Originally published Sunday, March 29, 2009 at 12:00 AM

Neighbors lend a hand to move Tweedy & Popp

Tweedy & Popp Ace Hardware in Wallingford is moving across North 45th Street to Wallingford Center.

ALAN BERNER / THE SEATTLE TIMES

More than wheelbarrows were moved from Tweedy & Popp hardware store as Zoe and Zak Harmon hitched a ride courtesy of mom Brenda to the store's new location in the Wallingford Center.

ALAN BERNER / THE SEATTLE TIMES

Despite the rain and cold, volunteers assembled at the location that's closing to help move thousands of items Saturday.

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One of Seattle's oldest hardware stores moved hundreds of items in the rain and cold Saturday using a "bucket brigade" of volunteers attired in everything from Gore-Tex and galoshes to high heels and faux fur.

Tweedy & Popp Ace Hardware in Wallingford, which opened in 1920, is moving across North 45th Street to Wallingford Center. Occupancy permits for the new site are expected midweek.

Mike Mikkelsen, general manager and partner in the business, says the "Wallingford neighborhood is cohesive — like a small town," and about a hundred volunteers lent a hand Saturday to relocate goods across the busy arterial. Mikkelsen says the store has around 9,000 different items, not counting nails, washers and bolts. It's also the neighborhood's oldest business and expects to celebrate its centennial in 2020, having signed a 15-year lease at its new location.

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