Architecture

Last Wallingford Walk: A Guided Architecture Tour

Come on out this Saturday (August 11) from 10:00am - 12:00PM, for the last Wallingford Walk of the season, featuring the neighborhood's classic architecture: Al Elliot, a local Wallingford expert on historic architecture, will be leading the walk. We’ll take a look at some of the classic commercial buildings along 45th as well as head down Wallingford Avenue for a look at period homes and architectural details. As Al is known for doing, he’s arranged for a tour of the interior…

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Stone34 gets a (deep) green light

On Monday, the City Council unanimously approved changes to the Living Building Pilot Project, creating another tier called the Seattle Deep Green Pilot Program, which allows Skanska's Stone34 project to move forward. Projects qualified under the new ordinance must meet sixty percent of the program's requirements, including the use of less than 25 percent of energy and water used by comparable buildings. According to the City Council's announcement, the new buildings must also capture at least 50 percent of stormwater used on…

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Alley Scraper

(Ed note: Back in May, we posted a letter from Shannon about a large house being built on a tiny lot up near 55th and Kensington. The letter served as a catalyst for like-minded neighbors finding each other, researching the house and the developer and gathering to take action. We asked Shannon to come back and let readers who didn't follow the comments on the initial letter know what's happened since. Below is her response.) After the initial posting in May…

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Neighbors rally at the new ‘Stone34’ site

Wallyhood reader Judy tells us that over 60 neighbors gathered on a drizzly Monday night to protest the new Skanska project in lower Wallingford, "Stone34". In an email she forwarded to us, the intent from the neighbors was to let the City Council know that they "want fair and sensible zoning laws" and "that it’s not appropriate to give special privileges to the developer Skanska, allowing them to build 20 feet over current zoning." On Monday, July 9, the City Council's land…

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Wallingford Home Design Awards

Have you remodeled your Wallingford home or added a backyard cottage? Then you'll want to consider submitting an entry to the Wallingford 2012 Home Design Awards. But hurry, because the deadline for submitting an application is this Friday (June 1). From the Wallingford Neighborhood Office: The Wallingford Home Design Awards Committee invites all Wallingford home owners to submit their new or renovated homes for consideration in the Wallingford Home Design Awards program. Recognition will be given to those designs which show special care…

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Stone34 Design Gets Approval

Updated Thursday, May 4, 4:25 PM with a quote from Hey, Skanska & Brooks, down in front! (see below for the quote). The Seattle Times reports that the city's Design Review Board has approved Skanska's current design proposal for Stone34. I haven't seen anything new on the Hey, Skanska & Brooks, down in front! Facebook page, but I did see the following update posted on the Stone34 page: The Design Review Board recommended approval of Stone34 and affirmed that the current design meets…

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Stone34 Design Review Meeting

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.

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