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Jun 17, 2015
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"Life on Party Mountain is where I want to be.
Live fast on Party Mountain until I D.I.E."
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I #LOVETHEHILL because it's where people come to live fast, party and die.
Jeff, what have you done to make the neighborhood better?
I would have to agree that I #LOVETHEHILL because of Dicks strawberry shakes. I wish someone would save Harvard Exit. I appreciate this #LOVETHEHILL. This is an important project. Thanks for putting it out there.
"Smith: I think it's a great opportunity to drive more revenue to this area..."
Between the article and #4, we can see that the entire focus of anything on Capitol Hill, be it gentrification or maintaining the character of the neighborhood, comes down to the ugliest of human tendencies. Greed.
Or are they are going to focus on the last group of white people to move here, who moved in because they had more money than the black people, but not as much money as the new white people? Sorry, I'm confused. Its been changing for the last fifty years (and I'm only that old) so I'm not sure which demographic they are trying to focus on.
@6 Hi. Welcome to America, we're capitalist here.
Real question, what is the "bridge and tunnel crowd"? What does that mean?
I do not think that Cap Hill is driven by non-profits. The person in question promoted using the evolution of a region as an excuse for a rampant money grab. That same person talks about it in terms of an art project dedicated to the history of Cap Hill. This tells me that this individual on some level thinks of Cap Hill's culture in terms of pure monetary consideration.
If most people had said these things, I wouldn't have batted an eye. But a self appointed honorer of Capitol Hill saying this is something that deserves attention and scorn.
The term "bridge and tunnel" is in reference to Manhattan being an island, and dates from a time when all Cultured New Yorkers™ were presumed to reside on that island, in contrast to the Philistines who would drive in from Queens/Jersey/Nassau or wealthy Westchester to get their kicks on the weekend. The term was also applied to cultural events that, while held in Manhattan venues, were presumed to be of interest only to uncouth outsiders.
Now that the implied island epicenter has become more closely associated with obscene wealth in the absence of taste, the shorthand is probably due for an update.
But of course, Capitol Hill is not at all associated with obscene wealth in the absence of taste.
The obscenely wealthy people who can still afford to live on Capitol Hill are very, very tasteful obscenely wealthy white people. And they buy lots and lots of ad space in The Stranger for the very tasteful businesses they own, too.
I feel like seattle is way safer than it used to be.
And it's important to remember, government and business don't sell to developers, your neighbors do. Apparently, lots of people who have been invested in cap hill feel cool with all this.
Dp, thanks. I totally get it now. My first thought was "tunnels? What tunnels?"
If you want beautiful buildings full of marble cornices, intricate tile work and all that kinda shit, while at the same time having them conform to modern building, energy, and accessibility codes, and having all kinds of special sustainable design features, not to mention maintaining modern worker safety requirements during construction, then you're gonna get buildings that charge $5,000 a month for a small one-bedroom apartment. Metal paneling and fiber cement siding may not be your cup o' tea (and when done poorly they can look horrible), but there's a lot more to the cost of a construction project than the material selections. Being ignorant of this doesn't help your case.
Amen.
I lived in Oly in the 90's. There was nothing special about it. It was always a boring large town.
The Haight is no longer special, I agree. All the more reason to fight this trend rather than embrace it. Everybody else is jumping off the cliff. Why should we, just to stay hip and popular?