Wow, Richmark Label is involved. Glad to see that. Richmark Label is a fairly large label manufacturer for a lot of large brands. Their building can be seen in a lot of the CHAZ photos. It’s the one with an exterior wall that used to have a really nice, graffiti-free mural that ran from 11th and Pine up to 12th and Pine. (Side-note: I lived on 13th and about a block over from where the CHAZ is located for 3 years not too long ago.)
Truth be told, the Pike/Pine corridor in Capitol Hill was and, will probably always be, chaotic and it became worst during the summer, since that’s when violent crime skyrocketed. A lot of crime took place around Cal Anderson. Organized gangs worked the area to rob unsuspecting, naive newbies. I would often hear gun fire at night. A lot of residences don’t have AC, and you would need your windows open to survive the hot nights. During the day, almost non-stop police helicopters circling the area and protests for just about everything.
The problem with Seattle is most people do hate this stuff, but they’re afraid of speaking up out of fear of being labeled, which is a BS excuse, of course. At least, that’s what I perceived from co-workers and friends who lived around the city. Also, NIMBY (not in my backyard) is a pretty common expression there. As long as they didn’t have to personally deal with the issue, they didn’t care to raise a stink about it and the issue didn’t bother them. CH is kinda like Bourbon Street in NOLA. If you’re a local, you really don’t spend a lot of time there.
Several years ago, when then-mayor, now-disgraced mayor Ed Murray (he got outed for gay sex crimes) started to allow homeless camps in cleaner Seattle neighborhoods. People started to speak up and came out in force, primarily bc these city-sanctioned camps were going to go in tourist-heavy, nicer areas, like in Ballard.
I would say during the 2016 elections, that part of CH was probably the quietest place in the US. That was great to witness.
Wow, Richmark Label is involved. Glad to see that. Richmark Label is a fairly large label manufacturer for a lot of large brands. Their building can be seen in a lot of the CHAZ photos. It’s the one with an exterior wall that used to have a really nice, graffiti-free mural that ran from 11th and Pine up to 12th and Pine. (Side-note: I lived on 13th and about a block over from where the CHAZ is located for 3 years not too long ago.)
Truth be told, the Pike/Pine corridor in Capitol Hill was and, will probably always be, chaotic and it became worst during the summer, since that’s when violent crime skyrocketed. A lot of crime took place around Cal Anderson. Organized gangs worked the area to rob unsuspecting, naive newbies. I would often hear gun fire at night. A lot of residences don’t have AC, and you would need your windows open to survive the hot nights. During the day, almost non-stop police helicopters circling the area and protests for just about everything.
The problem with Seattle is most people do hate this stuff, but they’re afraid of speaking up out of fear of being labeled, which is a BS excuse, of course. At least, that’s what I perceived from co-workers and friends who lived around the city. Also, NIMBY (not in my backyard) is a pretty common expression there. As long as they didn’t have to personally deal with the issue, they didn’t care to raise a stink about it and the issue didn’t bother them. CH is kinda like Bourbon Street in NOLA. If you’re a local, you really don’t spend a lot of time there.
Several years ago, when then-mayor, now-disgraced mayor Ed Murray (he got outed for gay sex crimes) started to allow homeless camps in cleaner Seattle neighborhoods. People started to speak up and came out in force, primarily bc these city-sanctioned camps were going to go in tourist-heavy, nicer areas, like in Ballard.
I would say during the 2016 elections, that part of CH was probably the quietest place in the US. That was great to witness.