Category Archives: Wallingford, Seattle

Wallingford Bicycle Excursion – Gasworks Park to Montlake Playfield

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One of my favorite Wallingford excursions is taking the kids on the bike and going to Montlake Playfield. My route is almost all dedicated trail from my house and so I’m not too worried about the combination of cars and kids and bikes. My five-year old is hitched up to my bike on a Follow Me, and my two-year old rides on a co-pilot child seat.

Montlake Playfield is a hidden gem of a park. The climbing jungle gym is a step up from most parks. It’s high, and you’ll probably want to wait at the bottom of the slide …

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The Great Wallingford Wurst Festival – this Friday and Saturday!

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St Benedict Catholic School is carrying on the tradition of over 30 years of holding its annual fundraiser, The Great Wallingford Wurst Festival, this Friday & Saturday, September 16 & 17, 2016 – rain or shine!

The Wurst Festival is held on the school grounds (between 48th and 49th on Wallingford Ave.), and is a community, family-friendly street fair featuring live music, great food, bouncy houses, a “Game Zone” filled with games for kids with fun prizes, a variety of crafts and vendors, a book fair, a sweet shop and a beer garden.

Admission to the festival is …

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Celebrate Local Food & Urban Farming at Seattle Tilth’s Harvest Fair

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Seattle Tilth’s annual Harvest Fair can be described as a country fair in the city. It started as the only neighborhood farmers market back in the 1988, connecting city folks to the bounty of food from local farmers.

Today it brings together some of Seattle’s best qualities: tasty local food, live music, a bustling organic farmers market, urban farm activities and a chance to enjoy one of Seattle’s great parks in our own neighborhood with lush gardens managed by Seattle Tilth.

Co-presented with PCC Natural Markets, Harvest Fair is on Saturday, August 6, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at Meridian Park (4850 …

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Things heating up on N 34th Street

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Lower Wallingford is going through quite a change. As we reported in April, the new transfer station is slated to open some time in 2016. In fact, Wallyhood has been reporting on this since 2009. You can trace the development of this project just by looking at those old posts.

Now that I can actually see the space in person rather than on a map or drawing, I’m really impressed. It’s far beyond what I expected.

I think this new transfer station is an example of how the neighborhood community can both advocate for its preservation while also being a  …

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Another Look at the Proposed 2016 Housing Levy

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On May 2, 2016, I posted an article on the proposed 2016 housing levy expressing my concerns about the rationale used to determine the amount of the levy, which was double the expiring levy passed in 2009. The mayor’s proposal calls for $201 million vs. $104 million, which was the cost of the expiring 2009 levy. The proposed levy will only deliver 2,150 new units and 350 retrofitted units, which is less than the number of units delivered under the old levy (see table below). After discussions with Councilperson O’Brien and administrative aide of Councilperson Burgess, I still didn’t get…

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Tourist Helicopters Over Wallingford

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This is a guest post submitted by Kit Lewis, Wallingford resident of 27 years. 

Hey, what’s with all these helicopters lately?  Have you noticed?  Annoyingly loud, alarmingly low, and astonishingly frequent.

We Wallingford residents know that on the 4th of July, our skies will be abuzz with hovering helicopters jostling for position to get that perfect view of the Lake Union fireworks from above.  One day a year was what we used to expect.  But nowadays it’s very different.  There are choppers roaring loudly overhead all day long, every single day.  Today I counted 8 very-low-flying helicopters zooming directly over …

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Celebrate the original “Brexit” at Gas Works this Monday

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Unlike Brexit, things moved swiftly following the vote for Independence on July 2, 1776, formalized by the adoption of the Declaration of Independence just two days later. The Founding Fathers were so pleased with themselves that John Adams foretold of celebrations for generations to come that would include “Pomp and Parade…Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other”. But because Adams believed the holiday should be occur on July 2, he was known to turn down invitations to attend July 4 parties in protest. These were revolutionary folk, folks.

As America celebrates …

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