Back in January, I mentioned that we're always open arms to folks from the neighborhood who would like to contribute stories to this neighborhood news and community site. If you'd like to come talk about it with us, we'll be at the Blue Star (4512 Stone Way N) tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb 7th, starting at 6:30 pm in the back room. Come by, have a drink on me, meet the editors and share your ideas for stories, plus get a glimpse of…
On Sunday, February 11 at 11:30 a.m., Holocaust survivor Steve Adler will be speaking at the Wallingford United Methodist Church (2115 N 42nd St), and the public is welcome: “Justice is, for me, the crucial issue, the fulcrum about which my story turns. It is the issue that connects my account of Germany to today’s realities." -Steve Adler This special program features Holocaust survivor Steve Adler telling his personal story of survival. Steve was born in Berlin, Germany in 1930 to…
With Seattle housing conditions in full-on crisis mode, single-family neighborhoods have become a central flashpoint. How do we increase density? How do we respect neighborhood character? This debate is raging in Wallingford as we speak; the deluge of competing red pro-HALA, and orange anti-HALA yard signs make that abundantly clear. With the housing crisis at the forefront of both city and neighborhood politics, it is important to examine the terms we use to describe and debate. Specifically, I am interested in…
I spoke to someone from the city at Tuesday's city-wide open house on MHA at Hamilton Middle School on Tuesday night about Nickelsville, which was originally scheduled to move to Wallingford in November. I was told that the move has been delayed while Seattle City Light, the property owner, worked through some issues, but they turned off the gas on the property earlier this week and plan to begin demolition of the existing structure in anticipation of Nickelsville's move tomorrow, Friday,…
While much has changed in our neighborhood in the past decade and a half, one constant has been Meaningful Movies. (Well, okay, there’s Dick’s also!) James Little was kind enough to write and let us know about an important anniversary coming up for MM, and he provides this interesting little history: Meaningful Movies in Wallingford will celebrate their fifteenth anniversary at the Friday, 2 Feb 2018 screening of the documentary, “War on the EPA,” followed by a panel discussion with former…
Found this gem of an event on the Seattle Burning Man Facebook page. Set your alarm for early! Please join us in Gas Works park in Seattle on Wednesday, January 31st, 2018 at 4:45 AM to sing Total Eclipse of the Heart karaoke style for the 76 minutes that the eclipse is, in fact, total. Note that this edition is not in Cal Anderson park largely because of Gentrification. Future editions of the Total Eclipse of the Heart singalong that occur…
As I reported in November, the City has released the "Preferred Alternative" maps for proposed zoning changes under HALA (if you don't know what HALA is, you can find out more here). What I did not have in my hands when writing about the Preferred Alternative maps the first time, was the figures for just how much new development Wallingford could expect under these proposed zoning changes. As you can see in the document linked below, Wallingford is targeted for a…