The building planned at the site of Wallingford’s only field of fenced-off wildflowers, where the storied Guild 45th Theatre once stood, has undergone its final design review.

On October 21, the Seattle Design Review Board met with architects from Clark | Barnes who presented their final draft for the currently unnamed multi-family building at 2115 North 45th Street. This online meeting was a follow-up to an initial design review in February, where the architects presented three designs, none remarkable, but one solidly preferred over the other two. A few recommendations were made by the board to this preferred design and …

[Editor’s note: The author is a neighbor who attended the November 20 meeting. Readers are invited to share their thoughts either in the comments below or by emailing us at Wallyhood about submitting their own article.]

There was a strong turnout at last week’s hearing on the future of Wallingford playfield. Both sides spoke well; the problem was no one was listening. Side A’s supporters burst in to wild applause while Side B sat arms folded in stony silence. When Side B spoke, the favor was returned.

A missed opportunity for sure but not surprising given the “don’t give an …

All events are at, or meet up at the Wallingford Community Center – 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N. Ste 140, Seattle WA  98103.

FYI We will be closed Thanksgiving, the 28th and Friday the 29th.

WCSC Book Club
Tuesday, December 3
1:00 to 2:00 pm

The Book Club pick for December is Breath the New Science of a Lost Art by Simon Nestor.  It’s a New York Times bestseller, a Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2020 and it was named a Best Book of 2020 by NPR. Free.

 

 

Cinema Termite presents: Meet Me in St Louis
Wednesday, December 4
1:30 …

From the Wallyhood Crime Desk…

The recent report on apparently random gun violence here in Wallingford (and I consider neighborhood discharges to be gun violence whether they hit anything or not) led me to consider crime in our area. The editors here at Wallyhood suggested a story idea to our stable of writers on crime near Gasworks Park, as we’ve noted an infrequent, but fairly steady, reporting of primarily property crime (break-ins and thefts) around that location. But what about for the neighborhood as a whole? How do we compare to the rest of the city?

First of all: comparing …

As the holiday season gets into full swing, Wallyhood would like to let the community know about Dance Fremont’s Silent Auction.    The following was provided by Una Ludviksen, Dance Fremont’s Communications and Marketing.

Welcome to Dance Fremont’s First-Ever Steadfast Silent Auction!
November 11 – December 14. Join us in making high-quality dance education accessible to everyone! Dance Fremont has been dedicated to empowering youth and adults through ballet and modern dance since 1996. With your support in this auction, we can continue our mission to provide inclusive dance training that breaks down financial barriers and opens doors for dancers of …

The budget challenges facing Seattle Public Schools are widely recognized, but here in Wallingford, the implications hit particularly close to home — for my family and for many others at John Stanford School, which is not scheduled for closure, but still rumored to be considered for significant change. Students have been bracing for impact as the district initially proposed, then reversed, plans to close 21 schools, ultimately narrowing it down to a potential four “under-enrolled schools” (and leaving the wildly underfunded budget issues still largely unsolved). The plan is a revised version of the earlier proposal, which was canceled after …

Here is an update from the project manager, Paige McGehee, for the Seattle Public Schools search for a site for an athletic field for school athletic use.  Note the meeting scheduled for this coming Wednesday, the 20^th, has been moved from the Lincoln Library to the Commons inside Hamilton International Middle School.

Dear Community Member,

Thank you for your continued interest and engagement around the location for a new synthetic turf field for Lincoln High School students.

In advance of our next community meeting on November 20, here is an update on what we’ll be discussing:

A revised …