Sunday, May 14, 2006

More bad news on the Ave.

In the 20-odd years I've lived here I've watched The Ave. transform from shabby chic to soul-less wasteland. It made another huge leap in that direction this month.

This is not a whine about something neutral like a Starbucks going in, either. Frankly, gentrification, Yuppification -- all of that would be welcome at this point. I'm talking about something butt-ugly with Aurora Avenue-style, garish red-white-and-blue signage and whole wall of sidewalk-to-ceiling black security gates. This store on the corner of 50th looks like it should be an all-night convenience dive across the street from the King County jail, but it's apparently a PC repair place.

Check out the before-and-after images on Seattle Metroblogging.

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous5:03 PM

    GAWD that's ugly.

    Hopefully their "let's get attention by being as garish and ugly as possible" strategy won't work and they will soon be out of business for good.

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