I have nothing against the Beacon Hill Station (yes, it leaks; yes, the elevators are slow), but it recently occurred to me that the business directly above the pay stations is supposed to be, or wants to be, a green wall

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Is this right? It sure looks like it. There is something trying to grow on the side there. Does Seattle have another failed green wall? I will dig into the matter and have answers in the near future.

Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory...