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News & ArtsMonday, August 30, 2010
City In My Dreams
Posted by Bethany Jean Clement on Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:30 AM
Someone would buy one of these motels on Aurora and make it into a great bar/club/eating/fun complex like the Jupiter in Portland.
- jupiterhotel.com
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I've thought that for years, but for something like that to work it needs to be close to entertainment/arts stuff. Maybe one of the motels near Seattle Center (only a couple left) or in Denny Triangle? But, most of those got scooped up by Cornish to be used as dorms.
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They are all too far out to be regular destinations for anyone but the locals. Bus service is terrible--have you ridden a #5 at 11pm?
Parking in local neighborhoods is an invitation to a car prowl and you are quite likley to get mugged for crack money. Sounds fun. When do we go?
Parking in local neighborhoods is an invitation to a car prowl and you are quite likley to get mugged for crack money. Sounds fun. When do we go?
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Any mention of the Jupiter is incomplete without mentioning the adjoining great little diner, the Doug Fir. The Fir Burger is divine (as is that I think salmon & rosemary hash).
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Actually, they could easily build a "Last Chance Before Tolled Billionaires Tunnel" eatery around there.
But the worst is that the 358 bus doesn't let people on/off before N 45th - why isn't there a stop at N 40th near the ped bridge?
But the worst is that the 358 bus doesn't let people on/off before N 45th - why isn't there a stop at N 40th near the ped bridge?
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East Burnside not = to Aurora.
As @5 said, the best shot is the Denny Triangle, but those motels all seem to be thriving. Georgetown over off Michigan? Maybe those on Aurora closest to Wallingmont/Freford?
As @5 said, the best shot is the Denny Triangle, but those motels all seem to be thriving. Georgetown over off Michigan? Maybe those on Aurora closest to Wallingmont/Freford?
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6: As I recall, the 358 is the bus that services Aurora, not the 5. The one time I caught it I noticed that one comes every few minutes and runs hella late.
Also, your paranoia about your car being suddenly jacked if you park in North Seattle is laughable.
It's so cute/silly that Seattle is so vastly wonderful that the supposed bad neighborhood, though safer and nicer than most best neighborhoods of other cities is like, so scary. wtf.
Also, your paranoia about your car being suddenly jacked if you park in North Seattle is laughable.
It's so cute/silly that Seattle is so vastly wonderful that the supposed bad neighborhood, though safer and nicer than most best neighborhoods of other cities is like, so scary. wtf.
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Um.... that's a great idea except for a few little problems like:
Portland is cool, Seattle is not
Portland has a vision of itself, Seattle does not
Things get done in Portland, nothing gets done in Seattle
Seattle wants to be "world class, Portland just wants to be itself...
Portland is cool, Seattle is not
Portland has a vision of itself, Seattle does not
Things get done in Portland, nothing gets done in Seattle
Seattle wants to be "world class, Portland just wants to be itself...
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Seattle is Jan Brady, SFO is Marsha, and Portland is Cindy,
The motel on 5th Avanue just north of the Westin would be a much better candidate for this sort of rehab
The motel on 5th Avanue just north of the Westin would be a much better candidate for this sort of rehab
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BUT PORTLAND DOESN'T HAVE A VIADUCT PROBLEM.
I love the idea of fixing one of those places up. Do they have a magic hose to spray in those rooms that de-jizzes things? I bet Portland has one of those.
I also lived in that area before and it's not as crack-y/car prowl-y as Cap'n Crackprowl would make it out to be.
I love the idea of fixing one of those places up. Do they have a magic hose to spray in those rooms that de-jizzes things? I bet Portland has one of those.
I also lived in that area before and it's not as crack-y/car prowl-y as Cap'n Crackprowl would make it out to be.
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Why don't we just turn all those empty buildings in SLU into hotels and call it a day?
Then we can not build the Billionaires Tunnel and we all win!
Then we can not build the Billionaires Tunnel and we all win!
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If you kicked all the crackheads and scum out of the motels on Aurora, you wouldn't have a car prowl problem anymore. That's kinda the big reason they're shutting them down. They were being used as base camp for 90% of the crime around there.
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21: Source needed.
Who is ~they~ that are closing down motels on Aurora? What motels have been closed? What car prowl problem are you talking about?
In other words, stop perpetuating rumors and shit talking about, what, a 20 square mile corridor of our city.
Who is ~they~ that are closing down motels on Aurora? What motels have been closed? What car prowl problem are you talking about?
In other words, stop perpetuating rumors and shit talking about, what, a 20 square mile corridor of our city.
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21 continued
Yes, I realize it is not literally a 20 square mile corridor. I'm taking in to account the 5 miles miles between Seattle and Shoreline and the appearent blocks and blocks and blocks of danger on either side of it. Get a grip.
It's pretty much amazing up there if you go 1 or 2 blocks east or west of Aurora
(Fremont? Wallingford? Green Lake? Greenwood? Oaktree? HELLO?)
Yes, I realize it is not literally a 20 square mile corridor. I'm taking in to account the 5 miles miles between Seattle and Shoreline and the appearent blocks and blocks and blocks of danger on either side of it. Get a grip.
It's pretty much amazing up there if you go 1 or 2 blocks east or west of Aurora
(Fremont? Wallingford? Green Lake? Greenwood? Oaktree? HELLO?)
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i guess Fremont Abbey Arts Center could try to be to the Thunderbird what the Doug Fir is to the Jupiter! :-)
another idea floating around for these motels (yes, multiples and some will be foreclosed on soon) is ARTIST LIVE/WORK SPACE! yah it'd be noisy but might be worth it? i don't think there is anything like Tashiro Kaplan or Youngstown in North seattle right?
another idea floating around for these motels (yes, multiples and some will be foreclosed on soon) is ARTIST LIVE/WORK SPACE! yah it'd be noisy but might be worth it? i don't think there is anything like Tashiro Kaplan or Youngstown in North seattle right?
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Stayed in the Jupiter & saw a show @ the Doug Fir about 2 years ago. The rooms were pretty cheap & the courtyard area (pictured) is amazing. Best 2 day trip I've had in a long time.
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Yeah, what really makes the Jupiter work IMO is the adjacent music space and being more centrally located. I don't think any of the Aurora motels have even an adjoining restaurant space, let alone a basement that'll hold a couple hundred people.
And @7, I tried to order a "Fir Burger" last time I stayed there, but I couldn't wipe the smirk off my face as I unsuccessfully attempted to make "fir" not sound like "fur".
I don't think my waitress was amused, although, I also imagine it wasn't the first time she'd been through that experience, either.
And @7, I tried to order a "Fir Burger" last time I stayed there, but I couldn't wipe the smirk off my face as I unsuccessfully attempted to make "fir" not sound like "fur".
I don't think my waitress was amused, although, I also imagine it wasn't the first time she'd been through that experience, either.
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