WEBVTT 00:00:01.300 --> 00:00:02.300 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% [ Spray can shakes ] 00:00:07.901 --> 00:00:09.834 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% [ Beeping ] 00:00:09.834 --> 00:00:11.367 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% -Hi, I'm Cynthia Brothers, 00:00:11.367 --> 00:00:13.634 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% the founder of Vanishing Seattle. 00:00:13.634 --> 00:00:16.534 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% Vanishing Seattle is a project that documents the displaced 00:00:16.534 --> 00:00:18.300 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% and disappearing institutions, 00:00:18.300 --> 00:00:21.367 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% small businesses, and cultures of Seattle. 00:00:21.367 --> 00:00:24.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It also celebrates the histories of spaces and communities 00:00:24.734 --> 00:00:26.400 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% that give the city its soul. 00:00:26.400 --> 00:00:28.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Its launch in 2016 was inspired 00:00:28.767 --> 00:00:32.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% by the closing of Inay's Asian Pacific cuisine on Beacon Hill 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:35.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and its resident stunning spectacular drag artist, 00:00:35.067 --> 00:00:36.868 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% Atasha Manila. 00:00:36.868 --> 00:00:38.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% What started as a few social media posts 00:00:38.868 --> 00:00:41.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% grew into something bigger, including this film series, 00:00:41.567 --> 00:00:44.634 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% which was executive produced by myself and Martin Tran. 00:00:44.634 --> 00:00:47.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And it's an ongoing love letter to the spaces and people 00:00:47.501 --> 00:00:52.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that make Seattle an irreplaceably special city. 00:00:52.167 --> 00:00:54.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% The first film in the Vanishing Seattle series 00:00:54.300 --> 00:00:56.033 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% is about Wa Na Wari. 00:00:56.033 --> 00:00:58.434 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Wa Na Wari was co-founded in 2019 00:00:58.434 --> 00:00:59.667 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% by four artists -- 00:00:59.667 --> 00:01:02.100 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% Inye Wokoma, Elisheba Johnson, 00:01:02.100 --> 00:01:04.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Rachel Kessler, and Jill Freidberg 00:01:04.701 --> 00:01:06.634 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and is located in a fifth generation 00:01:06.634 --> 00:01:09.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% black-owned home which was owned by Inye's grandparents 00:01:09.701 --> 00:01:13.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% in Seattle's formerly redlined Central District. 00:01:13.067 --> 00:01:15.634 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Wa Na Wari creates space for black ownership, 00:01:15.634 --> 00:01:17.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% organizing, and belonging through art, 00:01:17.934 --> 00:01:20.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% historic preservation, and connection 00:01:20.400 --> 00:01:23.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% amidst increasing gentrification of the Central District, 00:01:23.367 --> 00:01:27.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% which was once 80% Black and is now less than 10%. 00:01:27.901 --> 00:01:30.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% By reclaiming Black cultural space and making a statement 00:01:30.801 --> 00:01:33.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% about the importance of Black land ownership, 00:01:33.234 --> 00:01:36.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Wa Na Wari is an active model for how Black art and culture 00:01:36.567 --> 00:01:39.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% can combat gentrification and displacement. 00:01:40.901 --> 00:01:44.033 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% ♪♪ 00:01:48.501 --> 00:01:51.734 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -Yeah. 00:01:51.734 --> 00:01:53.234 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% Yeah. 00:01:53.234 --> 00:01:55.634 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ You scratch my back and I scratch yours ♪ 00:01:55.634 --> 00:01:57.067 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ Like I'm supposed to ♪ 00:01:57.067 --> 00:01:59.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ When we first met, I told my friends ♪ 00:01:59.067 --> 00:02:00.868 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ Yeah, I knocked a loco ♪ 00:02:00.868 --> 00:02:02.734 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ Up top pretty thing ♪ 00:02:02.734 --> 00:02:04.033 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ Seattle, what a pretty name ♪ 00:02:04.033 --> 00:02:05.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ She hit me with that city game ♪ 00:02:05.801 --> 00:02:08.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ Looks fresher than the northwest rain ♪ 00:02:08.868 --> 00:02:12.033 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% ♪♪ 00:02:18.400 --> 00:02:23.467 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% -Right now, we are in my great aunt's home, 00:02:23.467 --> 00:02:25.067 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% which is to say, this is the home 00:02:25.067 --> 00:02:26.868 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% of my grandfather's sister. 00:02:26.868 --> 00:02:30.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It's also the home that my grandparents owned together. 00:02:30.300 --> 00:02:33.434 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% my grandparents' generation was part of the Great Migration 00:02:33.434 --> 00:02:36.300 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% that era when African-Americans were leaving the south 00:02:36.300 --> 00:02:41.033 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% and coming to northern cities and western states 00:02:41.033 --> 00:02:44.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% en mass looking for a better opportunity and better life 00:02:44.601 --> 00:02:46.667 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and to escape the, you know, 00:02:46.667 --> 00:02:50.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% the violent oppression of the American South. 00:02:50.033 --> 00:02:52.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I mean, the Central District was the only place in the city 00:02:52.334 --> 00:02:54.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% where Black folks could buy property. 00:02:54.834 --> 00:02:56.167 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% Because of that, 00:02:56.167 --> 00:02:58.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that's where the Black community was. 00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:00.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And that was where all of our, you know, 00:03:00.734 --> 00:03:04.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% religious social institutions, everything was centered here. 00:03:04.901 --> 00:03:06.734 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -♪ We grew up together ♪ 00:03:06.734 --> 00:03:08.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ I found solace in your back blocks ♪ 00:03:08.901 --> 00:03:10.667 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ Alleyways and rap spots ♪ 00:03:10.667 --> 00:03:12.267 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ Face heavy off of alchi ♪ 00:03:12.267 --> 00:03:14.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ With your skyline in the backdrop ♪ 00:03:14.400 --> 00:03:16.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ Yeah, that's what we posed in front of ♪ 00:03:16.901 --> 00:03:19.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ Now, supposedly you posing... ♪ 00:03:19.033 --> 00:03:21.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -I think there's ways that Black people 00:03:21.234 --> 00:03:25.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% naturally organize that is embodied. 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:27.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Like, when I think about this house, I'm from Seattle, 00:03:27.968 --> 00:03:31.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% but my family's not, my grandfather moved 00:03:31.067 --> 00:03:33.133 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% from South Carolina to Chicago 00:03:33.133 --> 00:03:35.133 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% and bought a whole bunch of houses 00:03:35.133 --> 00:03:37.267 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% that family could live in and rent from. 00:03:37.267 --> 00:03:40.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Just like Inye's grandfather, right? 00:03:40.300 --> 00:03:42.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And it was like this upwardly mobile 20th century thing 00:03:42.901 --> 00:03:44.434 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% that Black folks did, right? 00:03:44.434 --> 00:03:48.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% So it just feels like it's part of our DNA for us 00:03:48.467 --> 00:03:50.133 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% to rent the house 00:03:50.133 --> 00:03:52.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and then make sure our family of Seattle 00:03:52.501 --> 00:03:55.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% can come in and have a space here. 00:03:55.033 --> 00:03:58.534 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% -[ Singing indistinctly ] 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:09.267 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -Well, I mean, 00:04:09.267 --> 00:04:11.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% the neighborhood has been changing for the past 00:04:11.367 --> 00:04:12.701 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% almost 30 years. 00:04:12.701 --> 00:04:16.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Definitely, the past decade, things have accelerated 00:04:16.067 --> 00:04:17.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% the gentrification of the neighborhood. 00:04:17.667 --> 00:04:21.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% The neighborhood's gone from being almost 80% Black 00:04:21.234 --> 00:04:24.734 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% to less than 10% Black. 00:04:24.734 --> 00:04:30.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% So that's a massive change in every aspect of our daily lives, 00:04:30.367 --> 00:04:33.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% the folks who live in the Central District, 00:04:33.267 --> 00:04:36.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% you know, throughout the 20th century. 00:04:36.234 --> 00:04:38.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% The community that we grew up in, 00:04:38.734 --> 00:04:40.100 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% that we were familiar with, 00:04:40.100 --> 00:04:43.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that we helped to create essentially doesn't exist, 00:04:43.467 --> 00:04:47.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% at least not in a concentrated geographic way. 00:04:47.133 --> 00:04:50.