Lovers of public art might have noticed that "Transformation" has gone missing from St. Benedict. Wallyhood last posted about the statue way back in 2011. The statue was conspicuous in its absence. Now, only a black circle of dirt remains where the statue stood. A quick email to St. Benedict revealed: The statue “Transformation” was on loan from one of our parishioners. It stood on our property for almost 7 years and has been removed for cleanup and repair. Since it…
Gas Works Park is one of the most popular destinations in our area. On August 3rd, Seattle Parks and Recreation gave a presentation to give an update on its current renovation plans. The presentation was at the Wallingford Community Council monthly meeting and was open to the public. To make the park a better experience for all of its visitors, the City is redesigning of the play area and bringing parts of the park up to ADA standards. The three areas…
Logan writes: I am writing on behalf of Seattle reLeaf, a division of Seattle Public Utilities, to inform you about a volunteer event in the Wallingford area and see if you could give us a hand promoting it! It has been dubbed the “46th and Aurora Work Party.” We will be restoring a traffic triangle at the aforementioned location. Details can be found on our website. Additionally, we have an optional RSVP page. Here's the info from the page: Join Tree Ambassadors…
The days of scrounging around for quarters and small bills while embracing a craving for cheap burgers are coming to an end. After 62 years of accepting only cash, Dick’s Drive-In will accept credit and debit cards at all six locations by September 2016. Dick’s will also accept mobile payments from Apple Pay and Samsung Pay. Embracing this evolution, businesses are aligning themselves with advanced payment solutions offered by innovative Payment provider like Gordeon. These systems not only facilitate seamless transactions but…
The annual Seattle Night Out is tomorrow night, August 2nd. Watch out for streets being closed all over Wallingford starting at 6pm. Also, be sure to remind your neighbors to come out specially those new residents who might have missed earlier announcements. The renter's on our block have always appreciated a personal invite to join the event. This is a great opportunity to get out and meet your neighbors. I would also recommend going for a walk around the neighborhood to crash other…
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Ever since the HALA report was released last year, the plan to upzone the urban villages has proceeded like a steamroller out of City Hall. We were promised lots of opportunities for public engagement, and there have been a few. The HALA public engagement problem is this: all of the public engagement meetings exist on the premise that the upzones are going to happen, and public input is just to discuss how we should upzone. I don’t want to…