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 …
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 …
Green Lake Work Wraps Up
Neighbors living near Green Lake have endured several months of street realignments, curbing improvements, repaving and lane restriping. Now, an end is finally in sight. And in another news item from SDOT, West Green Lake Way will remain shut to cars for the foreseeable future.
East Green Lake Way ImprovementsA recent email from SDOT announced:
We are beginning to paint the final lane stripes on N 80th St and E Green Lake Way N next week! Striping on N 80th St is expected to begin on May 12 and take less than a week to complete. Once we complete …
Changes Coming to 34th Street
Work may begin as soon as May 10 to change the layout of 34th Street between Stone Way and Fremont Ave. (See maps detailing closures and detours at the bottom of this article.) While not in Wallingford strictly speaking, neighbors may be affected even though the work will take place at night.
Darrell Bulmer from SDOT writes:
Starting as early as May 10, we will be changing the layout of the road along N 34th St from Fremont Ave N to Stone Way N. The work will take place overnight and will involve the removal of existing road …
Art in Bloom Is Back
Wallingford neighbor Bridget Culligan writes to say that Art in Bloom, a local garden art and studio tour turned, this year due to Covid, to yard tour, is back for its seventh year. Bridget is also a featured artist and studio owner.
Dates: April 24-25, 2021 Time: 10am to 5pmThis year’s tour will showcase more than 25 artists at eight studios (see map at bottom):
Bridget Culligan’s Studio (1) 5419 Kensington Pl N, 206-214-5489 glass (Bridget Culligan), ceramics (Caitlin Sullivan), mosaics (Majken Ryherd) Karen Seymour’s Studio (2) 5415 Greenwood Ave N, 206-525-1577 glass (Karen Seymour), glass (Andi…Wallyhood: Another New Beginning
You may have seen a few posts trickling out here at Wallyhood like flowers popping up in the Spring. Yes, after a long 2020 and a long winter, we are trying to emerge from our hibernation. A reopening is afoot!
As with so many organizations, COVID-19 dealt a blow to us, as stay-at-home orders and closed schools placed new burdens on many of us. I tried to keep the lights on throughout 2020, but it was never my wish to run this blog by myself. I thought I was saying goodbye in this post, and Jordan followed up with his …
What Happened to Wallyhood?
COVID-19, with its attendant school closures and stay-at-home orders, has had a dramatic effect on all of our lives. Some people have way more time on their hands than ever before; some have way less. Here at Wallyhood, we’ve struggled to keep going. Ben furloughed himself several months ago; Jordan, the founder of Wallyhood, has moved away, though he continues to be in touch now and then. Katy is contributing when possible.
I’ve tried to maintain a minimal level of service to you, our readers, since March by answering email, publishing the few stories that came in from our writers, …