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Historic Wallingford virtual meeting on historic district Tuesday

Historic Wallingford is hosting a public meeting to discuss the development of a National Register of Historic Places residential historic district nomination and the use of historical census data. The meeting will be held at 7 pm on Tuesday, October 12, 2021, via Zoom. Join the meeting by registering at this link or by going to the Historic Wallingford website. The historic district effort builds on a 2019 feasibility study. It is led by a grassroots volunteer team guided by preservation consultants Northwest Vernacular. The purpose…

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Wallingford Clean-Up this Saturday

It’s time to clean up, Wallingford! Join the Wallingford Chamber, the Wallingford Boys & Girls Club, City Fruit, the Wallingford Center and your neighbors to clean up North 45th Street and nearby blocks. This year we'll be giving some love to the street trees on 45th. Meet at Wallingford Center Saturday, April 19, at 10 am. First we'll pick up garbage from the sidewalks and around the trees, then dig up grass and other weeds from the tree pits. All tools and gloves will be provided. Come early for coffee…

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Pizza, Gelato and Solar

My family often celebrates Friday with “pizza and game night,” ordering from our local Pagliacci at Stone and 40th. I’ve been watching the remodel of the store with curiosity, wondering if one day we could make use of the dining room – pizza being one of the few dining out experiences that consistently goes well with young kids. Last week, I noticed that solar panels had been installed on the roof, and I could no longer contain my enthusiasm. Luckily, marketing guru…

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Wallingford CVS Update

Jenny Brailey wrote to tell us she spoke with the CVS/Velmeir spokesperson today and this information comes from her as well as the local architect they hired: What CVS is now planning in Wallingford is to keep the existing building in place, remodel the inside and make improvements to the outside to ‘restore its grandeur.’ CVS/Velmeir is NOT interested in a multi-story building with housing on top. They say this is per the wishes of the property owner, who I’m told…

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CVS Development Meeting on Monday

Jenny Brailey writes: I want to update you on some progress on the CVS issue. As you may know, CVS plans to build suburban-style new stores not just in Wallingford but in Queen Anne and West Seattle too.  Those communities have similar concerns to ours. Good news first The good news is that CVS is now signaling it wants to do the right thing in our community by re-designing its building in Queen Anne, hiring a local architect, and incorporating input from…

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Design Review Meeting for 3801 Stone Way

Joe Hurley dropped us a line to let us know that there's a design review meeting on Monday, August 19 for a new apartment complex at 3801 Stone Way N. Plans call for a "5-story structure containing 281 residential units above 9,956 sq. ft. of commercial and 4 live-work units in an environmentally critical area. Parking for 268 vehicles to be provided below grade. Project includes 27,778 cu. yds. of grading. Existing structures to be demolished." You can view the entire…

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Design Review Recap

Many thanks to Kristen, et al, who attended the Tully's/Moon Temple Lot Design Review meeting on Monday night. Here's a recap from Kristen: I just returned to the meeting and it went amazingly well. I would guess there were 60-70 people there from the community, in a hot and stuffy room. The architects presented their designs (starting with an irrelevant presentation on the firm's background and previous projects: malls, giant hotels, stadiums), the board asked a few questions and then the…

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