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.
Sunday, March 6, 2016
Say Goodbye
The Jewish Federation building will soon be no more. They're tearing it down to build some 38-story thing. You will remember that around ten years ago, some mentally ill asshole from Eastern Washington decided to shoot the place up and take hostages because he was mad at Israel. A standoff ensued and at the end of it, one poor volunteer was dead and six were wounded. After the incident, they really beefed up security and who could blame them? Oh, it was a pretty unfortunate event. But soon, the building will be gone along with any indication that anything happened there.

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