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -We've been talking a lot about belonging 00:04:50.567 --> 00:04:53.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and that everybody wants a place to belong, right. 00:04:53.567 --> 00:04:57.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And so people knew that this was their neighborhood. 00:04:57.033 --> 00:04:58.367 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% They knew they belonged here 00:04:58.367 --> 00:05:00.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and that has been taken from them. 00:05:00.534 --> 00:05:02.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% When neighbors look at them and say, 00:05:02.868 --> 00:05:04.067 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% "What are you doing here?" 00:05:04.067 --> 00:05:06.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -Biggest thing that folks are, you know, 00:05:06.901 --> 00:05:10.634 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% attempting to sort of pinpoint are, 00:05:10.634 --> 00:05:13.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% you know, how do we actually survive this? 00:05:13.133 --> 00:05:14.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% How did -- one, how do we survive it? 00:05:14.367 --> 00:05:16.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And then how do we come out on the other end 00:05:16.968 --> 00:05:19.167 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% in some way that feels whole. 00:05:19.167 --> 00:05:21.167 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -As a Black artist in Seattle, 00:05:21.167 --> 00:05:24.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% it gets really lonely in terms of like trying to figure out 00:05:24.734 --> 00:05:28.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% where you can share ideas with other people that are like you 00:05:28.133 --> 00:05:31.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and actually, like, push you and see exciting work. 00:05:31.334 --> 00:05:33.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I'm really interested in it being a place 00:05:33.701 --> 00:05:37.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% where people can experiment with new materials and new ideas. 00:05:37.133 --> 00:05:40.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And that's why it's really important to have the local, 00:05:40.067 --> 00:05:43.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% regional, and national artists conversation 00:05:43.133 --> 00:05:44.501 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% within the house, right? 00:05:44.501 --> 00:05:48.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% So when local artists are exhibited in the same space 00:05:48.234 --> 00:05:51.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% as national artists, they don't have to leave their city 00:05:51.067 --> 00:05:54.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% to be able to feel like they get to that level of their career. 00:05:54.300 --> 00:05:58.133 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -We need imaginative responses, 00:05:58.133 --> 00:06:01.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ways of imagining ourselves in the future, right, 00:06:01.701 --> 00:06:04.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that have everything to do with us 00:06:04.234 --> 00:06:06.033 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% getting there on our own, 00:06:06.033 --> 00:06:08.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% you know, in ways that makes sense to us. 00:06:08.400 --> 00:06:11.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -Times like these, see me for who my neighborhood elders 00:06:11.200 --> 00:06:13.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% made me, see me for the fire that I am for the match, 00:06:13.934 --> 00:06:15.734 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% the kindling and the blaze, 00:06:15.734 --> 00:06:19.267 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% but also see me for my ash in these trying times, 00:06:19.267 --> 00:06:22.400 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% the current state of affairs in our current political climate, 00:06:22.400 --> 00:06:23.701 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% in times like these, 00:06:23.701 --> 00:06:27.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% we have to remember we will get through this. 00:06:27.234 --> 00:06:29.000 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% We always have. 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:33.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Thank you so much for being here. 00:06:33.267 --> 00:06:35.934 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% [ Speaks indistinctly ] 00:06:39.167 --> 00:06:42.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -I'm excited about the ideas of Black artists 00:06:42.067 --> 00:06:43.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and how they permeate the world. 00:06:43.934 --> 00:06:47.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I've been going to galleries since I was 18 years old 00:06:47.968 --> 00:06:50.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and half the people don't look up at you 00:06:50.701 --> 00:06:52.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and treat you like you shouldn't be there. 00:06:52.567 --> 00:06:56.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And so I intentionally wanted to flip that experience 00:06:56.167 --> 00:06:58.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and make people feel welcome because like I said, 00:06:58.701 --> 00:07:01.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I think artists are the philosophers of our time. 00:07:01.834 --> 00:07:04.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And so for us to kind of think about these big ideas 00:07:04.334 --> 00:07:06.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that we're all trying to solve in the world, 00:07:06.501 --> 00:07:07.667 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% artists are the ones 00:07:07.667 --> 00:07:09.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that are going to be tackling those ideas 00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:11.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% in the ways that, like, we just in our heart space. 00:07:11.968 --> 00:07:13.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% What does it mean to bring people in? 00:07:13.501 --> 00:07:16.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% What does it mean to use the art as a gathering space? 00:07:16.133 --> 00:07:19.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And so I think that helps deconstructs that completely. 00:07:19.534 --> 00:07:22.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% You feel welcome. It feels like it's your grandmother's house, 00:07:22.400 --> 00:07:25.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% which is what most people say when they come through the door. 00:07:25.000 --> 00:07:29.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Wa Na Wari is about making sure the culture of Black folks 00:07:29.834 --> 00:07:32.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that was part of this neighborhood is not erased 00:07:32.367 --> 00:07:34.100 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% because people come back 00:07:34.100 --> 00:07:37.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and then they feel like they're strangers in the neighborhood 00:07:37.934 --> 00:07:39.267 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% they grew up in, right? 00:07:39.267 --> 00:07:40.934 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% So how do you retain culture? 00:07:40.934 --> 00:07:43.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And I think that you do that through art, 00:07:43.234 --> 00:07:44.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% you do that through dance and music 00:07:44.934 --> 00:07:47.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and spoken word and visual art and new media. 00:07:47.734 --> 00:07:50.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And then people know they belong here. 00:07:52.701 --> 00:07:58.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -♪ Decide on what makes you happy ♪ 00:07:58.033 --> 00:08:03.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ Decide on what makes you bold ♪ 00:08:03.501 --> 00:08:08.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ Decide on, baby, if I knew you ♪ 00:08:08.767 --> 00:08:12.501 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% ♪♪ 00:08:30.367 --> 00:08:33.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -This film was directed by devon le Leña and CHIMAERA, 00:08:33.734 --> 00:08:37.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% who both have multigenerational family histories in the CD. 00:08:37.534 --> 00:08:41.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It features music by local artists Yirim Seck and JusMoni. 00:08:41.801 --> 00:08:44.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% If you'd like to learn more about Wa Na Wari, 00:08:44.267 --> 00:08:47.501 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% go to wanawari.org. 00:08:47.501 --> 00:08:50.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Hardwick's Hardware is a fourth generation, 00:08:50.167 --> 00:08:53.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% family-owned, independent hardware store that, 00:08:53.234 --> 00:08:55.067 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% up until September of 2020, 00:08:55.067 --> 00:08:58.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% was located on Roosevelt in the University District. 00:08:58.567 --> 00:09:00.634 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Hardwick supported boat builders, 00:09:00.634 --> 00:09:03.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% woodworkers, metal smiths, artists, 00:09:03.267 --> 00:09:05.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% tradespeople, and countless small businesses, 00:09:05.968 --> 00:09:08.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% local industries, and everyday Seattleites 00:09:08.567 --> 00:09:10.701 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% for nearly nine decades. 00:09:10.701 --> 00:09:13.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Hardwick's closed and moved out of state 00:09:13.167 --> 00:09:15.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% as both they, and their customer base, 00:09:15.601 --> 00:09:18.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% faced being priced out by a changing Seattle 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:19.601 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and U District. 00:09:22.767 --> 00:09:24.667 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -No, you're fine. 00:09:24.667 --> 00:09:29.133 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% [ Speaks indistinctly ] 00:09:29.133 --> 00:09:30.267 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -Hello. 00:09:30.267 --> 00:09:33.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Well, I saw two inexpensive routers. 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:37.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I saw a used Bosch plunge router for $49.95. 00:09:37.667 --> 00:09:41.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And then I seen a new skill number 1810 00:09:41.400 --> 00:09:43.968 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% that's going for $79.99. 00:09:43.968 --> 00:09:48.