And speaking of the Blanchard alley between 1st & 2nd, here it is from a different angle:
I shot this last summer and I can't wait for bums to pass out there again! It's what makes life worth living! Welcome to Belltown, pilgrim! For lots more 18 second videos (114 more, in fact), go here.
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Seattle is quite a beautiful city, no doubt about that. The Belltown neighborhood doesn’t swing that way. Much of it is downright hideously ugly. If not for all that ugliness, there’d be nothing to see. I’ve lived here for 20 years and I’ve only just started taking notice. Please join me on this odyssey of unsightliness as we try to figure out why poor Belltown looks so bad.
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