Wallingford, Seattle

An Ask to GiveBIG on Tuesday

A message from Kathleen Cromp, Wallingford Community Senior Center & Jake Weber, FamilyWorks Family Resource Center & Food Bank: Something Big on Tuesday – Rally Cry for Wallyhood Champions! This Tuesday May 5th GiveBIG returns for year 5! This 24 hour on-line giving event, hosted by Seattle Foundation, is a catalyst for extraordinary giving across the region. Donations on this day will lend a boost to nearly 1700 local nonprofits that are the bedrock of our vibrant community. Seattle Foundation’s Tony Mestres says,…

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The Party in Wallingford is Just Getting Started

Wallingford was crazy today with opening day and the pretty weather and free comics and the plant sale, and apparently the party's just getting started. Brady offered us this hot tip: I was driving by the Puffin Glass space today (321 NE 45th) and saw people in there working. I stopped in to ask them what was up. They are working on the tenant improvements and will be ready to open in 2 weeks. They aren't associated with Puffin Glass, but will…

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Read more about the article Move Levy Investments Don’t Fit Safety Data

Move Levy Investments Don’t Fit Safety Data

Wallyhood requested safety data for Green Lake Way N and N 50th because the Move Levy targets those streets for a cycle track. We also requested safety data for 45th street because SDOT is not investing in connecting Wallingford to the U-District. Here's the safety data from Brian Dougherty at SDOT (thanks Brian!): As you can see, Green Lake Way and N 50th pose very little danger to people on bikes or pedestrians. I know this first hand as I bike those roads daily.…

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Read more about the article Wallyhood Calendar: Plants, Performances, & Tweenagers
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Wallyhood Calendar: Plants, Performances, & Tweenagers

The Meaningful Movies features PRIDE today at 7 PM. The movie features striking mineworkers and gay activists working together to fight the erstwhile scourge that was Margaret Thatcher. The Tilth Edible Plant Sale is this weekend at the Good Shepherd Center from 9 AM to 3 PM each day, or you can pay to go early on Friday from 5 to 7 PM and have your pick of the plants, or you can be cheap and go at the end of the day…

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Pesticides at the Parks

Last week, after reading this piece about Wallingford's sewage ending up in Lake Union and the new incentive program for building rain gardens, I contacted the RainWise program through the City of Seattle. My children attend school in the Lincoln High building, which I learned is eligible for the rain garden program due to its proximity to Stone Way N. So, imagine my surprise when I walked past this a few days later: This sign was posted in the shrubbery that…

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Read more about the article Kitaro News Flash: It’s Still a Burned Out Shell

Kitaro News Flash: It’s Still a Burned Out Shell

People keep asking about Kitaro, so I poked my head into Falcone's dentistry office and then Molly Moons ice cream emporium, but neither had any insights. I think they have gotten used to the presence, like some wreckage from the great cavity war that they'd rather not dwell on. If I was a better reporter I'd go back to DPD and do some hard core investigative reporting, but I'm not so I'm hoping someone has some info that they'll pass on…

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Read more about the article Wallingford, Seattle and Earthquakes

Wallingford, Seattle and Earthquakes

Like Nepal, and unlike California, we live in a tectonic plate crumple zone. Here are 3 maps that zoom into our neighborhood, showing the risks. At a broad level, California and Oregon are shoving us into Canada: That crumple action means you can expect one of 3 types of earthquakes here. The most frequent and least serious type are like the 2001 Nisqually quake- deep underground with movement that will knock over brick chimneys, topple TV's, and maybe collapse aging viaducts or…

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