Architecture

‘Stone34’ Next Design Review is March 19

There's been plenty of discussion about Skanska's "Stone34" project in our last post, How Pasta Translates into a "Run Happy" Future. In the comments, reader Abdul posted some of the information he gleaned from the Wallingford Community Council meeting on March 7, including the announcement of the project's next design review, on Monday, March 19: (Excerpted from Wallingford Neighborhood Association 3/8/12 Enews) Skanska presented an update on their “Stone 34″ Living Building project. Skanska has applied for Design Review related to development…

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How Pasta Translates into a ‘Run Happy’ Future

This post was written by Heather Snavely, a Wallingford resident and an employee of Brooks Sports, the running shoe company that will relocate to Wallingford once the 3400 Stone Way project is complete. Heather has lived in Wallingford since 2007 and has worked at Brooks since March 2011, and she asked if we could post her point-of-view about the Brooks relocation and the 3400 Stone Way project. Several years ago, Cantinetta Italian restaurant opened in an unexpected place: the highly residential corner…

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Updated 411 on the 4111

(Updated: 12/26 9:20 am: I misread the order of things and got "newer" and "older" designs reversed. Corrected flow and opinions on same below.) There was quite a bit of conversation a week ago about the 4111 Stone Way development project, and whether the building design was a "fit" for the neighborhood. One sharp-eyed reader pointed out that older drawings of the building provided in the Early Design Guidance document available on the City of Seattle web site shows a much…

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‘Stoneway Village’ gets a new name

Here's an update from the developers of Stoneway Village, including some new photos, and a new name: It’s been a while since our last update and a lot has progressed since then, the building is now framed, the roof is on, brick work is almost finished, the plumbing and electrical rough-ins are about half way through, and pre-drywall and elevator work has started! Whew! We worked hard through the summer and had minimal rain through the fall which really helped get the…

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Have you spotted this house?

If you've been on Latona at NE 40th in the last week or so, chances are you've probably seen this house and wondered what in the heck was up with the spots. Well, we learned that Green Canopy is the company behind the playful polka-dots. The Fremont-based company buys dilapidated homes throughout Seattle and renovates them using sustainable materials and by making them energy-efficient. This 1924 house, which they've dubbed "Keaton" after Buster Keaton, will lose its spots by Friday so that the construction crew can put…

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Wallingford Home Tour This Sunday

The 11th Annual Wallingford Home Tour is this Sunday, October 2, from 11am - 4pm. Tickets are $15 per person and children under 12 are free. You can buy your tickets now over at Tweedy & Popp (1815 N 45th St) today through Saturday, from 8am - 8pm, and on Sunday beginning at 9am; or, buy them at the Wallingford Neighborhood Office (2100 N 45th St. Behind Tully’s) Tuesday - Friday, from 10am-3pm, and on Sunday during the event. Never been? It's super…

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Help put the ‘home’ in Wallingford Home Tour

We're just about a month away from the 9th annual Wallingford Home Tour and the Wallingford Neighborhood Office is still looking for homeowners to add their homes to the tour. The Home Tour is scheduled for Sunday, October 2, from 11am - 4pm and the proceeds support the Wallingford Neighborhood office. Hopefully the WNO won't run into the same problems as last year, when they had to cancel the Home Tour due to lack of homeowner participation. The good news, though,…

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