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -Okay, Vern. Thank you. -You're welcome. Bye-bye. 00:09:48.367 --> 00:09:51.601 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% ♪♪ 00:09:59.868 --> 00:10:03.300 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -I own a portion 00:10:03.300 --> 00:10:05.834 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% of Hardwick's, 00:10:05.834 --> 00:10:09.501 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% which is also known as Hardwick and Son's Inc. 00:10:09.501 --> 00:10:13.067 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% And it was also known as Hardwick's Swap Shop. 00:10:13.067 --> 00:10:16.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And also Hardwick's Hardware by the people out there 00:10:16.400 --> 00:10:19.100 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% in Seattle. 00:10:19.100 --> 00:10:20.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% The store is 10,000 square feet 00:10:20.868 --> 00:10:24.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and it's separated into three rooms. 00:10:24.501 --> 00:10:28.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Two rooms are 4,000 each and of course, 00:10:28.534 --> 00:10:33.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% the tool room is existed before my father bought it 00:10:33.767 --> 00:10:39.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% in 1938 or started here in 1938. 00:10:39.234 --> 00:10:41.934 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% -Well, Hardwick's amongst all of the woodworkers 00:10:41.934 --> 00:10:44.200 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% on the lake, Hardwick's is Mecca. 00:10:44.200 --> 00:10:46.968 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% Okay, I mean, that's -- when I was younger, 00:10:46.968 --> 00:10:50.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I'd save my money up knowing that I was going to spend 00:10:50.300 --> 00:10:52.534 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% all of it at Hardwick's. 00:10:52.534 --> 00:10:55.200 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% And going to Hardwick's 00:10:55.200 --> 00:10:57.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% was like, you know, going to heaven. 00:10:57.834 --> 00:10:59.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Jensen's has been going to Hardwick's 00:10:59.367 --> 00:11:01.834 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% since Hardwick's was founded, 00:11:01.834 --> 00:11:04.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and that's where -- that's where we get everything. 00:11:04.901 --> 00:11:07.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I was stoked that they're going to still be online, you know, 00:11:07.601 --> 00:11:09.634 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% because I was, you know, what are we going to do? 00:11:09.634 --> 00:11:11.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% You know, especially what are the younger guys going to do 00:11:11.501 --> 00:11:13.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% because, you know, I'll be retired here 00:11:13.601 --> 00:11:15.033 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% in another six years or so. 00:11:15.033 --> 00:11:18.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% But, you know, you can't buy what you buy at Hardwick's. 00:11:18.667 --> 00:11:22.901 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% You can't get anywhere else so. 00:11:22.901 --> 00:11:25.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -My relationship with the Hardwick's goes back 00:11:25.501 --> 00:11:29.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% a long, long time with Dean and his brothers. 00:11:29.868 --> 00:11:32.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% My relationship was mainly with Lloyd, 00:11:32.167 --> 00:11:34.467 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% who was the store manager. 00:11:34.467 --> 00:11:36.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% One day he called me up and he said, 00:11:36.234 --> 00:11:39.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% "Ken, we found a bunch of metric nuts and bolts 00:11:39.701 --> 00:11:41.334 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% that we didn't even know we had." 00:11:41.334 --> 00:11:44.868 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% He goes, "Nobody over here knows anything about metric 00:11:44.868 --> 00:11:46.501 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% nuts and bolts so do you want 'em?" 00:11:46.501 --> 00:11:47.701 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% Said, "Well, how much?" 00:11:47.701 --> 00:11:49.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% He goes, "I don't know, you tell me." 00:11:49.300 --> 00:11:53.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% So I went over there and he had literally hundreds of boxes. 00:11:53.534 --> 00:11:56.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It filled up the whole back of my truck with boxes. 00:11:56.734 --> 00:11:59.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And I said, "Okay, Lloyd, what do you want for it?" 00:11:59.534 --> 00:12:02.000 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% And he goes, "100 bucks." 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:03.834 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% So I gave him 100 bucks 00:12:03.834 --> 00:12:08.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and we still have Hardwick boxes on the shelf 00:12:08.734 --> 00:12:10.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% from that -- from that time on, 00:12:10.467 --> 00:12:15.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and that was about 15 years ago. 00:12:15.300 --> 00:12:18.267 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% It was pretty clear that 00:12:18.267 --> 00:12:21.567 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% disasters came up. 00:12:21.567 --> 00:12:24.734 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% And, you know, whichever one of us needed help, 00:12:24.734 --> 00:12:25.934 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% we seemed to get it. 00:12:25.934 --> 00:12:29.067 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% I went down with a four-way bypass. 00:12:29.067 --> 00:12:33.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% They protected my income, even though there was no 00:12:33.901 --> 00:12:36.934 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% provision to do that. 00:12:36.934 --> 00:12:38.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -For the millionth time, someone said, 00:12:38.901 --> 00:12:40.133 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% "Oh, you got to go to Hardwick's 00:12:40.133 --> 00:12:41.601 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% "just even if you don't know what you need, 00:12:41.601 --> 00:12:44.934 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% go there and you'll probably find it." 00:12:44.934 --> 00:12:48.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And I went and I literally walked down the ramp 00:12:48.467 --> 00:12:51.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and had another one of those stopping experiences 00:12:51.234 --> 00:12:54.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% because I saw the desk and no idea what it was. 00:12:54.601 --> 00:12:56.968 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% And I went up to the front desk 00:12:56.968 --> 00:13:00.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and the super nice cat was up there and I said, 00:13:00.267 --> 00:13:02.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% there's a desk back there that I really love. 00:13:02.467 --> 00:13:04.234 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% He said, "What's it look like?" 00:13:04.234 --> 00:13:06.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I said, "It's black and it's got a bunch 00:13:06.534 --> 00:13:08.701 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% of locking hardware on it." 00:13:08.701 --> 00:13:11.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And he said, "Oh, Bill's desk." 00:13:11.801 --> 00:13:13.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% So, you know, he came back and made sure 00:13:13.868 --> 00:13:15.701 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% that there was a sticker on it. 00:13:15.701 --> 00:13:18.901 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% And okay. 00:13:18.901 --> 00:13:20.868 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% Some things 00:13:20.868 --> 00:13:23.868 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% are just soulful 00:13:23.868 --> 00:13:26.901 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and some things are more porous 00:13:26.901 --> 00:13:28.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and collect more energy than others, 00:13:28.934 --> 00:13:31.901 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and this is a thing that had 00:13:31.901 --> 00:13:35.901 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% clearly been used a lot. 00:13:35.901 --> 00:13:37.701 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% -So I have a long relationship with Hardwick's, 00:13:37.701 --> 00:13:39.734 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% and it's just one of those places you just, 00:13:39.734 --> 00:13:42.734 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% you know, stop in regularly just to see what's new, 00:13:42.734 --> 00:13:44.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% what's, you know, what's old, what has just come 00:13:44.968 --> 00:13:48.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% because it's both used and new tools you can just find. 00:13:48.367 --> 00:13:50.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% You never know what you're going to find there, basically. 00:13:50.868 --> 00:13:54.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Every jewelry student in Seattle, 00:13:54.734 --> 00:13:58.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Hardwick's is on their supplier list 00:13:58.300 --> 00:13:59.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% because you're going to find tools there 00:13:59.734 --> 00:14:00.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that are going to be useful to you, 00:14:00.968 --> 00:14:03.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% whether or not they're jewelry tools. 00:14:03.267 --> 00:14:05.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% The other thing that's so special about Hardwick's 00:14:05.133 --> 00:14:07.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% is they just have things that nobody else has. 00:14:07.767 --> 00:14:11.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I get lots of ideas just from, you know, from my environment, 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:14.434 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and I'll just wander around that hardware store 00:14:14.434 --> 00:14:18.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and I'll find something that I don't even know what it is. 00:14:18.868 --> 00:14:21.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I feel like that's really what's missing 00:14:21.334 --> 00:14:23.367 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% with the digital age 00:14:23.367 --> 00:14:26.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% is that you just you don't come across things the same way. 00:14:26.767 --> 00:14:28.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% You have to go looking for them specifically, 00:14:28.701 --> 00:14:30.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and you might come across something, 00:14:30.033 --> 00:14:32.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% but you're also not going to be experiencing it. 00:14:32.467 --> 00:14:36.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% So I just think there's a lot of inspiration that is lost. 00:14:36.868 --> 00:14:38.