The city announced that the reconfiguration of N Northlake Way at Stone Way N now has a contractor and will get built this this fall. It's a project I worked on with the WCC last year, so I have some attachment to it. It seemed like a straight win-win to us all. From the City: This project will construct the following changes at this intersection: A new sidewalk on the west side of Stone Way N, south of N 34th Street…
Jeff from Bedrooms and More says: It has been a long time coming. Five years and now we break ground. We will be having a ceremonial groundbreaking on Sunday, June 28th with the official bulldozing starting on the 29th. Construction will pose challenges, both for us and neighbors. We will attempt, to our best ability, to make everything go as smoothly as possible but there may be inconveniences. Our plan is to have a building that all of Wallingford can be…
Friday through Sunday is the Fremont Solstice Fair (Friday is just main stage music). The parade starts at 3 on Saturday, which means that being down at Stone and Northlake Way at 4 is a good solution for seeing the good stuff. If you come at 3, expect to be watching naked bikers for over an hour (it does get old). Beyond that, a few things jump out: There's a dog parade on Sunday starting at 2:30 plus you can take your dog…
The elections this fall represent a complete turn over for our local leadership. Not only is Seattle City Council moving to a district election process, but our long time Seattle School Board representative Sherry Carr is leaving and will be replaced by a new face. My understanding is that the school board's role is to be like the board of a company- it chooses the superintendent, helps them set priorities and policy, then evaluates the superintendent and chooses whether to keep them…
The Move Seattle Levy will request $277 per year from a typical homeowner, and that's only 1/4th of SDOT's funding and doesn't even include Sound Transit. In other words, about $2000 of your annual rent or your annual property tax bill is going to pay for congestion relief, primarily trains and buses (non-motorized transportation has less than 1/10th the level of expenditure, and WSDOT is funded through the gas tax). Do we really want to fund our transportation systems by making housing affordability…
Wallingford neighbors and friends are invited to dine in community on Saturday, June 20th from 6-8:30 PM and experience "A Night in Spain Paella Dinner!" Wallingford Community Senior Center hosts an evening of Spanish delights featuring a delicious, authentic meal of tapas, sangria, seafood paella, and sorbet de champan, followed by a ravishing performance by Flamenco Luz. $20/person, tickets available at Wallingford Community Senior Center (4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Suite 140), via phone 206-461-7825 or online here: anightinspain.brownpapertickets.com Proceeds from this…
The announcement from the city: The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture and Seattle Parks and Recreation are celebrating the reopening of Kite Hill at Gas Works Park. On Monday, June 15 at 5:30 p.m. there will be a short ceremony honoring the architecture of Gas Works Park and the artwork Sundial. Designed by renowned landscape architect Rich Haag, Gas Works Park is a unique reclamation of industrial land as a public park. Haag will share his experiences designing the park and…