Building 619 gets cornholed, Holly is sad

Jan 11, 2011 21:09

God damn it, they;re tearing down Building 619 because of structural concerns over tunnel-boring. GOD DAMN IT. That place is an amazing hub of art and artists and I've gotten really attached to it over a couple years of visiting it on First Thursdays--and now it's going away! What the hell will happen to Dr. Johnny Wow? Brandon Bowman? The fellow who does the amazing cowboy and boxer paintings on the second floor whose name I can never remember? They've got to scatter like beetles. The good Doctor in particular, I kinda doubt if he'll bother to set something up again; the man is 70 years old and sales have not been good. And he's brilliant.

I'm being very selfish about this, because no doubt they're even more bothered by being booted out of some brilliant and cheap studio space, but I will miss the shit out of it there is literally nothing else like it in Seattle right now. At least not that I've ever heard of. If you know a place that's even remotely similar, I hope you'll tell me.
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