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good riddance on kincora.

Posted by Emily | March 18, 2008 1:58 PM
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Sayanara!

Posted by Will in Seattle | March 18, 2008 2:00 PM
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And on St.Patrick's Day no less

Posted by the bloop | March 18, 2008 2:07 PM
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manray went down in that pile, too. :(

Posted by bree-fer | March 18, 2008 2:12 PM
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and a piece of my heart breaks.

Posted by kyle [TCBITR] | March 18, 2008 2:13 PM
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@4

Because I know you are waiting for somebody to acknowledge "went down"

Posted by Non | March 18, 2008 2:17 PM
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Did Kincora really used to be a super raunchy gay bar?

Posted by JJ | March 18, 2008 2:19 PM
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When The Bus Stop is gone, with shall go a piece of my heart.

Posted by mourner | March 18, 2008 2:20 PM
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shit...i left my crack pipe in there.

Posted by michael strangeways | March 18, 2008 2:21 PM
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#7: Yes, it was called Tugs Belmont. You can read all about the history of the 500 block here: http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=449526

Posted by Ari Spool | March 18, 2008 2:30 PM
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@6

Ding dong!

Posted by bree-fer | March 18, 2008 2:38 PM
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Posted by dj girth | March 18, 2008 2:39 PM
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Are people really disappointed that this nasty block is going. I've gone to every club there a few times in my 20 years in Seattle -- but that block had it coming. There was nothing remotely redeeming about the architecture. Hopefully what they build isn't too offensive, but I think what left us today had it coming.

Posted by Yuppy | March 18, 2008 2:50 PM
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sadly, the building replacing it is AWFUL and the building managers have already said there will be no nightlife tenants...they're looking for Desert Sun/Quizno/Kinko type businesses....

Posted by michael strangeways | March 18, 2008 2:55 PM
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Yuppy, yes, they are dissapointed. Nobody cheers when their favorite bar gets torn down. :(

Posted by Will Penguin | March 18, 2008 2:58 PM
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Okay, I take my yuppy (yuppie) words back a bit if the building sucks. And nightlife there would be good.

But those building weren't all that.

Posted by Yuppy | March 18, 2008 3:01 PM
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Yuppy, no one's mourning the architecture, everyone's mourning places they hung out, be it for a week or a decade. Please pull your head out of your ass.

Posted by haunted leg | March 18, 2008 3:10 PM
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Feh, there's a Subway about two blocks away, and two print shops on Broadway.

What we really need here is a TCBY Yogurt, a Cinnabon, and an Orange Julius. After all, don't we want our urban strip malls to resemble an airport concourse as much as possible?

Posted by COMTE | March 18, 2008 3:10 PM
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Who needs anymore nightlife on Cap Hill when we have Kurrent?

Anyone want to join me on some early morning editing of their sign? Either adding 2 more "K"s or blacking out the two "r"s and the "e".

Posted by dj girth | March 18, 2008 3:11 PM
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I have dreams about the awful things I would like to do to Kurrent.

Posted by Ari Spool | March 18, 2008 3:16 PM
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I have dreams about never walking into Kurrent. Ever.

Posted by Mr. Poe | March 18, 2008 3:18 PM
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I used to have fantasies of projectile vomiting into the open windows when I walk ed by on my way to Bus Stop.

Posted by dj girth | March 18, 2008 3:25 PM
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I think Kurrent is Okay.

Posted by NapoleonXIV | March 18, 2008 3:27 PM
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30 years from now, people are going to gripe about their apartments on the same spot being torn down for something else. It's the circle of life.

Posted by Jason Josephes | March 18, 2008 3:42 PM
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@23,

The notion that any building over 30 years old is a blighted wreck that must be torn down seems to me to be fairly unique to Seattle.

You can go dine/drink/shop in buildings 10 times older than that in just about any European city, and they seem to do just fine (for that matter - you can walk around the lower East Side of Manhattan and not see a building less than 75 years old for dozens of blocks on end).

Historic preservation used to be considered a progressive value in Seattle.


Posted by Mr. X | March 18, 2008 4:07 PM
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Probably everyone on this thread likes older buildings. It's what makes the hill, Pike Place, etc interesting places. But those just weren't interesting buildings ... and they had been let go maintenance-wise. That's not to say they couldn't be turned around but they were a mish-mash of poorly constructed older building as opposed to interesting worth-saving older buildlings.

The sad part is that the new buildings are rumored to be ugly (anybody have links to the design?). That is truly sad.

Posted by Yuppy | March 18, 2008 4:43 PM
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Kurrent has a wii. Yeah, they really reach out to the youths. I really liked the papaya place that was there before, they had great Saigon Subs - grab em and snack away!

RIP Kincora - good times and bad times.

photos are here:

http://www.sleestak.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=39134

Posted by bob cat | March 18, 2008 6:40 PM
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Posted by jens | March 18, 2008 7:14 PM
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try White Center

Posted by Angel | March 19, 2008 5:04 AM
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I wonder how long it will take before EVERY block in Seattle is home to one of those fugly condos?
You do realize, (don't you?) that the retail space will be occupied by New York and Cincinatti-based corporations.
The indie retailer in going the way of the dodo and the lap dance.

Posted by UnCommon Sense | March 19, 2008 8:09 AM

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