Wallingford, Seattle

On Thursday, September 13, at 7 p.m. there will be a public meeting on reducing noise from I-5, co-sponsored by the Eastlake Community Council, Wallingford Community Council, and Portage Bay/Roanoke Park Community Council. The meeting will take place at Pocock Rowing Center (3320 Fuhrman Ave E.).  Rep. Frank Chopp, Rep. Pedersen, Rep. Clibborn, a staff person for Senator Murray, and WSDOT representatives will be in attendance.  This is an opportunity for the community to ask about plans for completing I-5 noise…

If you see a group of people sprinting up the street, a map in hand, you may say to yourself: "what is a map?" Ah yes, gather the young ones around and we shall tell tale of the way things once were, in a time before GPS, when people found their route with a paper-based contraption known as a "map". Need to zoom in on an area? Just double-tap and say "here, I'm talking about here". The reader only need lean…

It's that time of year again: the Wallingford Orchards are hanging heavy and sweet with fruit: plump plums, crunchy apples, badonka donk pears, all within reach. But should you reach for them? Therein lies the conundrum: is fruit that grows from a tree planted by a private citizen but hanging over a city-owned sidewalk community property or private property? Are the property rights of a plum derived from its roots or its airspace? What about fruit growing from a tree planted…