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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Wilderness Bellevue Watch

Posted by Grant Brissey on Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 4:01 PM

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Shopping cart on a crucifix?

Posted by gttrgst on February 19, 2013 at 4:09 PM

Is it wrong to hope for a full-scale turf war with Overlake Christian?

Posted by Dougsf on February 19, 2013 at 4:09 PM

This is where North-South traffic will go if we can't clear enough traffic to route them through Seattle.

Posted by Viva Via Duct! on February 19, 2013 at 4:11 PM

I remember when that used to be a Good Guys store.

Posted by BigBertha on February 19, 2013 at 4:28 PM

Holy Shit.

Posted by Karlheinz Arschbomber

on February 19, 2013 at 4:28 PM

The former John Danz theater. The Barnes and Noble next door was a bowling alley. I'm old.

Also, I can't help but yet again sense the usual Stranger heap of eastside disdain. Would we see the headline "Seattle Watch" for a new Mars Hill in town? Of course not.

Posted by g on February 19, 2013 at 4:34 PM

The offices of Bungie Studios in the former Galleria Cinemas, just behind the former Underhill's Furniture!

Posted by Brody on February 19, 2013 at 4:39 PM

I can't imagine feeling further from religion than in a megachurch in the suburbs. Do you need a giant, glitzy church to celebrate the spirit of loving and giving?

Posted by biffp on February 19, 2013 at 4:41 PM

I saw Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom at the old John Danz Theater. What a prophetic movie title.

Posted by Bub on February 19, 2013 at 4:43 PM

@4 I remember when it was the John Danz Theater

Posted by meanie

on February 19, 2013 at 4:44 PM

I rescind my snark about the snark I perceived from the "Bellevue Watch" title. Not that anyone is paying attention.

Posted by g on February 19, 2013 at 4:46 PM

Gross.

Posted by d.p. on February 19, 2013 at 4:47 PM

My eyes are not garbage cans, Bellevue!

Posted by Totalpukoid on February 19, 2013 at 4:54 PM

It's really no different than say what Belltown has become..a stillborn vision of density with ragged peaks of hi-rises and in between the functional one and two story shops and business that people need and use.

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on February 19, 2013 at 5:10 PM

Yeah, but there are people in Belltown and colors, two things that make a world of difference.

Posted by Totalpukoid on February 19, 2013 at 5:31 PM

Might as well be the moon.

Posted by seandr on February 19, 2013 at 5:35 PM

@7: They're hosting an interesting event Thursday evening that I hope to attend, assuming I'm high enough in the waiting list to get a seat.

Posted by Knat on February 19, 2013 at 5:37 PM

Megachurch + Bellevue = Peanut Butter + Jelly. I can't think of a more appropriate pairing.

Posted by laterite on February 19, 2013 at 5:41 PM

@15: There aren't people and colors in Bellevue? Are you serious?

Posted by g on February 19, 2013 at 5:53 PM

The property of one of the most progressive, social-justice-supportive churches in Seattle, University Baptist, was bought by Mars Hill two years ago. Disgusting.

Posted by sarah70 on February 19, 2013 at 5:54 PM

If they can put one Mars Hill Church in Bellevue, why not all of them?

Posted by tiktok on February 19, 2013 at 6:03 PM

@18: Uh, just where did Mars Hill get its start?

Posted by bigyaz on February 19, 2013 at 6:19 PM

Pardon me for not understanding how churches work... does the cult of personality that is Mark Driscoll make appearances at all of his churches, now that it's a chain?

Posted by JonnoN on February 19, 2013 at 6:42 PM

Mars Hill has been in that location for at least a year. I feel dirty every time I walk by it (which is frequently).

Posted by I Got Nuthin' on February 19, 2013 at 6:54 PM

@19 Not in that particular photograph. Are YOU serious?

Posted by Totalpukoid on February 19, 2013 at 6:57 PM

@23: I've heard that they live broadcast dear leader's sermons on a giant teevee, but each church also has its own pastor. No clue if ti's true, though.

Posted by Joe Glibmoron on February 19, 2013 at 7:54 PM

"The property of one of the most progressive, social-justice-supportive churches in Seattle, University Baptist, was bought by Mars Hill two years ago. Disgusting"

Nope. That's the free market in religious ideas at work.

Btw folks, Bellevue is now more racially diverse than Seattle.

Posted by Seattle is Whitopia on February 19, 2013 at 8:15 PM

Fuck Mark Driscoll, fuck Mars Hill Cult, fuck Bellevue (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kemper Freeman).

Posted by Rujax!

on February 19, 2013 at 8:16 PM

Seattle, 70% white and rising.

Bellevue, 62% white and dropping.

Looks to me that people of color are voting with their feet. What will white Seattle hipsters do?

Posted by Seattle is Whitopia on February 19, 2013 at 8:28 PM

Bellevue and Dubai have long now, somehow been conflated in my mind.

Posted by knobtheunicorn on February 19, 2013 at 9:24 PM

What a waste of potential property tax and B&O revenue. All so simple-minded people can feel better about their lack of intellect.

Posted by Catalina Vel-DuRay

on February 19, 2013 at 10:15 PM

http://blog.seattlepi.com/bellevue-pi/20…

Posted by John Danz on February 19, 2013 at 11:25 PM

tinyurl.com/b57c4aa

Posted by John Danz on February 19, 2013 at 11:28 PM

I was in Bellevue last week. After having not been over there in a few years all I can say is for all the cosmetic changes it's still a fucking pit of corporate shallowness. It's almost as bad as being on Broadway these days.

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on February 20, 2013 at 7:28 AM

Mars Hill "Church"

Posted by HOT PUSSY

on February 20, 2013 at 9:53 AM

I remember the John Danz theater from the horrible year I lived in Bellevue as a barely-teenager, but Bellevue has changed so much I forgot what block it was on. Bellevue has mostly improved since then but this is a step back. Hopefully someone will buy the property soon after the inevitable church/cult scandal, and put up a nice tower with some street-level retail and a new movie theater.

Posted by Cascadian on February 20, 2013 at 12:27 PM