Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Tears, Dust, Rubble, and the Future in Georgetown

Here's a report from Seattle:

We hope this isn't a growing trend. From the Croc to the Sunset Bowl to all of Seattle's bars, it seems as though any place of which beer is an integral component is endangered with stifling regulation or closure or even the wrecking ball. The very latest, of course, is a portion of the old Georgetown brewery just a scant few days after the 104th anniversary of Georgetownian incorporation.

Of course we're sad to see the Stock House go but you can't argue with an uncooperative foundation that's sinking below you. We're happy the rest of the complex is staying, though Sabey really needs to get on with fixing the place up --see the bricks above and focus before it's too late. Still, a lesson to all: perhaps cold storage is not the best adaptive reuse for a historic building.

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