Where I-5 cuts low through Wallingford Hill between NE 45th and NE 50th is the easiest place in town to cover with a lid. A lid will reduce freeway noise and pollution and provide 14 acres of new open space. With the enormous increase in housing in the University District, this can be the open space that fills a growing need.

Lids over freeways are not new. One of the first was Freeway Park in downtown Seattle. Several others cover parts of I-90 and WA 520. Across the country some magnificent parks have been built that reconnect neighborhoods. The picture …

Wallingford Community Senior Center would like to welcome the greater community to a couple special November events.

Writing Poetry Without Rhyme: Poetry for All Occasions

This four week workshop meets:

Mondays: 2:00 to 3:30 pm

11/06/23, 11/13/23. 11/20/23 and 11/27/23

This class will offer ideas and techniques for writing free verse poetry, poems without rhyme at the ends of the lines. Absolutely no previous experience writing poetry is needed. Experienced writers are very welcomed, too. Each class will offer new poetry writing ideas.
The facilitator, Shelley Tucker has a Ph.D. in Writing Education and four books in print on writing …

The Wallingford Community Council monthly meeting is this Wednesday evening.  Come and learn about what is happening in Wallingford and see where you might be interested in participating and volunteering. Monthly Meeting Wednesday November 1, 2023, 7 PM

Location: Room 202 of the Good Shepherd Center, 4659 Sunnyside Ave N.

Agenda: Welcome and Call to Order Guests: Scott Lien /Kamiak and Weinstein AU will present an update on their 6-story, 105-unit apartment building at 4318 Stone Way North.  The project will include space for restaurant & retail and also include parking for about 60 vehicles. Councilmember Alex Pedersen or Toby…

Tuesday, November 7, is an election day. Among the offices up for grabs is the District 4 city council seat being vacated by Alex Pedersen. District 4 encompasses part of Wallingford, the University District and areas north of the U District including Roosevelt and Wedgewood. Surviving the primary and heading now into the general election are two candidates: Ron Davis and Maritza Rivera.

So, get out and vote! But before you vote, inform yourself. The Wallyhood editors got together and came up with a list of questions for the candidates. Accessible below is the full text of their responses with …

Think you know princesses? Think again! Woodland Park Players’ production of Disenchanted delivers comic relief in a hilariously subversive, not-for-the-kiddies hit musical running Nov. 3-5, 2023.

Nominated for “Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical” (Outer Critics Circle Awards) and “Best New Off-Broadway musical” (Off Broadway Alliance), this musical is anything but Grimm. Disenchanted features a multi-cultural cast of 15 women to play these royal renegades, spanning five decades from ages 20-to-60-something. Woodland Park Players really puts the “community” in community theater, drawing on the talent of local residents from Phinney Ridge, Ballard, Greenwood and Green Lake—and of course Wallingford!

Woodland Park Players funnels …

During the month of November, Seattle Utilities will accept up to ten extra bags of yard waste from current customers. This is only for yard waste, discarded food items must still fit inside your bin. So after you have raked your leaves and let your dog or child jump in them a few times, you have the option to use your fallen leaves as compost in your garden or put out extra yard waste bags for the city to collect. But whatever you decide, please help keep fall leaves out of drains to reduce the risk of flooding. Because clearing …

In the blink of an eye summer is over and we have hurtled into fall full force. School is back in session, the air is chilly, and ghosts, goblins, and gourds are popping up everywhere!

How you partake in spooky season in Wallingford might depend on your age… Or not! Because age is arbitrary, right?

One of my personal favorite Halloween activities in our ‘hood is the family-friendly Haunted Alley up in Tangletown. This impressively thought-out charity event is put on by local highschoolers and a volunteer group with entertainment, activities, and spectacles in an immersive experience. There’s a little …