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And so what's happening is people are just making 00:14:38.934 --> 00:14:42.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% other people's stuff, you know? 00:14:42.100 --> 00:14:43.968 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% So anyway. Yeah. 00:14:43.968 --> 00:14:46.100 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% Hardwick's is super valuable. 00:14:46.100 --> 00:14:49.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -Well, yes, we have something here 00:14:49.501 --> 00:14:52.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that we would nice would like to continue, 00:14:52.267 --> 00:14:54.634 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% but I don't think it's going to happen 00:14:54.634 --> 00:14:56.734 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and there's many forces 00:14:56.734 --> 00:14:59.767 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% working against it. 00:14:59.767 --> 00:15:01.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Most importantly, as my customer base 00:15:01.767 --> 00:15:04.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% can no longer afford to live in Seattle, 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:07.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% they can't afford the rents, their property taxes, 00:15:07.901 --> 00:15:10.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and they have to sell or just move out. 00:15:10.968 --> 00:15:15.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -The property tax situation is really hurting a lot of people, 00:15:15.501 --> 00:15:17.968 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and they rezoned 00:15:17.968 --> 00:15:21.534 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% over there U District 00:15:21.534 --> 00:15:25.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% for like nine stories being asked to pay a property tax 00:15:25.968 --> 00:15:28.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% like he's of nine-story building. 00:15:28.167 --> 00:15:31.634 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% And the city fathers 00:15:31.634 --> 00:15:36.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% have pretty much ruined the ability 00:15:36.367 --> 00:15:39.767 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% to do business in Seattle. 00:15:39.767 --> 00:15:43.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -It takes all your energy out of you thinking 00:15:43.567 --> 00:15:47.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that all you have to do so much sales 00:15:47.868 --> 00:15:51.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and then they're handing it over to somebody else. 00:15:51.934 --> 00:15:54.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% The tax increase, no, I can't afford that. 00:15:54.901 --> 00:15:58.067 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% ♪♪ 00:16:01.701 --> 00:16:03.634 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% They just want to browse around and walk. 00:16:03.634 --> 00:16:08.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It's like -- it's like being in a forest in a way 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:09.767 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% because the forests, 00:16:09.767 --> 00:16:13.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% the -- as I'm lucky to have my home out in Edmonds, 00:16:13.968 --> 00:16:16.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% it's surrounded by about 20 trees. 00:16:16.601 --> 00:16:22.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And what it does it buffers against the sound of the city. 00:16:22.100 --> 00:16:23.901 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% And it's actually quiet. 00:16:23.901 --> 00:16:25.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Here, it's the same kind of concept. 00:16:25.901 --> 00:16:29.200 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% It's like escape from the city. 00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:31.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It's like going into a cathedral 00:16:31.968 --> 00:16:34.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and having the Blessed Sacrament there. 00:16:34.067 --> 00:16:35.501 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% There's a quiet and a peace. 00:16:35.501 --> 00:16:38.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% There's a presence there that's just different. 00:16:38.567 --> 00:16:41.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And that's what I wanted to create here. 00:16:41.767 --> 00:16:44.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I'm thinking of the little people, 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:46.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and I'm one of the little people. 00:16:46.067 --> 00:16:48.501 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% Well, I'm not a big shot. 00:16:48.501 --> 00:16:51.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% In fact, I don't make a lot of money what I do. 00:16:51.701 --> 00:16:53.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% In fact, I sometimes I try to figure out 00:16:53.567 --> 00:16:57.801 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% how I could just barely get by. 00:16:57.801 --> 00:17:02.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Or for that -- just the sheer existence of the store 00:17:02.267 --> 00:17:04.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% or my involvement over the years, 00:17:04.033 --> 00:17:07.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I've put a lot of energy into it, 00:17:07.667 --> 00:17:12.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and I always wanted to make something special. 00:17:12.300 --> 00:17:14.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -This film was directed by Lisa B. Hammond 00:17:14.501 --> 00:17:16.067 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and Derek Johnson, 00:17:16.067 --> 00:17:18.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% both longtime customers of Hardwick's. 00:17:18.868 --> 00:17:20.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% You can still shop the store online at 00:17:20.801 --> 00:17:23.033 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% hardwickandsons.com 00:17:23.033 --> 00:17:26.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and in-person at their Post Falls Idaho store, 00:17:26.167 --> 00:17:30.767 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% opening in early 2022. 00:17:30.767 --> 00:17:33.467 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% Scandinavian Specialties is the last remaining 00:17:33.467 --> 00:17:36.200 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% Nordic-focused retail shop in Ballard, 00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:39.534 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% a neighborhood that has grappled with preserving its Scandinavian 00:17:39.534 --> 00:17:41.300 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% and working-class history 00:17:41.300 --> 00:17:45.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% against the backdrop of rapid development and gentrification. 00:17:45.234 --> 00:17:48.400 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% ♪♪ 00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:09.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -Ballard has a very interesting community feel to it. 00:18:09.501 --> 00:18:12.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% There's very much the history of the Scandinavian 00:18:12.934 --> 00:18:14.734 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and, like, the fishing village, 00:18:14.734 --> 00:18:17.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and I do think people try very hard to keep that alive 00:18:17.467 --> 00:18:18.934 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and I'm glad that they do. 00:18:18.934 --> 00:18:22.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -When I first lived in Ballard, it was very seedy, 00:18:22.701 --> 00:18:24.701 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% it was very industrial, 00:18:24.701 --> 00:18:28.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and thank goodness some of that is still left. 00:18:28.601 --> 00:18:29.834 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -Ballard, prior to 1907, 00:18:29.834 --> 00:18:31.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% was its own city over a hundred years ago, 00:18:31.868 --> 00:18:35.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% when this was a quiet drinking village with a fishing problem. 00:18:35.067 --> 00:18:38.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Ballard had that very authentic old world feel. 00:18:38.334 --> 00:18:39.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% They've been defiant in kind of being 00:18:39.968 --> 00:18:43.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% their own corner of this city, even as they've been 00:18:43.734 --> 00:18:45.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% incorporated into the larger city itself. 00:18:45.701 --> 00:18:48.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -It was cozy, and all the little dimes 00:18:48.534 --> 00:18:51.300 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and shops like Hattie's Hat 00:18:51.300 --> 00:18:53.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and the smoke shops and all those. 00:18:53.601 --> 00:18:56.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% They're just crowding them out. 00:18:56.534 --> 00:18:57.901 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -When we first lived there, 00:18:57.901 --> 00:18:59.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% you could walk down the streets of Ballard 00:18:59.667 --> 00:19:02.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and you could hear Norwegian being spoken. 00:19:02.534 --> 00:19:05.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% There were Norwegian flags on the sidewalk 00:19:05.033 --> 00:19:09.834 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% and you could go into several different shops 00:19:09.834 --> 00:19:14.667 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% and enjoy meat that had come from Norway, fishcakes. 00:19:14.667 --> 00:19:16.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It's hard to get used to the fact 00:19:16.467 --> 00:19:19.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that the shops in Ballard aren't here anymore. 00:19:19.534 --> 00:19:21.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And now there's only Scandinavian Specialties. 00:19:21.968 --> 00:19:23.968 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -Almost out of fish cakes again. 00:19:23.968 --> 00:19:25.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Oh, we're down to the bare bones, 00:19:25.501 --> 00:19:27.567 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% but fish cakes. 00:19:27.567 --> 00:19:31.434 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% That is bread and butter around here. 00:19:31.434 --> 00:19:33.000 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% My name is Bjorn Ruud. 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:34.167 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% I've been the owner here 00:19:34.167 --> 00:19:35.634 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% of Scandinavian Specialties for two years. 00:19:35.634 --> 00:19:39.734 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% The first owner was a actually a Norwegian sausage master 00:19:39.734 --> 00:19:41.133 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% who was trained in Norway, 00:19:41.133 --> 00:19:43.968 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% came over here, and started this business in '62 00:19:43.968 --> 00:19:46.