Seattle's Last Funky Places

01/02/2021

Can’t believe their are still going...love this shop. Went in once about 15 years ago. Spent 3hrs BSing bike with the owner. So casual. This never happens in Seattle anymore.

11/27/2020

Way to Go Seattle City Council! Another step toward cleansing Seattle of its quirky persona....Wow...so glad folk like you were not successful in tearing down the Pike Place Markets. What a lack of vision! Seriously, who made this call? Anyone know? Shall we rename the city, Amazonia?

The longtime sign along Denny Way is being donated to Seattle's Museum of History and Industry.

11/27/2020

https://www.king5.com/article/news/history/pink-elephant-car-wash-sign-removed/281-37d8714b-1dfb-4c33-b4a2-94fcb5bbd52d

The longtime sign along Denny Way is being donated to Seattle's Museum of History and Industry.

11/22/2020

So in Dead Seattle Brillance, I heard the plan was to demolish the Elephant Car Wash and move it's iconic Sign to a resting place at Mohi...where it would be, what?...seen as a dinosaur of a beloved past...dead, gone, enshrined...Developers get so many tax credits, what about a tax credit that would have allowed this iconic business to survive? A-O...way to go Seattle!

11/22/2020

How the F did this happen?... A landmark saved! Wow...Seattle Developers do something right....a rare thing..in Dead Seattle!

09/12/2020

Gone as of 9/19. Seattle progress wipes another great insitution..

09/12/2020

Never been? A hardware treasure trove. Gone as of 9/19.

08/25/2018

Yep!

Sketched Aug. 21 and 23, 2018 A business that landed in the Denny Triangle just a few years ago plans to open a new HQ2. No, I’m not talking about Amazon. It’s the little Black Market skate shop in the...

01/07/2018

Get ready to say goodbye to the Nickerson Street Saloon.

08/17/2017

We're raising a glass to a beloved dive bar The People's Pub, closing this weekend http://bit.ly/2vST3co

The People’s Pub in Ballard is closing down this weekend, 17 years after opening. That opening seems like a long time ago now, and for some of us regulars, it seems even longer. Many of us left our youth behind … Continue reading →

06/07/2017

The Landmark Theater chain has closed Seattle’s Seven Gables Theater and the Guild 45th Theaters, effective immediately. In a Tweet, Landmark announced that the theaters would undergo renovation, with no details about timelines or even if the venerable art houses would reopen. The Tweet directed local cinephiles to the Crest Cinemas, in Shoreline.
Calls to Landmark offices in LA were referred to a NYC publicist who could provide no further details.

11/06/2016

So where are we in the new banner?