An East Wallingford neighbor writes: I noticed some suspicious activity around 3:00am in our neighborhood last night. There was a white male dressed in all black driving around on a small ATV looking into all our cars. He did several passes where he drove up along side the cars and looked in (looked like he was searching for anything valuable). We called the cops to inform them of this suspicious activity but they arrived about 45 minutes later and the man…
Our neighbor Rollin buttonholed us and asked if we'd write a post about a class on Children's Picture Book Illustration he's teaching at Pratt starting September 23rd. While Pratt is outside of Wallingford's borders, Rollin isn't, and we're always happy to do a neighbor a good turn, so here's the scoop:
It's almost upon us! Back in early August, we told you about PARKing day, the now yearly event where people across the country put the "park" in "parking space", reclaiming them as mini-landscaped art projects. At least one Wallingford group, including Nancy "Lorax" Merrill and Stuart "Folkstore" Herrick, has taken up the banner and will be greening up a spot just north of 42nd and Latona Thackery this Friday, September 18th. Lester Goldstein has written up this proclamation: PROCLAMATION Whereas reliable…
(This post begins a series from Sharon, who will be sharing stories from the Wallingford Playfield playground.) The first time we really noticed Wallingford Playfield was when I was pregnant with our son. We were taking our nightly hour-long walk, as many first-time expectant parents do, when we stumbled upon it. Sometime since our last tennis match there the play structure had been updated or perhaps even disassembled and replaced with a much newer model. We marveled at the multi-leveled towers,…
DOUG. sent in these beautiful shots he took of last week's Kite Day at Gas Works, we thought you'd enjoy them, too. They remind us of snorkeling through jelly fish, except in the sky.
James Hua of of Seattle Real Estate sent us some interesting facts about the real estate situation in Wallingford: The median price for homes sold in King County is $380,000 in August. Meanwhile, properties in Wallingford aren’t nearly as affordable, with a median price for Single Family Residential (SFR’s) 18% higher, at $447,000. Even so they move much faster, with average days on market at 16 compared to King County's 43. It's no surprise that Wallingford's home prices tend to be…
Jay writes: I ran into the secretary from the Dentist office on Stoneway and 49th St. and she mentioned that they were broken into last night. Nice clean job, removing a large and heavy safe. She thought maybe they were looking for drugs too, but there weren't any. The police told her they thought it was a professional job and linked to a string of burglaries around this area. That's all I know. Keep an eye out! So, remember: if someone…