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Read more about the article Building Plan for Vacant Bartell’s Wallingford Site

Building Plan for Vacant Bartell’s Wallingford Site

The property at 1820 N 45th Street is a highly visible, prominent location within the Wallingford neighborhood. The building was constructed in 1922, and for decades it housed a drugstore. It was Bartell Drug, then for several years, Serve-U Drug, then back to Bartell’s. Rite Aid purchased Bartell Drug in 2020, which was unfortunately followed by the death spiral to bankruptcy filings and abandonment by Rite Aid in 2024. Bartell Drug had sold the building to Gillen Hall Lake East LLC…

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Stone Way Rising: The evo corner

The following story comes to us from Aly at Fremont Neighbor. Photo by Alyson Teeter Welcome back! The previous installments felt too hefty so we’re going to cut this one to a half block of Stone Way. If the west side of the 3500 block felt like a greatest-hits mix of fish and chips, beer, and chocolate, the east side is where Stone Way’s modern era really shows itself. The buildings here are newer but the block’s story starts with old…

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Read more about the article Historic Wallingford virtual meeting on historic district Tuesday

Historic Wallingford virtual meeting on historic district Tuesday

Historic Wallingford is hosting a public meeting to discuss the development of a National Register of Historic Places residential historic district nomination and the use of historical census data. The meeting will be held at 7 pm on Tuesday, October 12, 2021, via Zoom. Join the meeting by registering at this link or by going to the Historic Wallingford website. The historic district effort builds on a 2019 feasibility study. It is led by a grassroots volunteer team guided by preservation consultants Northwest Vernacular. The purpose…

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Read more about the article Wallingford Real Estate Update

Wallingford Real Estate Update

(Wallyhood sponsor and local realtor Kris Murphy provided this summary of real estate activity in our neighborhood)  Home prices have increased a whopping 12.3 percent from a median sales price of $512,000 in 2012  to $575,000 in 2013.  Homes sold faster (12 days less between 2012 – 2013), and often in multiple offers. Sales prices in 2013 were on average 2.86% higher than list prices as opposed to 2012 where sales prices came in 1.54% lower than list price.   As real estate…

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Sponsored Post: Now Is The Time To Sell

[Disclaimer: The following is a sponsored post, written by realtors Kris Murphy and Daniela Dombrowski.] We're sure you've heard about the hot market, low inventory, and multiple offers in the real estate market, but what does that actually mean? Taking into account all sales in Wallingford and Greenlake (south of N 80th St.) in the last 60 days, 47 single family homes (excluding townhomes) have sold for an average price of $690,000. The average sales price was approximately 4% over list price…

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The straight skinny about the big white house

Wallyhood correction: the address of the big white house on Wallingford Avenue is 3519, not 3522. I know this well because I lived there for nearly ten years. Also, the house was not sold in 2000, because its second floor occupant, Dr. Joseph Scardapane, proudly owned it from a few years before I moved in in 1975 until he sold it last year, 2012. He also purchased the small house to the south, because he did not want an “ugly modern…

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House no more

For more information about this house, see our latest post: The Straight Skinny About the Big White House. David wrote to tell us that the big white house in lower Wallingford (3519 Wallingford Avenue N.) has been demolished: Lots of changes going on in lower Wallingford.  I came home today to find the big house (I think actually a triplex) at 35th and Wallingford demolished!  Always stood out to me as such a big residence with a nice view.  Nothing but…

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