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As creepy as that damn thing is, I actually sort of like it. I think it's a quirky and even scary part of Seattle that will be missed if it is torn down. It has no architectural qualities worth saving: No charm, no grace, just pure straight lines, bricks, timber, and decay.

But like those odd and decaying concrete half-walls out at the water's edge at the south end of Gasworks Park it has a coolly mysterious air. What strange things took place in its past? Who dwelt in that upstairs office? What did they do? What are all the disconnected electrical conduits for?

*Save the Garage!*

Posted by Dr_Awesome | November 19, 2007 4:59 PM
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Save the parking lots! Cities are for cars! Just say no to apartments, condos, townhouses, ground-floor retail, and houses! Especially houses!

Posted by Dan Savage | November 19, 2007 5:05 PM
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I wonder what I am.

Posted by Amelia | November 19, 2007 5:06 PM
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... Can I be both??

Posted by Amelia | November 19, 2007 5:07 PM
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Noone past the age of 25 should be using a bong to smoke out of, Dominic.

Posted by Paulus | November 19, 2007 5:50 PM
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"linguistic neighbor"??

Posted by uh | November 19, 2007 5:55 PM
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+25 points to Dominic for this post.

Posted by kid icarus | November 19, 2007 5:56 PM
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Marijuana is not a drug. Now can I suck your balls?

Posted by Fr. Tom | November 19, 2007 5:56 PM
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This is the best Slog post I have ever read.

Posted by Clint | November 19, 2007 7:07 PM
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I actually love the parking garage as a backdrop to the sculpture park. It gives it something solid and simple to stand out against. When butted up against something busy like a fancy apartment building, will the beauty of the sculpture and of the landscape stand out as much as it did against a beautifully simplistic and decaying building?
fat chance.

Posted by Carly D. | November 19, 2007 9:07 PM
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Disagree, Carly (#10). Look at Millennium Park in Chicago, butted up against fantastic fancy apartment buildings. Yes, if you're showing old movies on the side of a building, you want a nondescript parking garage. Otherwise, just say no...to urban decay.

Posted by Ronaldo | November 19, 2007 9:48 PM
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If a dilapidated wall makes the ideal backdrop for Wake, then SAM should build one.

Posted by Dominic Holden | November 19, 2007 11:01 PM
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all post have been reducted to the trival except the invite to sucks some pretty balls

Dom, you have a rep to maintain, do a U Tube just for Slog

Posted by Larkin | November 19, 2007 11:22 PM
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Dude, I don't know how you could be too high to play Mario Kart. That's like being too drunk to fish.

Posted by Greg | November 20, 2007 7:33 AM
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despite everyone's repeated invitation to suck their balls, i don't think many balls actually get sucked.

in any given day, i'd wager that 99% of balls sucked are located in the san fernando valley.

Posted by max solomon | November 20, 2007 9:16 AM
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