If you’ve walked or driven along 35th St. towards Stone Way, you may have wondered what is going on just north of the transfer station at 35th and Interlake. That site is the location of the eastern terminus of the Ship Canal Water Quality Project which I wrote about here back in January of 2020. The overall goal is to reduce sewage overflows into the ship canal during times of heavy rain by providing a very temporary storage location for that water: a big tunnel running underground from Wallingford to Ballard. That tunnel, and its attendant pumping stations and other …
Wallingford Porchfest June 26th
Time to shake off the rust and bring back the live music!
Mark your calendar for Saturday, June 26th when local bands will be playing porches around Wallingford. This will be a great time to walk the ‘hood, hear LIVE music (!!) and support musicians. Here’s more from the event page which you can follow on Facebook to learn more about the bands, stay tuned for updates and view a final schedule and map:
About Wallingford Porchfest
We are a community project designed to bring live music back to our people! With multiple bands of all types performing on our …
Wallingford Farmers Market opens June 9, 2021
The signs are up around the neighborhood, and the good news is out!
After going on hiatus in 2020 due to concerns about COVID-19, the Wallingford Farmers Market will be back in Meridian Park this summer. It will open every Wednesday 3-7 p.m., starting on June 9th and continuing until the end of September. The list of vendors for this year is not finalized yet, but I am assured it will include a mix of new and old favorites.
There will be several changes to the market this year to help promote social distancing: masks are required (no exceptions), …
Alex Pedersen offers his version of a hot take on affordable housing policy
Being Wallyhood, I figured it would be useful to occasionally ask our council person, Alex Pedersen, questions and post his answers. My first question, below, is a bit wordy, and his answer is more of a treatise than a blog post. I don’t expect this post to go viral on social media, but read on if you are up to a deep dive into the complicated world of affordable housing…
Question: Seattle has focused affordable housing money on the “housing first” model that concentrates the homeless in large developments with wrap around services. While this model is sometimes necessary, it …
Wallingford Vaccination Clinic – June 1
Wallingford Vax Clinic June 1
The Seattle Fire Department will host a FREE pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Tuesday, June 1, 10am-1pm at 1501 North 45th Street, in the south parking lot behind the Library. The clinic will have Moderna and J&J vaccines available. If you are coming for a second Moderna shot, remember to bring your vaccination card.
No reservations are required, you do not need to bring an ID or proof of insurance. Everyone 18 years old and older is welcome! Please wear a mask.
The clinic is co-sponsored by Solid Ground and FamilyWorks.…
Free Little Art Gallery
Our neighborhood now has its own Free Little Art Gallery. Similar to the many “little free libraries” that dot our sidewalks, the concept is to take a piece and, if possible, leave a piece.
An anonymous reader wrote to us to say:
I thought I would share our neighborhood FLAG_Wallingford which opened its mini art gallery on February 24th 2021. It is located on the corner of N 45th and Whitman.
This gallery accepts small artwork to share with folks that walk by for free. You do not have to leave a piece in order to take one that speaks …
Getting ready for The Big One
Seattle’s Office of Emergency Management is presenting a series of webinars to detail how they will respond when a major earthquake comes our way. Note, we say WHEN, not IF. It’s coming, we just don’t know when. It’s overdue, which makes us even more nervous. Recent research says that a rupture of the Seattle Fault, that runs east-west under Harbor Island and Beacon Hill, is likely to be more damaging to Seattle than the much discussed Cascadia Subduction Fault that runs north-south off the west coast of Washington. The Seattle Fault is relatively shallow so the effects of even a …