Slog - Comments on Images for "Proust In Central District" http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/images_for_proust_in_central_district Image one: Framed by the window of my apartment's bedroom is a cluster of townhouses that are under construction. I have no idea of the exact day or moment that these unfinished townhouses entered the view of my window; nor do I have an idea of the house or building they're replacing. I have no idea why I have no idea of what was there before. Image two: A block away from my apartment on 26th Avenue South and South Jackson Street stands a brand-new cluster of townhouses. This time last year, a small house stood in this place. It... Copyright 2008 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:37:02 -0800 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:43:07 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by six shooter Your final building has a hex. It owes someone something. It is not lazy. It is damned.

]]> six shooter http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/images_for_proust_in_central_district#c844832 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/images_for_proust_in_central_district#c844832 Books Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:51:28 -0800 Comment by cochise. but how can anything seem gloomy or sad in this neighborhood with a video like this to make you feel great about your surroundings?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0A8Pyr_BPY

]]> cochise. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/images_for_proust_in_central_district#c844858 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/images_for_proust_in_central_district#c844858 Books Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:33:07 -0800 Comment by cochise. i watch this one when i'm feeling country/alternative:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mLI4UjR4ns

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You must live in my backyard... I have that same view. I've been living in the realm of 26th and Jackson only a year and this is the third such unit I have seen go up... Take one down, put 4 in. And it's obvious that another three lots visible from my house had the same thing happen within the year before I moved in.

]]> Ryan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/images_for_proust_in_central_district#c844870 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/images_for_proust_in_central_district#c844870 Books Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:48:20 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Don't you love zoning that makes everything boringly the same?

(restraining self from obligatory post)

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/images_for_proust_in_central_district#c844901 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/images_for_proust_in_central_district#c844901 Books Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:16:32 -0800 Comment by superyeadon I don't want to go outside today. thanks.

]]> superyeadon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/images_for_proust_in_central_district#c844913 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/images_for_proust_in_central_district#c844913 Books Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:30:19 -0800 Comment by Just Me Depressing: It seems that places that are delapidated are eye sores by definition but then they get tore down and replaced by another eye sore. We just can not win this....

These mixed use and townhouse structures are going to be looked on as avacado appliances in about 10 years.

]]> Just Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/images_for_proust_in_central_district#c844917 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/images_for_proust_in_central_district#c844917 Books Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:34:44 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Oh, great. Now you're talking shit about avocado appliances too? Sheesh.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/images_for_proust_in_central_district#c844939 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/images_for_proust_in_central_district#c844939 Books Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:04:08 -0800 Comment by kid icarsu What is up with Lloyd's Rocket anyway? It seems to come and go with the seasons.

]]> kid icarsu http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/images_for_proust_in_central_district#c844963 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/images_for_proust_in_central_district#c844963 Books Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:24:26 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I love avocado appliances.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/images_for_proust_in_central_district#c844968 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/images_for_proust_in_central_district#c844968 Books Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:26:24 -0800 Comment by Cato Showing the view out your apartment window will only encourage the stalkers.

]]> Cato http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/images_for_proust_in_central_district#c844985 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/images_for_proust_in_central_district#c844985 Books Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:46:05 -0800 Comment by scott It was blue, fenceless and gloomy. For the new four-plex, I predict purple.

]]> scott http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/images_for_proust_in_central_district#c845007 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/images_for_proust_in_central_district#c845007 Books Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:10:17 -0800 Comment by badbob Dude,
Stop smoking those Jamacian Torpedoes!

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