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Another Anhalt

A few posts back I discussed Capitol Hill’s Loveless Building [https://www.sbhopper.com/sb-hopper/2018/2/24/on-the-streets-loveless-on-capitol-hill]. In reading about the architect’s history and the building’s story, I hatched a vague plan to photograph some of the incredible Tudor Revival homes on Capitol Hill. That

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On the Streets: Loveless on Capitol Hill

My favorite coffee shop in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood is Joe Bar [https://www.instagram.com/joe_bar_cafe/]. It’s one of the first coffee shops I visited when I moved to Capitol Hill, and I liked the people and the place immediately. I didn’t immediately like

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Loveless, initially

I wasn’t a fan of Capitol Hill’s Loveless Building [http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2009/02/the-loveless-building-a-brief-history/] initially. I think I thought it was out of place. It has grown on me, and it’s now one of my favorite buildings in the neighborhood.

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On the Streets: Top Pot

One’s own neighborhood can be full of surprises. Let me back up. I can be a creature of habit. Joe Bar is close to my apartment, and it serves up great coffee, tea, crepes, panini (according to Wikipedia, that’s the plural form), and conversation. I could go there

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On the Streets: Loveless Building

If you’ve read this blog, you know I’m a fan of Joe Bar [http://www.thestranger.com/locations/24515/joe-bar](link goes to The Stranger’s writeup about Joe Bar). It took me a little longer to warm up to the Loveless Building, which only seems appropriate given

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On the Streets: Suffragette City

In Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1605783/], the protagonist longs to be in the company of the writers and artists of The Lost Generation. Hemingway, the Fitzgeralds, Gertrude Stein, Picasso, Dali, Man Ray. Who can blame him? We all want to find that time-machine

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On the Streets: Two Bells

On Sunday 29 January 2017, I took photos of a protest against President Trump’s 27 January Executive Orders on immigration and refugees. I parked fairly far north of Westlake Park on 4th Avenue. Walking to the protest, I passed the Fleming Apartments, a building that always catches my eye.