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and then my family bought it in 2000 00:19:46.701 --> 00:19:47.968 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and then sold it to me. 00:19:47.968 --> 00:19:50.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And it's been in this location since that time, 00:19:50.467 --> 00:19:52.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and I feel a bit of an honor having a chance 00:19:52.901 --> 00:19:54.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% to uphold the heritage of that sort. 00:19:54.734 --> 00:19:56.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I think it's kind of a unique thing 00:19:56.567 --> 00:19:58.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% for somebody to get a chance at an old world heritage 00:19:58.834 --> 00:20:00.434 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% that is very much theirs, 00:20:00.434 --> 00:20:02.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and then they get to kind of pass on 00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:06.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% a history of Norwegians in this part of the world. 00:20:06.067 --> 00:20:08.200 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% Legacy, culture, and family. 00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:10.234 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% My staff is family to me, 00:20:10.234 --> 00:20:12.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% my good customers who I know, they're family to me. 00:20:12.501 --> 00:20:14.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% We build that feeling of community here, 00:20:14.968 --> 00:20:16.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and that's the centerpiece of this store. 00:20:16.734 --> 00:20:18.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% That's why I own this business. 00:20:18.300 --> 00:20:20.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I'm not looking to get over on anybody. 00:20:20.834 --> 00:20:22.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I go to sleep at night really well, 00:20:22.601 --> 00:20:24.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% even though I sell kind of expensive goat cheese 00:20:24.968 --> 00:20:26.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and it's a family vibe for my customers, 00:20:26.834 --> 00:20:28.434 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% to my staff, to everybody involved. 00:20:28.434 --> 00:20:31.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I'd like to think that this store has lasting impact 00:20:31.901 --> 00:20:35.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and can kind of hearken to this heritage of this neighborhood 00:20:35.033 --> 00:20:36.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and speak to it for the future. 00:20:36.901 --> 00:20:40.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It's sad to say unlikely for a store like mine 00:20:40.234 --> 00:20:42.734 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% to be successful in 50 years, 00:20:42.734 --> 00:20:44.534 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% but I'm also an optimist, 00:20:44.534 --> 00:20:46.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and I think that if the story is given, 00:20:46.801 --> 00:20:48.701 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% if the story is sung properly, 00:20:48.701 --> 00:20:51.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% if the marketing between myself, the museum, the Swedish club, 00:20:51.601 --> 00:20:55.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Leif Erikson Lodge, the other clingers on 00:20:55.100 --> 00:20:58.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% to ancient Scandinavian Seattle can stay in cahoots 00:20:58.868 --> 00:21:00.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and continue promoting this thing. 00:21:00.601 --> 00:21:03.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And if this can be marketed in the proper way, 00:21:03.534 --> 00:21:04.734 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% we can still have appeal. 00:21:04.734 --> 00:21:08.100 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% -I would be devastated if it ever goes away. 00:21:08.100 --> 00:21:10.100 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% I want to hang on to some of this. 00:21:10.100 --> 00:21:13.267 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% -Remember, as a kid, you'd go down to Market Street 00:21:13.267 --> 00:21:15.434 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% and right in front of Pennys there, 00:21:15.434 --> 00:21:17.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% all the men would kind of like meet up and talk. 00:21:17.701 --> 00:21:19.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It was kind of like a little gathering area. 00:21:19.934 --> 00:21:23.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And up north on 15th here, there was Norwegian bakeries 00:21:23.934 --> 00:21:27.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and places down there they'd shop every Saturday. 00:21:27.734 --> 00:21:30.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -It's almost like a different town completely. 00:21:30.968 --> 00:21:36.400 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% It just -- the warmth and coziness are going away. 00:21:36.400 --> 00:21:38.801 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% All the buildings look like cracker boxes, 00:21:38.801 --> 00:21:42.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% they're all the same color, ugly yellow and green. 00:21:42.834 --> 00:21:46.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And they're sold, they're torn down, 00:21:46.734 --> 00:21:51.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and one of those ugly looking places and put in there, 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:53.434 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% and it ruins a whole neighborhood. 00:21:53.434 --> 00:21:56.067 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% -I think the whole Market and 15th area 00:21:56.067 --> 00:21:58.167 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% with the loss of Sunset Bowl 00:21:58.167 --> 00:22:02.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and even the Denny's and Louie's Chinese restaurant 00:22:02.100 --> 00:22:03.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and just the way that whole intersection looked. 00:22:03.968 --> 00:22:05.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And now it looks like a completely different city. 00:22:05.934 --> 00:22:07.367 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% And I think that's been hard 00:22:07.367 --> 00:22:09.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% on a lot of people to just see those things go so quickly. 00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:11.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -The atmosphere is definitely changed, at least for me it has. 00:22:11.868 --> 00:22:15.634 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% It's not, you know, the same. 00:22:21.133 --> 00:22:23.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -I got the call on the 17th of May, 00:22:23.601 --> 00:22:24.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% which is Norwegian Constitution Day. 00:22:24.834 --> 00:22:26.367 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% It's a big day here in Ballard, 00:22:26.367 --> 00:22:28.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and I got the call that morning and said, 00:22:28.601 --> 00:22:31.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% "Yeah, the property has been sold." 00:22:31.167 --> 00:22:34.133 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% No further information. 00:22:34.133 --> 00:22:37.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Well, of course, it's sold to a developer, of course, 00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:40.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I'll be gone as soon as this, you know, as soon as he decides 00:22:40.567 --> 00:22:43.434 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% as soon as he gets his permitting in place. 00:22:43.434 --> 00:22:44.467 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% A couple of weeks after that, 00:22:44.467 --> 00:22:45.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% when it kind of became public knowledge 00:22:45.734 --> 00:22:47.267 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% that the sale had gone through 00:22:47.267 --> 00:22:49.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% K5 came in and they did an interview with me 00:22:49.667 --> 00:22:50.968 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% here in the store. 00:22:50.968 --> 00:22:54.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -Every day, Bjorn Ruud works to keep history alive, 00:22:54.801 --> 00:22:57.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% but the future of the store is now uncertain, 00:22:57.767 --> 00:23:01.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% which has left him and his customers wondering what's next? 00:23:01.567 --> 00:23:03.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -Apparently, enough people saw it. 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:05.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% They tracked down who the new owner was 00:23:05.300 --> 00:23:07.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and started calling him the next morning, 00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:08.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% saying they were going to picket out in front of my store 00:23:08.901 --> 00:23:10.300 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and stuff like that. 00:23:10.300 --> 00:23:12.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And he came up here literally as I opened the door, 00:23:12.801 --> 00:23:14.167 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% comes in and says, 00:23:14.167 --> 00:23:16.434 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% "Hey, I'm not going to develop for at least five years. 00:23:16.434 --> 00:23:18.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% "I'm not saying that's not part of my future plan, 00:23:18.701 --> 00:23:21.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% but there's going to be five years of us not doing that." 00:23:21.334 --> 00:23:24.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% So being able to continue on here in this particular location 00:23:24.901 --> 00:23:27.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% for at least another five years is huge for me 00:23:27.133 --> 00:23:30.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% because I don't know if I'd be able to survive 00:23:30.334 --> 00:23:34.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% or afford moving to another place here in Ballard. 00:23:34.868 --> 00:23:36.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% You can look at different cultural enclaves 00:23:36.968 --> 00:23:39.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% in places like New Yorks and Chicagos. 00:23:39.334 --> 00:23:40.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And they may still kind of be able 00:23:40.667 --> 00:23:44.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% to protect the Polish district in this certain area. 00:23:44.067 --> 00:23:47.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% But if the market came in and the real estate value 00:23:47.300 --> 00:23:48.901 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% was such, it would change. 00:23:48.901 --> 00:23:51.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -I think when it happens more slowly, 00:23:51.167 --> 00:23:53.