Homebound? Can't make it up to the shops on 45th Street but want to window shop? Never fear, the Internetz are here! Our friend Rusty has been working on a project, Real Places, for some years now that allows people to take Google Street View-like tours of the inside of buildings and such, and he's featured Wallingford's 45th Street early in its development. Click that link and take a stroll through Sock Monster, Fainting Goat, Not a Number and more. As…
Don't be thrown! Wallingfor Art Walk is the first Wednesday of the month, and even though it seems strange that Labor Day is still six days off, tomorrow is the first Wednesday of the month. So what all is going down this month? Seattle Bank (1227 N. Allen Place, across from Tutta Bella) will be showing Tracy Wallschlaeger's oil paintings: "She was the recipient of both The Morris Merit Scholarship and The Little Art Gallery Scholarship for her artistic and academic…
We reported on Friday that neighborhood was about to adopt a colorful turtle on an intersection close to Hamilton. Well, here's an update, along with some photos of the nearly completed project: When I left my house at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday morning, I passed a small group of neighbors armed with brooms to prep the intersection of 41st and Interlake for its transformation. By Sunday afternoon, I was amazed by the group’s progress: a graceful sea turtle with yellow eyes,…
It sounds like a children's story doesn't it? Maybe someday it will be, the touching story of two designs, painted on intersections in a little neighborhood called Wallingford. The Ladybug up at 49th and Burke is getting some company this weekend: a group of neighbors led by Bill Lindberg around Interlake Ave N and N 41st St will be painting a turtle designed by Rachel Marcotte in their intersection. The mural is funded in part by the city’s Department of Neighborhoods…
Wallingford-based artists Janusz Pozniak, Rachel Rader, Michelle Rak and Heather Kraft are opening up their studio this Saturday and Sunday for a sale. Their work includes glass, jewelry, accessories and the like. Some photos of their work in the flier at right, or stop by their studio at 4136 Meridian Ave N Saturday and Sunday, August 28th and 29th from 10 am - 7 pm to see it all life size.
Now that was fast! The 46th Street Mural will be dedicated on Friday, August 27th. In April, the City announced that the Fremont/Wallingford 46th Street Mural Project would be funded through the Small and Simple Projects Fund: This project will build community and improve the cityscape by constructing a lasting mural to brighten this underpass, used by thousands of cars and many pedestrians every day. It will create a neighborhood identification linking upper Fremont and Wallingford and deter crime and graffiti…
"First we look at the hills in the painting, Then we look at the painting in the hills." - Li Liweng, 17th century On 45th Street. I consider this street art. Some may call it graffiti. The badge says "Hello My Name Is Douchebag Californian". Near Paper Delights. Beneath the poster of Japanese manga warrior babe, the badge says "Hello My Name Is Oops I'm Sorry". Near Harold's Lighting. Tree shrine. Chalkboard reads "I want to make world peace. I want…