Today's walk in the Wallingford neighborhood was very different from yesterday's walk in Haller Lake - there were sidewalks everywhere. I walked streets from N 45th to N 50th Street between Stone Way N and Thackeray Place N.

The Good Shepherd Center and Meridian Playground take up a fair amount of this area.

I took a little time to walk on the grounds and visited the Good Shepherd P-Patch.

Saint Benedict's Church and School cover acreage this area; Elim Baptist Church - not as much. The Waldorf School Kindergarten is here, as is a post office and Seattle Orthopedic Center.

Except for Stone Way and 45th Street, the majority of the housing was single family home but that appears to be changing with townhouses and multifamily dwellings replacing older homes. Some streets only allow parking on one side - I hope these new buildings are providing garages.
I passed a very tidy older development of brick townhouses.
45th is primarily a commercial street. It is home to the Wallingford Center (in the old Interlake School building), a rug store, a lamp store a shoe repair shop, a dry cleaners, a Golden Oldie shop, more shops, a QFC supermarket (with a parking lot), pubs and restaurants of all kinds (even a Dick's Drive-In). There are more eateries along Stone Way.
Molly Moon's Ice Cream shop had a sign in the window indicating that they were hiring and paying $21/hr for a seasonal scooper.

Further west on 45th, I spotted Seattle Pops - turns out they sell ice pops.

The Bartell's store had a sign indicating that the store was closing and everything was 10-60% off. Most items were closer to the 10% range.


This knockdown is just east of the Wallingford Center - wonder what will be built here.

I noticed a few Historic Wallingford signs, ...

... a street mural with a man hole cover painted as a lady bug, ...

... a random chicken in an unfenced yard, a mailbox, flowers in bloom, four tree swings, two fairy gardens, ...

... a unicorn, ...
... a Henry mural, ...


... an Afghan mural, ...

... a mural with a quote from Maya Angelou, ...
... and some outdoor art.
On the 6.5 mile walk, I spotted six Little Free Libraries. I could have read children's books or novels or I could have learned about history, grandparenting, traveling in Mexico, French, statistics, medicine, watercolor, public health, or leadership.

Wallingford is worth a visit.





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