Another Design Review Meeting for Stone34 (3400 Stone Way North) is scheduled for Monday, April 30 at 8:00PM, at the University Heights Center (5031 University Way NE). This is the second recommendation meeting since the Design Review Board did not make a recommendation during the March 19 meeting. Skanska's most current design proposal is available for review here.
SDOT crews were out on Monday at N. 43rd and Burke Avenue N. painting sharrows for the new Wallingford Greenway. This segment of the greenway connects with the existing crosswalk on Wallingford Avenue N. (which will remain, with some modifications) and continues west on N. 43rd to Stone Way N. A reminder about sharrows from SDOT: Shared lane pavement markings (or “sharrows”) are bicycle symbols carefully placed to guide bicyclists to the best place to ride on the road, avoid car doors and…
If you've got teens (or 'tweens) living at home, you have my utmost respect. In addition to that, I'm offering something much more practical: Check out this workshop for parents of teens hosted by FamilyWorks (1501 N. 45th St. ), starting Wednesday, May 2, from 6:30-8:30PM. It's free and runs for six weeks, through June 6. Call ahead to register at 206-694-6727: Adolescence can be a time of stresss, turmoil, exploration and change for both parents and teens. Join with Kim…
This Thursday, April 26th is the 19th annual Dine out for Life, when participating restaurants donate up to 30% of the purchase price of meals to the Lifelong AIDS Alliance, "a non-profit organization that prevents the spread of HIV, provides support services for those whose lives are affected by HIV/AIDS, as well as delivers medically nutritious meals to individuals living with and without HIV/AIDs through the Chicken Soup Brigade Program". Looking for somewhere walking distance? There are five restaurants in Wallingford…
The Woodland Park Zoo has announced it's line-up of ZooTunes concerts, a great excuse to break out a picnic blankets and lawn chairs: June 27: Leo Kottke / Jake Shimabukuro ($24) July 3: k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang ($38) July 18: Grace Potter & The Nocturnals ($22) July 19: Ziggy Marley ($28) Aug 1: Los Lobos / Steve Earle and the Dukes ($28) Aug 5: The Johnny Clegg Band /Ladysmith Black Mambazo ($28) Aug 12: An Evening With Melissa Etheridge ($39.50) Aug 15 & 16: An Evening With…
(It's been several years since we discussed the impact of the U-District's Alcohol Impact Area designation on Wallingford. As a refresher, in 2006 the city declared the University District an AIA, which meant that stores in that area are forbidden from selling 29 different types of fortified wine, beer and malt beverages favored by alcoholics for their high alcohol-to-cost ratio (e.g., Steel Reserve, Colt 45, Night Train Express). Unfortunately, this has meant that those spending their time in the U-District (or…
Our favorite neighborhood historian, Paul Dorpat, wrote to tell us that the "Now and Then" repeat photography exhibit at the Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) is winding down and will close when the museum closes its McCurdy Park location in Montlake in June. If you haven't gone to it yet, you've got an opportunity to see it for free on Tuesday evening (April 24) from 5:30PM to 8:30PM. The "Now and Then" exhibit features Paul's time lapse videos he took…