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% people, of course, are sad to see things that they love go. 00:23:53.868 --> 00:23:55.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% But it's a little easier to take. 00:23:55.300 --> 00:23:56.868 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% When it happens very quickly 00:23:56.868 --> 00:23:59.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% at the rate that Seattle has grown, 00:23:59.033 --> 00:24:00.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% it does feel like it's vanishing. 00:24:00.901 --> 00:24:03.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It feels like poof, something else is gone. 00:24:03.267 --> 00:24:05.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -I frequented most of the old parts of Ballard. 00:24:05.801 --> 00:24:08.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I've stopped at Louie's on the late night. 00:24:08.467 --> 00:24:10.033 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% I like the People's Club. 00:24:10.033 --> 00:24:12.234 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% But now Skal is there 00:24:12.234 --> 00:24:15.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and I do business with this new beer hall. 00:24:15.868 --> 00:24:18.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% They buy a bunch of my food for their menu. 00:24:18.133 --> 00:24:21.634 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And so, interestingly enough, even just in the last two years, 00:24:21.634 --> 00:24:26.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% there's been a new source for me to sell my products 00:24:26.033 --> 00:24:27.400 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and something else 00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:29.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that continues along the heritage lines 00:24:29.601 --> 00:24:31.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% of this being Scandinavian community. 00:24:31.234 --> 00:24:33.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I think that kind of indicates that even though 00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:35.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% we're losing things like the Copper Gate 00:24:35.834 --> 00:24:39.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and the Viking, you know, these historic watering holes, 00:24:39.367 --> 00:24:41.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% particularly, the fluidity of change, 00:24:41.501 --> 00:24:43.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% it's tough to over-sing how that all works. 00:24:43.767 --> 00:24:47.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% A city that's this prosperous is going to have those changes. 00:24:47.501 --> 00:24:49.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Yeah, there's market forces at work. 00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:51.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% There's corporations that are going to come in 00:24:51.968 --> 00:24:54.801 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and buy huge sectors of land. 00:24:54.801 --> 00:24:57.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% But if the people go to their government 00:24:57.267 --> 00:24:59.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and say this is not what we want, 00:24:59.501 --> 00:25:01.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% we want to preserve these parts of our city 00:25:01.968 --> 00:25:04.033 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and our neighborhood, 00:25:04.033 --> 00:25:06.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that that change can often be effected. 00:25:06.334 --> 00:25:10.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Ballard is one of the vital historic communities in Seattle, 00:25:10.734 --> 00:25:13.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and seeing it preserve that history 00:25:13.334 --> 00:25:15.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and then still participate in New Seattle 00:25:15.367 --> 00:25:19.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% is how it can ultimately hold on to that history 00:25:19.234 --> 00:25:20.767 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and speak to this story. 00:25:20.767 --> 00:25:25.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -I think it's important for your children and grandchildren 00:25:25.901 --> 00:25:29.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% to know that where they came from. 00:25:29.567 --> 00:25:33.968 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% Now it's just a mess. 00:25:33.968 --> 00:25:35.734 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% That's my opinion. 00:25:35.734 --> 00:25:39.501 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% ♪♪ 00:25:47.367 --> 00:25:49.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -This film is directed by Cody Lewis 00:25:49.734 --> 00:25:51.701 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and produced by Jon Evans, 00:25:51.701 --> 00:25:54.000 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% both Ballard, born and bred. 00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:55.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Although, it will have to seek a new home 00:25:55.334 --> 00:25:57.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% within the next couple of years, 00:25:57.267 --> 00:26:00.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Scandi Specialties is currently open for business 00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:03.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and offering a wide and unique selection of gifts, 00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:05.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% food, and other Scandinavian goods. 00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:12.267 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% ♪♪ 00:26:12.267 --> 00:26:14.534 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% We're in the Vanishing Seattle pop-up shop 00:26:14.534 --> 00:26:19.234 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% in the eighth generation store at the Pike Place Market. 00:26:19.234 --> 00:26:21.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% When I first started working on the vinyl wall display, 00:26:21.701 --> 00:26:24.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I just had, you know, pretty small square 00:26:24.767 --> 00:26:27.501 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% like this for the prompt, 00:26:27.501 --> 00:26:29.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% "What do you miss about Seattle?" 00:26:29.934 --> 00:26:34.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And the post-its kind of grew exponentially 00:26:34.501 --> 00:26:36.400 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and exploded outwards, 00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:39.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% so we added a couple of prompts on either side of the doors. 00:26:39.267 --> 00:26:42.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And then, as you can see, it just kept growing from there. 00:26:42.033 --> 00:26:43.734 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% And every time I come in, 00:26:43.734 --> 00:26:47.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% there's a bunch of new responses. 00:26:47.167 --> 00:26:49.000 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% Vino Espresso, 00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:51.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Value Village on Capitol Hill, 00:26:51.767 --> 00:26:54.400 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% Louisa's Café on East Lake. 00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:57.634 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% My favorite part of this is seeing folks come in 00:26:57.634 --> 00:27:00.234 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and have their moment 00:27:00.234 --> 00:27:02.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and their time kind of reflecting on the wall, 00:27:02.167 --> 00:27:05.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% but then be able to talk about it in real time 00:27:05.334 --> 00:27:08.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and connect with other people that are in the space as well. 00:27:08.734 --> 00:27:11.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -Jogs to your memory. -I know. 00:27:11.901 --> 00:27:13.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -Yeah. -Oh, I love Crown now, yeah. 00:27:13.901 --> 00:27:17.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -Yeah, it was really like way up there kind of away. 00:27:17.234 --> 00:27:18.834 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -Bakeman's is gone? 00:27:18.834 --> 00:27:23.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -Yeah, as of December 22nd, I think, yeah. 00:27:23.701 --> 00:27:25.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And I've had people come in here and, you know, 00:27:25.868 --> 00:27:29.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% tear up talking about places and not just places, 00:27:29.100 --> 00:27:32.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% but, you know, people associated with them or aspects 00:27:32.534 --> 00:27:35.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that were very much integrated with their life 00:27:35.567 --> 00:27:38.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and their, you know, memories here. 00:27:38.968 --> 00:27:41.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% But there's also a lot of, you know, 00:27:41.334 --> 00:27:43.667 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% good stories and feelings 00:27:43.667 --> 00:27:47.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and emotions exchanged, too, because for the most part, 00:27:47.300 --> 00:27:50.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% people have really amazing memories 00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:52.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and, you know, good feelings associated with these places, 00:27:52.534 --> 00:27:55.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% even though most of them are gone. 00:27:55.868 --> 00:27:59.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% People are responding to specific pictures 00:27:59.234 --> 00:28:01.367 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% of places like the Red Apple, 00:28:01.367 --> 00:28:04.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% for example, like this is all filled up. 00:28:04.534 --> 00:28:07.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% The Chubby & Tubby, people are responding to. 00:28:07.834 --> 00:28:11.534 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% J.P. Patches. KJET Radio. 00:28:11.534 --> 00:28:13.601 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% The tubs in the U District. 00:28:13.601 --> 00:28:15.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% A picture of the Buckaroo Tavern. 00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:17.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% One person had a very specific comment 00:28:17.267 --> 00:28:19.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that they left about the last night that it was open. 00:28:19.100 --> 00:28:21.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% That said, "The bikers peeled out 00:28:21.267 --> 00:28:24.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% inside the bar on the last night it was open." 00:28:24.501 --> 00:28:26.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And then someone just came in and was like, 00:28:26.033 --> 00:28:27.200 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% "Oh, yeah, I was there. 