Slog - Comments on Back to The Swan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/back_to_the_swan Today the P-I published a rather flat article on the gentrification of the Central District. It offers no new ideas about what has happened in that part of Seattle--how and why it was transformed from a hood to a neighborhood. And the mood of the article--its sense of shock, loss, and saudade (an excellent Portuguese word that needs to be fully adopted by English)--is the same mood of the world's first poem about gentrification, Charles Baudelaire's The Swan, which was published near the middle of the 19th century in response to the Haussmannization of Paris. This passage makes up the... Copyright 2008 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:28:42 -0800 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:20:11 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle Um. ok. But I've been to Paris lots of times - and it's still Paris.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/back_to_the_swan#c680618 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/back_to_the_swan#c680618 History Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:58:02 -0800 Comment by Nina Hey Charles, what kind of tits are on this woman you speak of? Are they ripe? She wasn't too old was she?

]]> Nina http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/back_to_the_swan#c680621 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/back_to_the_swan#c680621 History Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:00:12 -0800 Comment by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me Right… because unsanitary, consumptive, overcrowded ghettos are preferable to well organized neighborhoods with broad avenues and open spaces?

The Baron Haussmann's transformations to Paris brought a real improvement to the quality of life in the Capital. Disease epidemics ceased, traffic circulation improved and new buildings were better-built and more functional than their predecessors. We could use a Baron Haussmann.

]]> You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/back_to_the_swan#c680624 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/back_to_the_swan#c680624 History Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:01:01 -0800 Comment by Max Solomon pinin' for the fjords, he is.

i have architect friends who think that the underside of the viaduct is the only real urban space in the city of seattle. they have a point, but it still sucks.

]]> Max Solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/back_to_the_swan#c680722 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/back_to_the_swan#c680722 History Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:59:49 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle No, Max, they're right. As anyone from the grunge days could tell you, under the Viaduct was where it was happening.

You can't get more real than that.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/back_to_the_swan#c681029 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/back_to_the_swan#c681029 History Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:20:11 -0800