Archie McPhee

With the Archie McPhee shop about to close up and reopen over in Wallingford, here are some pictures of the emptying interior:

The counter area:

And another shot of the counter area:

I noticed a garage door on the east side of the store, mentioned it to one of the Archie McPhee clerks as something boats would use, and found out that apparently the building’s going to be a marine store once McPhee leaves.

The Ballard Seagle

Spying the Ballard Seagle in its pond off 28th Street.

Edith Macefield in the New York Times

On last Sunday, the 28th, the New York Times got around to writing up their own story about Edith Macefield. Here’s a picture of the start of it:

The Edith Macefield House in the Snow

Edith Macefield’s house, still standing, still with a fence in front of it, as it appears in a December snowstorm.

Development By Mike’s Tavern and Chili Parlor

Development’s proceeding on the lot that covers most of Mike’s Tavern and Chili Parlor by the Ballard Bridge. The street to the east of the parlor is closed, and this is the plot of ground immediately behind the parlor.

Looking at Ballard Bridge

Peering through some missing windows at the recently torn down site by the Edith Macefield house to traffic on the Ballard Bridge.

The Edith Macefield House: An Update

A look at the Edith Macefield house, now fenced in by a curb and traffic cones as well as the development that’s risen around it.

Development By the Ballard Bridge

A look from the Ballard Bridge at the newly torn-down lot across the street from the Trader Joe’s/L.A. Fitness development.

Wall of Mike’s Tavern & Chili Parlor

The plain brick wall of Mike’s Tavern & Chili Parlor just east of the Ballard Bridge, with the building behind it that will house an L.A. Fitness and a Trader Joe’s.

Edith Macefield’s Car

Dust, some of it surely produced by the very construction project she refused to take part in, gathers on Edith Macefield’s car, still sitting in front of her house over two months after her death.