00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:29.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% That was Nick our neighbor." 00:28:29.901 --> 00:28:30.934 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% Oh, and Inay's. 00:28:30.934 --> 00:28:32.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% That's one that I really miss. 00:28:32.567 --> 00:28:35.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% So that was a Filipino restaurant on Beacon Hill, 00:28:35.934 --> 00:28:38.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and there was a server and a drag performer 00:28:38.734 --> 00:28:40.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that worked there, Atasha Manila, 00:28:40.567 --> 00:28:43.701 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and she would do this epic 00:28:43.701 --> 00:28:47.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% one-woman drag show every Friday. 00:28:47.067 --> 00:28:50.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% But the rent got raised, so they had to close. 00:28:50.834 --> 00:28:53.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And basically, that's like what started the whole 00:28:53.100 --> 00:28:55.501 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% Vanishing Seattle project. 00:28:55.501 --> 00:28:58.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Link's Tackle, the Kingfish Café, 00:28:58.334 --> 00:28:59.868 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% the Harvard Exit. 00:29:02.234 --> 00:29:04.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% They'll write down a lot of places, 00:29:04.334 --> 00:29:08.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% but they'll also talk about why it was important, 00:29:08.334 --> 00:29:10.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% you know, what it meant to communities, 00:29:10.100 --> 00:29:13.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and they'll also talk about things like affordability 00:29:13.801 --> 00:29:15.868 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and feeling safe 00:29:15.868 --> 00:29:19.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and having a sense of community and neighborhood 00:29:19.467 --> 00:29:22.634 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% being able to live close to their family. 00:29:22.634 --> 00:29:26.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% So what it means to have a good quality of life 00:29:26.300 --> 00:29:28.501 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and have a really, for me, 00:29:28.501 --> 00:29:31.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% like what it really means to be a world-class city. 00:29:31.801 --> 00:29:35.200 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% It's not all about 00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:37.501 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% doom and gloom necessarily 00:29:37.501 --> 00:29:42.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% or in protest, although yes, it does encompass those things, 00:29:42.100 --> 00:29:43.834 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% but there's also a lot of love. 00:29:43.834 --> 00:29:47.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% So it is a love letter and a celebration as well, 00:29:47.767 --> 00:29:49.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and I think people respond to it 00:29:49.334 --> 00:29:52.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and interpret it in different ways. 00:29:52.868 --> 00:29:54.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% A city isn't just made up of a collection 00:29:54.534 --> 00:29:56.767 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% of structures and buildings. 00:29:56.767 --> 00:30:01.634 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It's different spaces that allow for community and culture 00:30:01.634 --> 00:30:03.701 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and diversity to happen. 00:30:03.701 --> 00:30:06.968 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% ♪♪ 00:30:13.033 --> 00:30:15.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% This next film shares the stories of artists, 00:30:15.734 --> 00:30:19.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% nonprofit leaders, and small business owners on Capitol Hill 00:30:19.467 --> 00:30:22.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% as they struggle to maintain a thriving presence for arts 00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:24.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and queer culture in the neighborhood. 00:30:24.367 --> 00:30:27.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It features important cultural and social gathering spaces 00:30:27.467 --> 00:30:29.267 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% like Café Pettirosso, 00:30:29.267 --> 00:30:32.634 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Northwest Film Forum, and Velocity Dance. 00:30:32.634 --> 00:30:34.167 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -To me, progress is when 00:30:34.167 --> 00:30:38.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% you see things grow and change in a direction 00:30:38.734 --> 00:30:41.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that benefits everyone involved. 00:30:41.968 --> 00:30:46.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -I think that progress to the city and progress to us 00:30:46.467 --> 00:30:48.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% are two really different things. 00:30:48.968 --> 00:30:52.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -The idea of progress is probably too often thought of 00:30:52.734 --> 00:30:54.901 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% as like financial progress. 00:30:54.901 --> 00:30:58.934 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -True progress means equity. 00:30:58.934 --> 00:31:00.434 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -Well, progress is supposed to 00:31:00.434 --> 00:31:02.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% be like a forward momentum, right? 00:31:02.868 --> 00:31:05.367 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% So what are we moving towards? 00:31:05.367 --> 00:31:09.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -I always look at the arts like, are there any movements? 00:31:09.300 --> 00:31:13.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -I think that expanding your view of what art is 00:31:13.167 --> 00:31:17.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and making it so that different kinds of art can thrive here, 00:31:17.367 --> 00:31:21.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% not just the ones that you think are marketable is progress. 00:31:21.534 --> 00:31:24.901 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% [ Spray can rattling ] 00:31:32.667 --> 00:31:38.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -I got a studio on Capitol Hill in 1989, about 30 years ago, 00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:40.934 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% and I've been in the same studio ever since, 00:31:40.934 --> 00:31:43.634 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% which is a miracle in Seattle. 00:31:43.634 --> 00:31:48.434 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% -I have been living and working on and off the Hill 00:31:48.434 --> 00:31:50.267 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% for 27 years. 00:31:50.267 --> 00:31:51.734 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -So when I first moved here, 00:31:51.734 --> 00:31:54.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% what I really loved about Capitol Hill 00:31:54.300 --> 00:31:58.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% was queer neighborhood and art artists neighborhood. 00:31:58.934 --> 00:32:03.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And I just -- I loved the different 00:32:03.334 --> 00:32:05.033 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% sort of coffee shops 00:32:05.033 --> 00:32:07.400 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% and little shops along Broadway 00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:12.801 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% and queer-owned businesses and, you know, art stores 00:32:12.801 --> 00:32:15.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and, like, the newsstand on Broadway. 00:32:15.534 --> 00:32:19.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And they were just the kind of felt like this cool little, 00:32:19.100 --> 00:32:21.501 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% almost bohemian city. 00:32:21.501 --> 00:32:25.934 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% Capitol Hill was once a place where artists and musicians 00:32:25.934 --> 00:32:28.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% would come, share their stuff, show their work. 00:32:28.267 --> 00:32:31.634 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% There's a lot of music venues, tons of old really cool, 00:32:31.634 --> 00:32:35.434 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% weird buildings, and the rent was affordable. 00:32:35.434 --> 00:32:40.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It's really sort of dynamic environment. 00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:45.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Lots of different communities felt welcome in that space. 00:32:45.300 --> 00:32:47.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -The founders of Velocity Dance Center 00:32:47.834 --> 00:32:51.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% wanted to open a community space for dancers, 00:32:51.133 --> 00:32:54.467 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% in Seattle just so they could rehearse 00:32:54.467 --> 00:32:56.968 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% and do work and find community. 00:32:56.968 --> 00:33:00.901 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% And Capitol Hill at the time was relatively affordable 00:33:00.901 --> 00:33:03.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and also had a big artistic community 00:33:03.868 --> 00:33:07.501 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% already in place. 00:33:07.501 --> 00:33:09.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -Capitol Hill has always been kind of the place 00:33:09.367 --> 00:33:10.501 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% to be in Seattle. 00:33:10.501 --> 00:33:13.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% There was always a lot of great venues here. 00:33:13.801 --> 00:33:17.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% A lot of cool artists, a lot of poets, a lot of punks. 00:33:17.667 --> 00:33:19.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It was a safe place for freaks, 00:33:19.033 --> 00:33:21.567 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% a safe place for people that were different. 00:33:21.567 --> 00:33:26.968 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% We used to have this like haven, where if you were in any way 00:33:26.968 --> 00:33:29.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% feeling like the city was pushing you out, 00:33:29.767 --> 00:33:33.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% you could come to Capitol Hill and find 18 people 00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:36.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% who would just immediately like you. 00:33:36.367 --> 00:33:39.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And it felt like a [bleep] "Cheers" episode. 00:33:39.067 --> 00:33:40.267 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% Oh, sorry, can I curse? 