Wallingford, Seattle

Hamilton Construction Update

A few months back, a Wallyhood reader had commented on the use of single-paned windows versus double-paned for the sake of energy efficiency at Hamilton.  I spoke with Michael Romero from Heery (the Hamilton construction manager) and he informed me that due to Landmark Commission guidelines regarding replacement windows, all of the original 1926 windows and panes were left intact, with the exception of those that were broken or cracked.  Each window was taken down, tagged, and sent to a window…

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We’re Talking Trash at the Community Council Tonight

Hope you can join us for the monthly Wallingford Community Council meeting this evening, 7:00-9:00 at the Good Shepherd Center.  This month’s agenda: 7:00 – Good Shepherd Advisory Board meeting report 7:15 – Wallingford Community Senior Center and Community Center Planning Update 7:30 – Featured Topic: Update on the North Recycling and Disposal Station – Representatives from Seattle Public Utilities and the Seattle Department of Planning and Development will be there to talk about current status and planned process for the…

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Wheelsmiths comes to Wallingford

The old Essential Bakery space won't be vacant long, according to Wallyhood tipster Ryan G: I spoke to the folks as Essential Baking, they said that a bicycle manufacturer is coming to town in place of the bakery.  Brooke at Speedy Reedy (great shop) confirmed that the founders of Wheelsmiths, the first spoke manufacturer in the United States is opening some sort of facility where the bakery used to be. Let us know if you know more, please.

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Wallymom – There’s a Monkey in my Soup!

Some of the basic staples of our family outing calendar are going to local book stores and hitting up live music shows. So guess how excited we were to hear that we can do both at once this Saturday at Alphabet Soup Books! This fabulous local children's bookstore is featuring a free live concert with Recess Monkey at 10am Saturday March 6th. The band will be performing all your favorites from the new Field Trip album plus all-time Monkey classics. The S0up will open early on…

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Fire at Rancho Bravo

Sounds like there was a conflagration at the Rancho Bravo Taco Truck today. At 7:42 pm tonight, Andrew sent us a tweet: There's a fire truck at Rancho Bravo. I saw 3 firemen on top of the new taco truck spraying fire extinguisher down the chimney. And BaconFriedRice posted this photo to Twitter of the action: We've dropped Freddy Rivas, the owner, a line to find out more and will let you know what we learn.

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SeattleCrime.com Stone Way 7-11 Stabbing Follow-up

Seattle Crime ran this very intriguing post today: Man Turns Himself In For Wallingford Stabbing, Isn't Arrested By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee Hours after police were called to the scene of a stabbing in Wallingford on February 23rd, a man walked in to the North Precinct, confessed to the crime, and handed over a knife, a police report says. Just before midnight, the man—accompanied by two other men—walked into the North Precinct and told the officer at the front desk he had been…

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Siblings Team Up to Help Family Business Hit 100-Year Mark

George Swanson Sr. never had the chance to attend high school, yet he built a family-operated Seattle shoe repair business that continues to thrive today—more than 80 years later. And, it’s still in the family. Swedish-born George Sr. left school as a kid to work in a shoe factory due to Sweden’s then famine-stricken economy. Later into his teens, he immigrated to the U.S., where he gained citizenship and was drafted into World War I—landing him in Fort Lewis, repairing military…

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