Last Night Bus-ted
posted by on June 30 at 15:13 PM
While the cops were shutting down Atlas in Capitol Hill, they were also hassling a touring band in Fremont.
The 10-member Albino! posse is currently touring in a white, tricked-out 1977 school bus. The bus was parked in front of Nectar last night, occupying the space that management keeps reserved for band vehicles. I watched the parking process—it’s not easy to parallel park a school bus—which they took seriously, making sure to fit in the space they were given.
Which is why, around 8:30 pm, the band was shocked to find a cop writing them a parking ticket for blocking the “working driveway” between Nectar and the Thai restaurant next door. They weren’t anywhere near the driveway, giving more than the five-foot clearance the cop claimed was necessary for unfettered access to the driveway. The band explained that they parked where they were told to park by management; the cop said they should talk to management, then, because he was already writing the ticket.
Only $38, thankfully, but written on the ticket was the word “Impound.” If the band didn’t move the bus back, now eight or so feet from the driveway—the cops were gonna tow it.
Both Atlas and, to a lesser extent, this situation, are symptomatic of a town more concerned with regulating its creative community than fostering it. It’s a moot question, but don’t the police have more important things to do on a Friday night?
This has nothing to do with the 'creative community' and everything to do with Fremont parking. I can't park my car there either. Big deal.
Psssssst. Hey. Have you seen the kinds of living spaces and businesses that now populate Fremont? Remember that it didn't used to be that way?
It's coming. It will be happening here on the Hill before you know it. Dig trenches.
When you live in a vibrant city, you must expect change.
If the city didn't change and grow inward, it would change and grow outward, creating more sprawl and strip-malls which creates a void in the inner city.
I dislike when my favorite places are destroyed for more condos, too. But buildings and nostalgia aren't what make a city, it's the people.
Thank you, Andrew. That guy (or girl) is just trying to sell t-shirts anyway. Pfft.
Actually, I think what's being said there is that when the rich people move in, things like harassment and nitpicking over who's parked properly near who's driveway increases. So do noise complaints. So do fire marshall visits. And so builds the case that our neighborhoods and venues should be further sanitized and shut down. All this while the word "urban" is used and overused to describe what's going on in these new developments, while shoving suburban banality and feature(?) down everyone's throats. Condo dwellers = NIMBYs. It's classic. Even if these things were in their backyards (or driveways) before they got there. They don't care. Haven't you noticed? When there's money flowing in, police begin acting really weird. Haven't you noticed?
BTW, those shirts those guys sell are printed in the neighborhood and are sold at no profit.
The cops in Seattle are tow-crazy. It ain't no good!
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