Slog - Comments on Welcome to the Dollhouse http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/welcome_to_the_dollhouse NE 42nd St & University Way NE It's not easy to find the Dollhouse Apartments. The small, graffiti covered front door is barely noticeable, tucked between Finn MacCool's and Than Brothers on the Ave. Inside, the world's longest flight of stairs leads into a series of eerily dark hallways, lined with mismatched doors and chipped paint. The building has a bit of a reputation in the U-district. Its nickname: "The Heroin Hotel." "There were a lot of junkies and a lot of weirdos [living here]. Ave Rat kids could kick in the door, [there were] sketchy people living on... Copyright 2008 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:14:28 -0800 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:08:08 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by PGC Oh man, does that bring back memories. Josh who killed himself there. Michelle the transgendered elf, silently throwing her TV out the front window onto the Ave without looking who was 'neath. FANG dance party (yes, THAT fang, whose singer dismembered his girlfriend and did 9 years). Ewww, and then there is Orin (rip) who would hit on you by saying "baby you're so hot, i'd eat the corn out of your shit". And many, many, many more. Oh, the drugs, the drugs the drugs the drugs. That place needs to be torn town. Also: it's where I saw my first ever live cockroach.

]]> PGC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/welcome_to_the_dollhouse#c797042 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/welcome_to_the_dollhouse#c797042 City Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:36:44 -0800 Comment by U-Dizzle "tucked between Finn MacCool’s and Than Brothers on the Ave."

That's not the Ave pictured. That's an alley. (between University Way and Brooklyn.... )

But the visual sure supports the story?

]]> U-Dizzle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/welcome_to_the_dollhouse#c797065 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/welcome_to_the_dollhouse#c797065 City Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:13:54 -0800 Comment by Jonah S @2-

Indeed, that is the alley behind the building. I didn't have any pictures of it and this was the only one I could find.

]]> Jonah S http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/welcome_to_the_dollhouse#c797098 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/welcome_to_the_dollhouse#c797098 City Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:45:10 -0800 Comment by jdm damn the man, save the dollhouse!

]]> jdm http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/welcome_to_the_dollhouse#c797117 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/welcome_to_the_dollhouse#c797117 City Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:19:56 -0800 Comment by grumpypants You mean this place?

http://www.december.com/places/sea/images/theave.jpg

]]> grumpypants http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/welcome_to_the_dollhouse#c797155 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/welcome_to_the_dollhouse#c797155 City Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:58:34 -0800 Comment by Jude Fawley What building is it? Not the former Beauty and the Books building...The one to the right?

]]> Jude Fawley http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/welcome_to_the_dollhouse#c797218 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/welcome_to_the_dollhouse#c797218 City Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:08:08 -0800