Comments on: Who’s Your Baddest Streetscape?

By: ugradbeni ormari

ugradbeni ormari — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:14:58 +0000

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By: Vinnie Cariello

Vinnie Cariello — Thu, 12 May 2011 01:01:54 +0000

I truly am not a fan of the Yahoo Keywords software. Maybe I’m just silly, but I don’t seriously trust a device simply handing me out search phrases to spend my income on, also if it does incorporate statistics. I would rather doing my own testing and explore. The more I think about these items myself, the a lot more concepts I’ll basically formulate on my own. The instrument just helps make things too simple and promote me to get reckless with the budget.

By: John West

John West — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:01:41 +0000

It’s amazing how little neighborhood business identity and charm is found here in Seattle. There are successful models like the Fremont and Ballard districts but no true Design District or “furniture row” for that matter!

We are working on western and union to invigorate and renovate this area with great potential but meeting resistance.

If you are interested, email us at gardens@jwlandscapes.com

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Opposite Ends of I-90 Vol. 2: Parking Garage Edition | hugeasscity — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:09:43 +0000

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By: Obi Wan

Obi Wan — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:54:14 +0000

There is a stiff competition here for worst street vibe. I nominate 3rd avenue between Seneca and Spring. Google Streetview does not capture its horror, but hides the ugliest public “art” I’ve seen, evah, with Metro Buses.

On the occasions that I have the misfortune of riding the bus (normally I bike), I shudder at having to decide between waiting here or at the drug-mart between Pike(’s) and Pine on 3rd.

The Horror.

By: jon

jon — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:49:20 +0000

-norton building has solid blank wall on 2 sides typical of the 1950s mentality when it came to building on slopes.

-also macys garage, i realize it has been improved a great deal but thats not saying much.

-SPL

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:08:11 +0000

Rainier from about Genesee to Jackson is largely a pedestrian nightmare, complete with lots of vacant lots/parking lots; uses pulled far back from the street, narrow sidewalks, traffic that regularly goes 10-20 mph faster than the speed limit, very little housing (and thus few eyes on the street and a feeling of danger at night), a bunch of marginal businesses and warehouses, and to top it all off, the I-90 overpass/Dearborn which is downright pedestrian hostile for about a quarter of a mile.

Turning Rainier back into a neighborhood street ought to be one of the city’s top priorities.

By: marc

marc — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:11:01 +0000

I agree with Matt @16 about Western Ave. Check out the new Seattle Steam Works building going up below the Four Seasons on Western. The siding is that crappy corrugated plexiglass you see at trailer parks. It is a fresh wart on Western Avenue. (And contrast what Seattle Steam builds today with the beautiful brick plant they built a century ago down the street at the corner of Western and Yesler. Very sad.)

By: Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:37:30 +0000

@17 I hate that shit too. A “New York” deli opened in the UD and I asked the lady where it came from and she said “this is the second one, there’s been one at pike’s for a couple of years”. I was like “WTF are you talking about?”

By: SpoilSport

SpoilSport — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:09:46 +0000

@16 — The name is Pike Place Market, not “Pike’s” Market. Arghh!