Tubs!

Emotions: Mixed.

poke n soak! good riddance!

"Can we still paint the pile?" - a guy named Justin

Oh dang, bummer. There was always pretty stuff on there.

long live TUBS!

TUBS. Occupy. Occupile.

...It opened in 1982, and then suddenly, in 2007, it was [closed]... Soon the TUBS building will be gone completely...

—Jen Graves, 2009. That was quick.

The University Audi and Volkswagen dealership is constructing a military-grade fortress and accompanying spiral ziggurat on this block. That's what's behind the remains of TUBS in this photo.

Oh, I was hoping it was the EMP building. Oh, well. *Sigh*

lol @10, me too

Add me to the EMP list, too. God, I hate that building.

I moved near Tubs in 2008 and walk by it almost daily. For the first couple of paint years it was a fantastic art fixture in the neighborhood - always changing and usually done with amazing talent. I'm still kicking myself for not taking frequent photos. (Remember the demon flying above the sign?) In the past two years or so, it seems the artists left and the taggers took over. The art was gone and the building, sidewalks, trash cans and parking meters were tagged. The corner was littered with empty cans. I'm not sad to see it go, but does anyone know why this shift occurred?

@10 Where do I sign the Raze EMP! petition?

My thoughts - http://the-inhabitant.tumblr.com/post/79…

@10, 11, 12,14 Why? Why oh why? The EMP is beautiful--the colors, the shapes, the technology that created it, the way the sun strikes it. I am serious. Why would anyone want it to be destroyed?
It's OK not to like the interior, or the exhibits, or the whole concept, or the owner, but the exterior? It's beautiful!
Seriously, would someone please describe why the EMP is ugly, a blight, should be demolished, etc.?

@16 The EMP is an aggressively non-traditional building. That's enough to make some people hate it. Not me, though. I love the EMP. It doesn't really make any sense, but it makes me feel good to look at it. I like the colors and shapes it presents.

The building I hate is the new downtown library. I think the design is cold and aggressive, openly hostile toward print books, and the puke green and migraine orange they used on the inside make me sick and dizzy every time.