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The new triangle construction at 45th and Midvale, with moniker LIV Wallingford (1240 N. Midvale), is about 2 months away from completion. The building is owned and developed by PAAR Development. The four story mixed-use building consists of three ground floor commercial spaces and 30 studio apartments. PAAR Development is advertising the new studio units as affordable and geared towards students/workforce. The studio units are very small with an average of 285 square feet.  By comparison, micro efficiencies (a.k.a. aPodments) are now required…

There have been multiple reports of smashed car windows and two reports of stolen vehicles in the middle of last night in the area of Latona/Thackeray/2nd between 42nd and 43rd. According to neighbors, the best estimate of the timing of the thefts and smashes (assuming they are related) was sometime between midnight and 2:30am. If anyone has any information that would be helpful to the folks who were affected, please leave it in the comments.

In a post on Facebook, Lisa Maves says: Went up to Wallingford Park tonight with my daughter. We saw this and it brought both of us to tears. 3 portables at Hamilton, presumably to house overflowing students this fall. And the basketball courts are gone. Presumably, these portable classrooms will be in place only until the new Eagle Staff Middle School is completed and opened in the fall of 2017. In a letter to Hamilton Middle School families, Principal Tip Blish writes;…

Every summer I wage war on the blackberry brambles fighting their way into my garden, and every year they come back for more. Now, thanks to this article on KUOW last week, I know who is to blame. Luther Burbank, an experimental gardener who lived at the end of the nineteenth century, was the first to cultivate and sell blackberries in the US. In 1894, he offered the berry in a special circular he sent buyers in mild climates. It was popular. By the…

The leaves may not be falling yet, but the last gasp of summer is upon us. If your kids are looking to get in one last splash before school starts, you'll need to head elsewhere—the Wallingford Playfield wading pool is now closed for the season. When asked to comment about the (seemingly) early closure of Wallingford's wading pool, Laurie Dunlap, of the Seattle Parks and Recreation office, had this to say: The wading pools that stay open through Labor Day are…

This is old news, but still worth a mention: you may have noticed that that Bettie Page mural on the side of a house facing I-5 just across from Wallingford was smeared with gray paint back in June. The vandals tagged it with the statement "Stop exploiting women’s bodies. - some feminists." Jessica Baxter (pictured), who lives there with her partner (and one of the artists behind the mural) Chris Brugos, replaced their words with the statement "Autonomous sexuality is empowerment. Telling a…

Recently, Frankie posted to the forums: Be careful. I have seen a number of young people, some of them with backpacks, some without, all with phones – wandering aimlessly around Wallingford. Some of them stop in front of houses, like they’re casing the joint, looking around and seemingly filming things. Very suspicious. I have also seen an uptick in children doing the same thing WITH PARENTS!, but in a weird, distant, zombie-like trance. Sometimes they will acknowledge each other as they pass…