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…
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,…
Last September, Jordan reported a house theft on 43rd, between Wallingford and Burke, and we have good news: a new and improved house has replaced the missing one! If you look at the comments from last year's post, you can read responses from both the architect and the owner, as well as kerrizor's promise to, upon completion of the house, leave a jar of jam at the front door. Can we have confirmation that this did, in fact, happen?…
Pop-Ups for Humans So there I was, sitting in my home-made booth at Wallingford’s first business expo, Cheers to Wallingford. At last, an interested couple approaches my space! “Ah, so you’re the one responsible for all of those horrid pop-ups!” “P-pop-ups?” I stammered, not quite tracking their criticism. “You know, turning our neighborhood of charming single-story bungalows to monstrous mega-mansions!” Gosh, I prefer to think of my work as improving the hood, not destroying it. But the couple did raise an…
Here's a look at what's happening at the Stoneway Village construction site, plus a call to artists interested in making metal sculptures and signage: The last of the excavation and shoring work at the south end of the project is being completed. The major work that is currently happening is the contraction of the concrete slabs. The onsite workers have enjoyed the visitors that routinely walk by the site and peer into fence to see the work that is going on. …
After living with an old, decrepit Safeway on Stone Way at N. 40th, followed by its demolition in 2006 and the festering pit left in its wake, it’s official: According to a spokesperson for Stoneway Village II, LLC, excavation will start next week for a new residential/retail building. We have a statement from one of the owners who provided us with some background behind the long wait and the details of the new building: The “pit” and the old store were…
The Wallingford Home Tour (canceled last September) has been rescheduled for Sunday, January 9th, 2011, from 11am-4pm. Tickets are $15 and children under 12 are free, and are now available for purchase at Tweedy & Popp Hardware (1815 N 45th St), Cutz Meridian Salon & Spa (4515 Meridian Ave N), and the Wallingford Neighborhood Office (2100 N 45th St. Behind Tully's) Never been on a home tour? Here's what you can expect: Once you purchase your tickets, you'll receive a map…