“I just graduated culinary school and commute from Bremerton.
I’m excited to have found this kind of bar; they do a lot if interesting brining and charcuterie.”
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Small Town Weddings
“It’s nice here.
All the businesses here made us feel really welcome and we know a lot of them.
It feels like a small town.”
People Need To Be Nicer To Each Other
“People need to just get along…be nicer to each other.
And, this neighborhood needs more live music.
We play live shows here every other Thursday.”
Parking For People Who Work Here
“It’d be nice if it were safer to walk around at night. More beat cops would be nice.
And fix the parking. That’s a big chunk of my pay.”
Bus Safety Is A Concern
“It’s really nice down here, I like the buildings and everything.
And, I live in Tacoma and have worked here two years.
The bus stop on 3rd and James isn’t safe.
They need to move it back where it was, and away from the missions.”
Safety, With Sprinkles Please
“I’d like to feel safer on the street at night, so more cops would be good.
…and, this neighborhood needs an ice cream joint.”
Tuff Talk
“We want less black people, less homeless, less garbage.
And don’t photograph me.
And I’m not going to tell you anything about my group.
I like psq because of the stiff drinks and the loose women on stiff drinks.
Hey…you ever ridden on the back of a motorcycle?”
Catch It Before It Changes
“If I could say one thing? It would be to come and see it before it changes over.
This used to be the grunge scene, with national acts.
It’s about to become Disneyfied.”
“And don’t make me look like a convict. All pictures make me look like a convict.”
No, you don’t look like a convict. And I’m glad your business is in the neighborhood. 🙂
Don’t Get My Face
“There’s more roughness and disrespect from the police and ER workers.
They’re rougher with us.
There’s so many assumptions about us bc we are homeless.
But we’re people. We’re human.
Don’t get my face.”
I’m More Aware
“There was an article in the paper about the homeless down here.
I loved the photography; beautiful pictures.
It humanized them.
When I walk around down here I think of that.”
Whose Got Our Backs?
“I got kicked out of my Amish community for smoking weed…and alot of other stuff.
Don’t get my face.
You can have our dog butts, will that work?”
Pioneer Square Needs
“I wish there was a craft store.”
I’m Ready For My Closeup
“Wait, should I wear my glasses?”
More Live Music
“We really need more live music.”
Think Big, Buy Small
“I like the small stores, not the big chain places.
I think it’s important to buy local and want to see more of that.”
Lost In His Book @littleuncletwit
“Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.” –Jane Smiley
Puddle Jumping
He Probably Had a Job And A Home
Most people, if you live in a big city, see some form of schizophrenia every day,
and it’s always in the form of someone homeless.
‘Look at that guy, he’s crazy. He looks dangerous.’
Well he’s on the street because of mental illness.
He probably had a job and a home. –Eric McCormack
Temporary Refuge
You should come
“We’re having our two year anniversary.
It’s a biathlon.
You need to lap the block on your bike and shoot stuffed animals with nurf guns.”
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I’m almost iconic
“I work in the basement. Every day at lunch, I stand here and read. I’m almost iconic.”
I just pass through
“I work in The Market and cut through Occidental Park
on my way to the International district. Theres a lot of grit.
I think of Psq has having a lot of frat bars and homeless.
But you certainly made me think about it.
I know there’s a lot going on down there now.”
Closing after 37 years
Seen in Pioneer Square
Salumi, Seattle Art Walk and my doctor
“PSQ is a destination, there aren’t many places to linger and hang out.
There’s a bar I like down there…
I did the Seattle Ghost tour once.
It was good for some interesting historic facts,
but I’m cynical enough to just believe my own BS.
But Pioneer Square gets the bottom layer of the tourism with those activities.
I like to go there for Salumi, the art walk…and my doctor is there.”
Heard on Capitol Hill
“My husband works down there.
The reason my bookstore is here is because psq gets such a big tourist
population and most people have bought their books before they go on vacation.
But I like what’s going on with all the development.
In five years it’s really going to be something. I love going to The Mercantile.”
People of Pioneer Square 