Wallingford, Seattle

Tully’s / Moon Temple to Be Demolished?

On July 15th, The Seattle Department of Planning and Development will be holding a design review meeting to consider a permit application to demolish the building at 2100 N. 45th St, presently housing a shuttered Tully's, Radiant Medspa and the Chinese restaurant / dive bar Moon Temple. The plan calls for the Velmeir Companies to build "a one story commercial structure with mezzanene [sic] , containing 11,076 sq ft. of retail and accessory spaces, with surface parking for 25 vehicles". Curbed notes that…

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Wallingford Family Parade & Festival

Make way for the Kiddie--ahem, excuse me--the Wallingford Family Parade and Festival, which kicks-off at 11:00am on Saturday, July 6. Now in it's 64th year, the parade is one of the longest running Seafair sanctioned community events. The snazzy new name and logo reflects Wallingford's "collective family" of neighbors, businesses, schools, and organizations. This year's theme is "Wild For Wallingford!" and while kiddies still play a big role in the parade, you'll see all sorts of participants, including an Asian Small-Clawed Otter…

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Seafair Summer Fourth at Gas Works Park

When it comes to the Fourth of July, Wallingford residents tend to fall into one of two camps: those who love the swarm of people converging on the neighborhood, and those who think the traffic, crowds, litter, and cars are an absolute nightmare. Personally, I love the neighborhood vibe on the Fourth but have never had the urge to venture south to Gas Works Park to catch a closer glimpse of the festivities. I'm fine with hanging out on the hill, mingling…

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TheLAB Brings Crossfit to Wallingford

While at Gasworks Park, I recently watched in amazement as an average-looking guy inverted himself and proceeded to do handstand push-ups. Several of them. Which I can tell you is 100% more than I could do without ending up in a neck brace. I suspect I might not be the only person in Wallingford whose muscles could use some beefing up. Which might be why theLAB Strength and Conditioning recently opened a new fitness studio at 36th and Interlake. TheLab owner Lindsey wrote:…

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Squatting on 40th

An anonymous reader writes:  I feel the neighborhood needs to be aware of the squatting and riff raff that is a happening at 110 NE 40th St.  The house has been vacant for sometime.  The drug addicts from University Ave have been squatting in the house.  The window on the front door has been broken so they can open the door.  The police have been out on multiple occasions and I spoke with them last night. The neighbors on [nearby house number redacted] may have some association…

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Hoot For The Hood

Woodland Park Zoo is hosting its annual "Hoot for the Hood" - a neighborhood appreciation night for folks who live in Wallingford, Fremont, Phinney Ridge, and Green Lake: The evening of Friday, June 28, 2013 the zoo invites neighbors to join an after-work mix and mingle. Chat with your neighbors, meet some new faces and hang out with a penguin or two! Then, explore the zoo’s new Bamboo Forest Reserve exhibit. Woodland Park Zoo encourages neighbors to bring their friends and…

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Wallingford development

Mary F. writes: Greetings - At the recent Good Shepherd meeting with AMLI (developers) and our community, it was very clear that AMLI has no intention of listening to our neighborhood concerns and actually showed much disregard to those suggestions prepared by the Department of Planning and Development.  Unless we want to have an ugly 5 story apartment building at 34th and Wallingford (blocking many city and lake views) and HUGE impact on safety, parking, and traffic in south wallingford, we MUST take…

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