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Move Levy: No Moving From Wallingford to the U-District

The U-District light rail station at 43rd and Brooklyn will be finished in 2021. In the next 9 years, 45th through Wallingford will be redeveloped with 40 and 65 foot condos with bike-only parking, and the U-District is already springing up with bike-centered towers as part of the light rail rezone. Despite this, the Move Levy makes no effort at all to help people biking or walking between Wallingford and the U-District. The plan gets locked in 1 month, then commits us to that decision for…

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Read more about the article Elementary Open Enrollment at Seattle Public Schools

Elementary Open Enrollment at Seattle Public Schools

Wallingford is fortunate to have some excellent public elementary schools, although they are unfortunately fractured in their attendance areas. Just last year the decision was made to make both John Stanford and McDonald school "option schools", meaning nobody in Wallingford is guaranteed entrance. There's a complicated lottery system that assigns a certain number of slots to students in the walk zone and then to other buckets as well, so nobody is guaranteed a slot. The primary reason Sherry Carr (our school board…

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Waning Moon

If you don't have your New Year's plans locked in, you may want to set aside some time for a visit to a Wallingford tradition that is soon to end. Shana Kelly writes: It’s official, The Moon Temple is closing its doors. January 9, 2014 is the last day Johnny Chen will be slinging drinks for his loyal patrons.  The new property owners, Velmeir Companies, will begin demolition to make way for a CVS, the 3rd drugstore in two block radius,…

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Tattoo U

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45th Street has another mural to add to its copious collection (including one on the sides of the Blue Star, Bottleworks, old Tully's, Kabul, Seattle Stained Glass, Emerald City Spirits, Golden Oldies and Frame Central). The side of Slave to the Needle is sporting this beauty as of last week:

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Meaningful Movies: Bidder 70

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We've posted here a few times about "Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies". Rick Turner, the event's organizer, sent along this explanation of what it's all about (and don't miss the bit at the end, with info about tonight's movie): Wallingford’s Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies is a Wallingford documentary film-buff mainstay.  It’s been presenting free documentary films, and hosting discussions after the films for over 11 years now.  Somewhere between 50 and 150 people gather each Friday evening…

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Missing Drone

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In what I foresee will not be the first letter of this kind, Cameron writes: This drone crash landed in my yard today, filming  with a GoPro camera that was attached to it.  Kind of creepy. Anyway, after leaving it there for an hour no one came and picked it up so I’ve put it in a safe place.  I assume it’s someone’s toy, and I’d be happy to reunite it with the rightful owner.  –Conditional on a promise that they…

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Flower Crime

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In one of the most surprising twists to a comment thread, we had a lively discussion on the All Crime, All The Time post yesterday about baby stroller quality and prices. Also, Chris and Erica sent in this: Last night someone stole a flowerpot from our front steps on 56th Street between 1st Ave. N. and Kensington Pl.  It is not very valuable, but it is handmade and we really liked it. It is a medium-sized (12" wide?) concrete pot covered with gray…

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