Slog - Comments on Seattle's Mud Room http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room I went to a public hearing of the Century 21 Committee to report on their vision quest for how to actually turn the Seattle Center into "Seattle's living room." (Now it's more like Seattle's mud room, a place you have to tromp through, but never linger in, on your way to the Rep, the opera, a stoner laser show at the Science Center, etc.) There were a few different proposals (knock down Memorial Stadium, replace it with underground parking and a lawn on top). There were a few quibbles from the audience. (Most comically from a guy who thought altering... Copyright 2008 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:02:14 -0800 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:31:17 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by zzyzx What's wrong with the roller coaster? I love that thing.

]]> zzyzx http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695423 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695423 Architecture Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:32:41 -0800 Comment by Explorer Speaking of the stoner laser dome, I hereby propose a homo-curated Gayzer Beam show in there for this year's Pride festivities.

And speaking of ferris wheels, I hope it'd be the kind with just enough privacy & room to perform (or receive) a blowjob on. Let's "do the Puyallup" right under the Space Needle.

]]> Explorer http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695442 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695442 Architecture Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:44:07 -0800 Comment by Peter Wow, great idea, to take a public space being used heavily and raze it to the ground.

Maybe next they could destroy that Pike Market eyesore.

]]> Peter http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695447 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695447 Architecture Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:48:17 -0800 Comment by elswinger I think Memorial Stadium needs a major upgrade or total destruction. I think an outdoor amphitheater to compete with the Gorge and Auburn.

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695454 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695454 Architecture Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:57:23 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I love the Fun Forest, especially in winter when it's sad and lonely.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695457 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695457 Architecture Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:01:04 -0800 Comment by jackie treehorn The fun forest has been haunted by grizzled carnie ghosts for years. Just because you bulldoze the rusty rides doesn't mean the angry spirits entombed in the native american carnie burial ground beneath the fun forest will cease rattling their spooky, crooked ring toss.

]]> jackie treehorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695510 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695510 Architecture Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:40:38 -0800 Comment by Sean The Fun Forest is a favorite destination for me and my kids. The rickety rides and the Ethiopan teenagers who run them are awesome. I don't know why more people don't go.

]]> Sean http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695519 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695519 Architecture Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:48:47 -0800 Comment by opticsdoug Any mention of a skatepark?

]]> opticsdoug http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695606 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695606 Architecture Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:03:21 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I think they should rename it "The Gayway" as it was called when it opened in 1962. And bring back the Wild Mouse.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695642 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695642 Architecture Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:32:27 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I want the Bubbleator.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695666 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695666 Architecture Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:45:45 -0800 Comment by lilblackcat My vote would be to keep the Ferris Wheel & Merry-go-round and add a Skate Park.

]]> lilblackcat http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695668 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695668 Architecture Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:46:28 -0800 Comment by Grant Cogswell The photos of protestors in front of the north entrance to the Center House from 1949 (when it was the Armory, and hosted some of the earliest House Un-American Activities Committee hearings) make it a weird and unacknowledged door through time. Look them up and try to ever wait in line for a Mem Stadium show at Bumbershoot the same way again.

]]> Grant Cogswell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695670 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695670 Architecture Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:47:16 -0800 Comment by aep Nice ferris wheel photo. Where's it from?

]]> aep http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695702 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695702 Architecture Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:26:30 -0800 Comment by redundantcity I'm with Fnarf...but with the Gayway & Wild Mouse, bring back Show Street:


http://www.historylink.org/cybertour/index.cfm?file_id=7042&frame=14


"Dad, now that you've got a little time by yourself, you might want to stroll down Show Street, the "adult entertainment" section of the fair. Pick up a schedule for Gracie Hansen's Paradise International to show the fellas back in your neighborhood. You all might want to come down here one night to take in the floor show. Ooh la la."

]]> redundantcity http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695719 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695719 Architecture Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:55:56 -0800 Comment by DKJ I love the Fun Forest--it has character and the kids love it. Why this obssession with upgrading Seattle into the same acceptable blandness found all across America.I'd rather see some of this money used to help the homeless or destroy THE WEEKLY.

]]> DKJ http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695741 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/04/seattles_mud_room#c695741 Architecture Wed, 18 Apr 2007 18:31:17 -0800