Wallingford, Seattle

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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Read more about the article Pesticides at the Parks

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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Read more about the article Updating Play Equipment at John Stanford School

Updating Play Equipment at John Stanford School

Lucie Campbell and Greg Lewis wrote the following in the hope you can help them with a new playground at JSIS as part of the neighborhood matching fund process: The south Wallyhood playground at JSIS serves 460 children every day and also is a popular playground for the surrounding neighborhood. Community members and parents are kicking off a project to replace the nearly 20-year-old play equipment. Just for fun we wanted to share a few "old" photos from the playground - maybe you remember…

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Read more about the article Wallyhood Sunday Funnies: 50th and Green Lake Way

Wallyhood Sunday Funnies: 50th and Green Lake Way

Remember "You Draw It" from the Sunday funnies? Well, now you can have that kind of fun again with Move Levy plans! Below are 2 pictures of the intersection of 50th, Stone Way, and Green Lake Way- one showing the way it works today, then a second with Cycle Tracks ready for you to design. You get to design 5 turning movements working in concert for cars and bikes: Below is the You Draw It version with cycle track entry points added. You can change any of…

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