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Here’s an update on a Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) project that the Urbanist and Wallyhood described last October. The project, shown in greater detail below, would improve pedestrian safety and bicycle access along NE 45th between Wallingford and the newish light rail station in the U District. When we last reported on this in the fall, SDOT had dropped the project from its plans for transit improvement along the corridor, citing concerns about traffic and transit impacts, as well as…
Today we continue our series of interviews with volunteers who make up the strong right arm of Wallingford service organizations. Volunteers are a vital part of any non-profit organization’s operations. Never has this been more true than over the last two years. As COVID’s impact has left many in our community struggling to stay afloat, local non-profits have had to adapt and scale up their programming to meet the ever changing and increased need. Throughout the pandemic, volunteers have been on…
Tea tastings this Sunday at 1:00 pm and 2:30 pm Masks and vaccination proof are required, and attendees will be able to social distance In support of the Asian community in Seattle which has helped to make Young Tea possible, the proceeds of these two tastings will be donated to Kin On, a non-profit that helps Asian elders by providing healthcare solutions. Young Tea business owner posted on facebook: Hi community members of Wallingford, hope everyone is having a great start…
Wallingford resident and former business owner of Open Books (from 1987-2016), J.W. Marshall wrote to Wallyhood telling us that: "I happened to be walking by the Guild a little after 1 PM today and saw this happening and took these pictures with my phone. I intended to film it but failed. I don't know if this is just the end of that lovely, iconic sign or the end of the theater(s) altogether. I've owned a home and/or business in W'hood since…
The sadness our neighborhood feels today over the recent destruction of the iconic Guild sign conjures in me (by contrast), the celebration I felt when the abandoned theater was so cheerfully and cleverly painted last spring. Several months ago, I had the chance to talk with Paul Nunn, Project Lead at Urban ArtWorks and CreaturePanic, the artist who transformed the rundown site of the former Guild Theater into a PNW fantasy, using bright colors, provoking imagery and cheerful, squiggly Beso Bears.…
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any more depressing than Betty White not making it to her 100th…then today (4 January) this happened to the Guild 45th Theatre: The end, or more accurately, the latest low point in a long and steady decline for the Guild 45th since it closed “for renovation” in 2017, came unexpectedly for most of us in the neighborhood. While it had sat dark, forlorn, and tagged for quite some time, there was no advance (public)…