Slog - Comments on Bright Lights http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights Who's got a slingshot?... Copyright 2008 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 21:34:11 -0800 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:25:14 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will You've slogged on this before, I think. Any thoughts on perhaps acting in a proactive manner by contacting the US Bank brass and pleading your case?

]]> Will http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c608973 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c608973 City Sat, 03 Feb 2007 21:55:04 -0800 Comment by Aqua A slingshot? How about using them to knock the beaks off those damn crows that swoop down on you in that area. CAW!

]]> Aqua http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c608981 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c608981 City Sat, 03 Feb 2007 22:03:32 -0800 Comment by wf what, don't you like density when it's across the street from your house? more eyes on the street!

]]> wf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c608985 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c608985 City Sat, 03 Feb 2007 22:19:04 -0800 Comment by EXTC Density, yes. Blinding lights, no.

]]> EXTC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c608991 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c608991 City Sat, 03 Feb 2007 22:40:10 -0800 Comment by damn
It's true, that sign is blinding as you drive by. Corporate signage is a horrible thing.

]]> damn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c609012 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c609012 City Sun, 04 Feb 2007 00:47:55 -0800 Comment by homage to me must...go...toward...light...must...BANK..there....must...take...out...loan...at...BANK...must...go...toward...light...

]]> homage to me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c610056 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c610056 City Sun, 04 Feb 2007 06:22:06 -0800 Comment by Andrew Gee Christopher, does your building have any other open apts that are not staring right at the US Bank signage? That would have to be a living hell, unless you are tweaked out all night long.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c610162 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c610162 City Sun, 04 Feb 2007 08:01:53 -0800 Comment by Ann omg it's glowing, it must be a bomb!

]]> Ann http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c610295 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c610295 City Sun, 04 Feb 2007 09:39:49 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Slingshots can be had at Target, Fred Meyer, or any big general retailer. Look in the sporting goods section in the glass case. Tell them you want to chase squirrels out of your bird feeder.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c610298 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c610298 City Sun, 04 Feb 2007 09:46:21 -0800 Comment by write
christopher, you should organize some of your neighbors and write a letter to the bank manager or even have a sit-down with him/her...

]]> write http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c610391 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c610391 City Sun, 04 Feb 2007 10:42:01 -0800 Comment by Dee in SF oh, go call the waaaaaaahhhmbulance.
Just think U SPANK! every time you look at the brightly glowing sign that Seattle is getting denser. And then imagine living above a bar/dance club on the Castro, and sleep well without any crack heads screaming all night long outside your window in the Tenderloin.

]]> Dee in SF http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c610407 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c610407 City Sun, 04 Feb 2007 11:19:57 -0800 Comment by Patrick McGrath write's right. Plus you've got your bully pulpit to hold over their heads.

]]> Patrick McGrath http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c610409 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c610409 City Sun, 04 Feb 2007 11:25:47 -0800 Comment by Andrew Yeah Christopher, the Bully Pulpit, just look how well that has worked for GWB? I would just sue them. Make up some sort of mental disorder (that you have already preferably) and say that the lights caused it.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c610440 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c610440 City Sun, 04 Feb 2007 11:49:51 -0800 Comment by Belmondo I think it looks pretty.

]]> Belmondo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c610742 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c610742 City Sun, 04 Feb 2007 15:53:40 -0800 Comment by Cook ann @ 8 wins

]]> Cook http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c610774 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c610774 City Sun, 04 Feb 2007 17:02:12 -0800 Comment by it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood #11: Why go all the way to the Tenderloin when you can get screen crack/meth heads down on Summit or Belmont?

]]> it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c610871 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c610871 City Sun, 04 Feb 2007 17:55:40 -0800 Comment by it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood #11: Why go all the way to the Tenderloin when you can get screaming crack/meth heads down on Summit or Belmont?

]]> it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c610872 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c610872 City Sun, 04 Feb 2007 17:55:58 -0800 Comment by nimby while you're at it, why not take out the street lights, traffic signals, and reroute the major thoroughfares? you have to admit that choosing to live on Broadway and complaining about light pollution is more than a little silly.

]]> nimby http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c611021 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c611021 City Sun, 04 Feb 2007 19:59:55 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle at least it's not one of the five bars within a block of my house ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c611327 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c611327 City Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:33:05 -0800 Comment by Trevor I hear Nebraska is nice.

]]> Trevor http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c611516 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c611516 City Mon, 05 Feb 2007 03:08:55 -0800 Comment by Andrew What would you prefer, crack heads on the street corner asking for change or ultra bright corporate signage. Wait, I guess you have both...

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c611896 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c611896 City Mon, 05 Feb 2007 07:44:33 -0800 Comment by please
I think most of those posting haven't seen this sign. It's really unbelievably bright; about three times brighter than anything else on the street, and that's saying a lot.

They don't need to get rid of the sign, just dim it a bit from midnight to 6am?

]]> please http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c611988 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c611988 City Mon, 05 Feb 2007 09:44:46 -0800 Comment by kill me now Yeah, that thing is so f****ing bright and it's competing with the offending American Apparel brightness catticorner.

]]> kill me now http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c612059 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c612059 City Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:11:01 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways nebraska. is. not. nice.

trust me...

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c612110 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c612110 City Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:03:38 -0800 Comment by NIMBY Frizzelle: I hear Monroe is a nice place to live, and they don't have as many bright bank signs.

]]> NIMBY http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c612128 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/bright_lights#c612128 City Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:25:14 -0800