Slog - Comments on Destroying History on Second Avenue

Comment by blah blah blah

blah blah blah — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:01:48 -0800

get on with your little lives already!

Comment by max solomon

max solomon — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:13:46 -0800

BOOOO, Collins Woerman! BOOOOO! no doubt you gave them the idea. architecture hoes.

Comment by elenchos

elenchos — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:13:49 -0800

I care. Maybe you should change the channel.

Comment by MEC

MEC — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:20:53 -0800

Thanks for looking into this, Dominic. I am really disgusted and saddened by this defacement.

I would be in favor of having some of the graffiti removal budget be allocated to the building protection fund.

Comment by halholbrook

halholbrook — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:23:47 -0800

Remember, the Alhadeff family still owned it in 2004. When Ken Alhadeff started marketing this building to national developers in 2006, he made a point of publicly highlighting that this particular building could.be.torn.down. Find out if he slipped some cash to the Landmarks Board members who skipped that 2004 hearing. Follow the money.

Comment by jrrrl

jrrrl — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:36:51 -0800

I'm ambivalent about whether this should be a landmark -- I've gone to Darte for coffee several times just because I like the building so much, but I like increased density too. The issue is that it's obvious the owners and architects are slithering past the preservation process once they won the lottery when 5 landmark preservation board members couldn't find a babysitter.

Principal Global Investors Limited: SLEAZY
Collins Woerman Architects: SLEAZY
Landmark Preservation Board: DO YOUR JOBS

Comment by Mike in Renton

Mike in Renton — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:46:06 -0800

You would think you could get a waiver for the 5 year wait considering they couldn't get enough of the board to show up.

Comment by Grant Cogswell

Grant Cogswell — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:14:19 -0800

There's a great shot of Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix coming down Second on a motorbike in 'My Own Private Idaho' taken from the roof of that building.

Comment by merry

merry — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:14:03 -0800

There are some days when I really fuckin Hate SeeAddle.

Comment by Timothy Hicks

Timothy Hicks — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:38:09 -0800

How about a list of the 2004 board members?

Comment by TVDinner

TVDinner — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:02:45 -0800

Yeah, especially the absent ones.

This is a travesty. These people are venal.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:22:04 -0800

Um.

Look.

It's a very very short building in an area zoned for very tall buildings.

So?

Save the facade and replace it.

Comment by elenchos

elenchos — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:04:10 -0800

Will, you're the only clear thinker in this crowd. The fact is,you are the only one qualified to glue all the shards back together. Thank you for doing this for us, my good man. Godspeed!

Comment by Christ All Friday

Christ All Friday — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:18:53 -0800

This just makes me sad.

Here's what's going to happen next. This stripped building, or a vacant lot, will sit there for years because new construction has screeched to a halt.

Then they'll dig a big hole, and that pit will sit there for years, collecting blown litter or drug addicts.

Then a tickytacky concrete-panel eyesore will go up in its place. It'll look generic but almost adequate for about 8 years, until all the panels will be stained and streaked and start chipping off.

Hope you're happy.