascadia]].  At the same time, Kenmore's immediate proximity to Seattle&mdash;just two miles (3&nbsp;km) north of modern Seattle city limits&mdash; made it an early target of post-war housing development.  The first plats in the new Uplake neighborhood were sold in 1954.  Housing development continued throughout the Kenmore area for the next several decades, mostly following the postwar suburban model; industrial and commercial growth followed quickly behind, and within a few decades, most of the old Kenmore dining and drinking had vanished, replaced by shopping centers, industrial development, and housing. However, one part of this new development brought its own history along with it: the Jewel Box Building in downtown Kenmore is a [[Century 21 Exposition|Seattle World's Fair]] artifact, moved from [[Seattle Center]] to Kenmore after the end of the fair in October, 1962.

The city gained its first college in 1996, with the relocation of [[Bastyr University]] from [[Seattle]] onto the grounds of the former [[St. Edward Seminary]].