Our preference here at Wallyhood would be to permanently close down the crime desk. But unfortunately, the reality is what it is. The Seattle Times reports that a woman was murdered at a motel in Wallingford on Aurora Avenue early on Friday morning. From the SPD report: At 12:46 a.m., police responded to a motel in the 4400 block of Aurora Avenue North for reports that a woman had been shot. Officers arrived and found a 33-year-old woman with a gunshot…
After years of decline, speculation, and tagging; and weeks of neighborhood wondering what’s next with that big backhoe out in front, demolition of the old Guild 45th theaters has begun. I went up to have a look this morning in the hope that I might catch the work crew in action to see if they would provide any clues as to what comes next for the site, but no one was around. We at Wallyhood have long been curious about what…
Here at Wallyhood, we (especially the relative newbies) have learned that there are certain topics that elicit visceral community reaction. Bike lanes, for example. Homeless encampments. Local implementation of the urban village concept. Outdoor cats, songbirds, and coyotes. The recent and upcoming changes to the Green Lake outer loop seem to fall into this category. For those of you who do not receive updates from the city directly, here is a summary with links. Please feel free to vent in the…
With YoYo & CoCo now gracing 45th Street with taro frappes and frozen yogurt cubes, Wallingford is asserting itself as the frozen treats district of Seattle. Even as someone with no sweet tooth and a lactose-intolerant spouse, I still find this claim-to-fame far more exciting than the direction we are threatening to head of becoming the unofficial smoke shop district of Seattle, but that is a topic for another story... Today's 90 degree weather served as ample excuse to ruin my…
After a mid-summer closure to remodel, Yoroshiku will have a soft open today, August 17th as a ramen bar specializing in Ramen, Tsukemen, Zangi (Japanese Fried Chicken), and a few other fan favorite dishes.
The simple truth is that when it comes to non-profit service organizations in Wallingford, it is the volunteers that make it happen. None of these organizations collect enough money to let them just hire staff to provide the services that are so badly needed in our community. Today’s post continues a series of interviews with volunteers who make up the strong right arm of Wallingford service organizations. Jeremy Mason – Boy Scouts Jeremy learned the advantages of being a community volunteer…
Continuing on with our Dog Days of Summer Series (a title I just made up)…today we reminisce about the storied old Food Giant that operated where the Wallingford QFC is currently located. Someone posted a couple of old black and white pics of the previous incarnation over on Facebook, which led me to think back on the dingy but beloved Food Giant grocery store that served most of the neighborhood (and I say “most”, because remember? We used to have a…