After 42 years in its modest building abutting Highway 99 in South Lake Union, the School of Visual Concepts—whose logo is in fact a silhouette of its modest building—has finally been priced out of its neighborhood. "We have no bones to pick with Vulcan at all," said Larry Asher, co- director of the school, which at any time has about 650 students in graphic design, web design, and marketing/communications, with a great specialty in letterpress training. SVC is looking for space north of downtown to avoid contending with sports-arena parking in the south. Send email to Asher if you know of any.

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