http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/i-regret-whats-happening-to-this-city/Content?oid=15589530 Comments On: I Regret What's Happening to This City by The Funhouse en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
Please clarify. I entered adulthood in Seattle in the 70s and 80s and, while is was smaller than it is now, "shithole" doesn't remotely describe my firsthand experience with it. Seattle was - and is - a remarkable city with an inexplicably creative atmosphere.


Posted by Yum Yum]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:24:07 -0800 The Stranger
There's little diversity of architecture, there's even less diversity in the financial demographic that the condo/apt. builders are trying to attract....

Even the retail offered at the ground level of these developments lacks originality: it's always some combination of yogurt, pizza, yoga studio (I have no idea why), etc.

The very elements that make each of our neighborhoods unique are being priced out of the areas, meaning by the time you move in, it's a little bit less interesting than it was before you were there.

It sucks because it doesn't have to be this way. Surely we could simultaneously support higher density developments and some real neighborhood public benefits that include incentives to maintain diversity of housing, architecture and small/local business ventures?

Tax credits for property owners of older properites so they can weather out the increase of property value created when gentrification (under the guise of density) comes via 'Vulcan-like developments.

It seems many people are torn up about the current flux of demolish/develop we see in the city. As Brian noted, over 100 folks rallied to try to save the Funhouse. Many were long time Seattle residents who have seen this type of "progress" happen again and again. I'd love to see that number grow, and for some real change to come out of this!

RIP, Funhouse. Good luck, Brian, in finding a new spot!
Posted by pinksoda]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:37:38 -0800 The Stranger
Whoever owned the Funhouse absolutely had a right to sell it, it belonged to him! We should be thankful that Seattle's not a shithole like it was in the 70s and and 80s. Unfortunately that also means that divey downtown buildings aren't cheap enough to house shows, practice studios, actual dive bars, oddball galleries, and etc. So we are better off and worse off too. Denser neighborhoods are a good thing all around, so mixed use and yes condos (sigh) are progress, like it or not.

I'm still left wondering if the process is self defeating. If Seattle is attractive because of it's culture, and everybody moving to Seattle makes it economically viable to knock down all the funky little places that sustained the culture, will people still want to live here? If Ballard becomes just like Belltown, or even Bellevue, what's the point of moving out to Ballard? And didn't we just destroy something unique and replace it with something you could find anywhere?

I am a little sad reading this article. :(
Posted by ean]]> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:31:46 -0800 The Stranger
that you are an ex-crust punk is telling. maybe Mister G is an ex-SHARP then? I can't wait to find out.

@24

what in god's good name are you talking about?
Posted by LEE.]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:06:42 -0800 The Stranger
Oh yeah, don't forget to let the fatcat $$Billionaire plutocrats keep on stealing your city public land, and the taxes right out of your wallet, by sticking you with all the bills-Key Arena, Vulcan-SLUT, Gates foundation land grabs,Ballard Sunset etc etc remember??

Now get off your apathetic asses and start nuking their bullshit, before the skies fill with corporate police-state drones spying on all of us to intimidate everyone into true serfdom. Otherwise, in 4-5 years you all will be squatters in all those condoplexes abandoned by the same corporate looters.
Posted by IggY]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:06:36 -0800 The Stranger
My fellow aged hipsters still desperately trying to cling to relevancy - come on. Let's age with a little bit of dignity. We've been rocking the cardigans and flannel for two decades now. It's no longer ironic. It's just comfortable. I'll be sitting by the fire in a comfy chair while petting a stray cat while you guys moan that things you don't like happen and everything changes all the time.
Posted by johnjjeeves]]> Mon, 07 Jan 2013 07:40:07 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Rubyrosa]]> Sun, 06 Jan 2013 03:02:27 -0800 The Stranger Posted by gloomy gus]]> Sat, 05 Jan 2013 09:00:55 -0800 The Stranger Posted by furnacefuneral84]]> Fri, 04 Jan 2013 09:04:41 -0800 The Stranger but it boiled down to money - the building was sold in the range of $2 million dollars, i guess that meant the value of the property outweighed the value of the club?
but people went all out to try to save the joint - including pushing for landmark status.
but in the end money won out.

but in the end it wasn't a failure, i'm alive, i learned a lot & i was overwhelmed by the support of my community.

i just gotta find a building i can actually buy and open a new club in that, then no one can kick me out again.

brian foss
funhouse co-owner
Posted by BrianMyFatAss]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:46:14 -0800 The Stranger Posted by ChrisHootHoots]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:00:38 -0800 The Stranger Posted by AnonamousAndy]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:02:43 -0800 The Stranger Seconding that bit about the Kraken, as an ex-crustie myself it is far too late for crust punks to still be relevant.
Posted by Cascadian Bacon]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:23:05 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Juris]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:55:12 -0800 The Stranger Posted by 2Old_Fred3]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2013 09:47:09 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Kayluh]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:49:52 -0800 The Stranger Posted by jmendenhall]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:38:45 -0800 The Stranger Posted by dan10things]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:12:13 -0800 The Stranger Posted by themetalprofessor]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:00:46 -0800 The Stranger Posted by dan10things]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:58:49 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Cascadian Bacon]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:56:47 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Argonaut]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:19:35 -0800 The Stranger Thanks for the memories.
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