00:33:40.267 --> 00:33:42.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It just -- it feels like -- it felt 00:33:42.367 --> 00:33:43.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% like what "Cheers" was supposed to be like, 00:33:43.734 --> 00:33:46.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% where you could just walk up to the Hill 00:33:46.167 --> 00:33:51.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and you would see like rainbows in the street and be like, 00:33:51.300 --> 00:33:53.167 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% "Oh, I can feel safe here." 00:33:53.167 --> 00:33:54.367 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -In the first few years 00:33:54.367 --> 00:33:57.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that nobody would come up here, really, 00:33:57.567 --> 00:33:59.267 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and people would kind of harass 00:33:59.267 --> 00:34:01.434 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% you about why do you have an art studio on Capitol Hill? 00:34:01.434 --> 00:34:03.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% There's nothing going on up here. 00:34:03.033 --> 00:34:05.367 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% It became quickly 00:34:05.367 --> 00:34:08.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% all artists and all small businesses, 00:34:08.901 --> 00:34:11.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and you knew everybody in the neighborhood. 00:34:11.334 --> 00:34:16.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% There was a sense of community which was nice 00:34:16.200 --> 00:34:18.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and made you feel part of something. 00:34:18.734 --> 00:34:20.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -I think what always brought me back to the Hill 00:34:20.901 --> 00:34:24.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% was that sense of community, you know, artistic community, 00:34:24.067 --> 00:34:26.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% gay community, whatever, there was just communities. 00:34:26.367 --> 00:34:27.868 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -There was no money here. 00:34:27.868 --> 00:34:31.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% There wasn't this influx of people here, 00:34:31.267 --> 00:34:34.300 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% and that was the coffee and the cigarette. 00:34:34.300 --> 00:34:36.734 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% And like the poetry that was the moment is like, 00:34:36.734 --> 00:34:38.434 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% that was Capitol Hill. 00:34:38.434 --> 00:34:39.834 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% It was a feeling. 00:34:39.834 --> 00:34:42.934 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% -I started going into Pettirosso when I was answering phones 00:34:42.934 --> 00:34:45.601 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% at Aria which was a hair salon that was right next door. 00:34:45.601 --> 00:34:46.901 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% It was my social group. 00:34:46.901 --> 00:34:50.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Like, everything surrounded Pettirosso 00:34:50.367 --> 00:34:52.200 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% at the time. 00:34:52.200 --> 00:34:54.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% So when we got the opportunity to take it over, 00:34:54.601 --> 00:34:55.701 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% we wanted to keep that. 00:34:55.701 --> 00:34:57.367 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% We didn't want to see Pettirosso die. 00:34:57.367 --> 00:34:58.767 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% -It was really fun. 00:34:58.767 --> 00:35:01.300 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% That was, you know, in the '90s 00:35:01.300 --> 00:35:03.634 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% when there, you know, we'd be getting calls from 00:35:03.634 --> 00:35:05.033 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% "Rolling Stone" magazine 00:35:05.033 --> 00:35:09.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% asking us if, like, Pearl Jam was drinking coffee there. 00:35:09.968 --> 00:35:13.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% So and we were like, you know, kind of like, oh, my God. 00:35:13.868 --> 00:35:15.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% "'Rolling Stones' calling. Hang up." 00:35:15.200 --> 00:35:19.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -Places like the old bus stop, Manray, Kincora. 00:35:19.501 --> 00:35:21.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% A lot of the -- nightlife spots 00:35:21.701 --> 00:35:25.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that I used to work at and perform at. 00:35:25.167 --> 00:35:27.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And, you know, we would do things 00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:29.000 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% like literary readings there, 00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:32.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and like an arts and crafts night where you come 00:35:32.267 --> 00:35:34.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and have cocktails and do crafting. 00:35:34.133 --> 00:35:36.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% You know, just fun stuff like that. 00:35:36.467 --> 00:35:41.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% But that was artistically-based and sort of really 00:35:41.934 --> 00:35:45.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% helped to foster that community that we were talking about. 00:35:45.467 --> 00:35:48.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -Punctuation Gallery was also happening. 00:35:48.234 --> 00:35:51.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And there's probably a ton of other venues at the time 00:35:51.200 --> 00:35:53.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that were really inspiring and inclusive, 00:35:53.868 --> 00:35:56.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and those venues started to shut down, actually. 00:35:56.601 --> 00:35:58.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And I thought to myself, it might -- 00:35:58.100 --> 00:36:00.567 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% it might be important to, 00:36:00.567 --> 00:36:04.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% as an experiment, to get a venue 00:36:04.467 --> 00:36:07.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and then to give everyone access to the venue. 00:36:07.267 --> 00:36:09.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% So the idea of Love City Love was being inspired 00:36:09.734 --> 00:36:14.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% by these other venues that were all-inclusive, multicultural, 00:36:14.200 --> 00:36:17.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% hyper-creative and that seemed to be fading out of Seattle 00:36:17.767 --> 00:36:19.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and out of Capitol Hill at that time. 00:36:19.968 --> 00:36:21.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% The very nature of gentrification 00:36:21.601 --> 00:36:23.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and how it works just was crushing 00:36:23.534 --> 00:36:27.100 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% all of that culture. 00:36:27.100 --> 00:36:29.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -You brought in the people on the street and, you know, 00:36:29.934 --> 00:36:31.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% sort of like "Mister Rogers Neighborhood" 00:36:31.734 --> 00:36:34.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% or "Sesame Street" or something where you would 00:36:34.067 --> 00:36:36.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% you just see people you know everywhere. 00:36:36.267 --> 00:36:39.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Now it's just a sea of -- a sea of strangers. 00:36:39.567 --> 00:36:40.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -I can walk around in my neighborhood 00:36:40.934 --> 00:36:42.434 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% for two weeks sometimes 00:36:42.434 --> 00:36:46.534 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% and not see anybody I know which never used to happen. 00:36:46.534 --> 00:36:50.267 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% -Capitol Hill's long been a center for cutting edge arts, 00:36:50.267 --> 00:36:52.434 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% LGBT culture, 00:36:52.434 --> 00:36:56.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% small businesses, and these great auto row buildings. 00:36:56.234 --> 00:36:59.434 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% What's changed is it's also become 00:36:59.434 --> 00:37:03.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% one of the most desirable places on the West Coast to live. 00:37:03.367 --> 00:37:05.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -The most obvious thing that's happened 00:37:05.033 --> 00:37:07.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% is that the amazing cultural hubs 00:37:07.734 --> 00:37:11.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that are these really rad spaces and buildings 00:37:11.200 --> 00:37:13.067 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% have been demolished. 00:37:13.067 --> 00:37:17.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And then these crazy concrete and glass buildings go up. 00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:19.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -Private developer bought Oddfellows Hall, 00:37:19.934 --> 00:37:23.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and at the time, many arts nonprofits 00:37:23.200 --> 00:37:25.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% were actually housed at Oddfellows 00:37:25.901 --> 00:37:31.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and could not afford the huge rent increase. 00:37:31.133 --> 00:37:33.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And so, it prompted almost all of the nonprofits 00:37:33.901 --> 00:37:37.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% to leave Oddfellows Hall to find their other spaces. 00:37:37.234 --> 00:37:40.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -I've watched the whole landscape change, you know? 00:37:40.567 --> 00:37:43.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I mean, it's changed architecturally, 00:37:43.701 --> 00:37:46.267 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% but also the energy has changed 00:37:46.267 --> 00:37:50.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and it's become a lot more mainstream. 00:37:50.534 --> 00:37:51.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -There used to be a giant thrift store 00:37:51.801 --> 00:37:53.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% right across the street from us, 00:37:53.200 --> 00:37:56.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% which is now being turned into like an office workspace, 00:37:56.601 --> 00:37:58.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and that's where we would get our costumes. 00:37:58.100 --> 00:38:00.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% We called it our costume shop and we would just go in there 00:38:00.868 --> 00:38:02.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and we knew everybody who worked there. 00:38:02.334 --> 00:38:04.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And that was kind of the last straw for us 00:38:04.100 --> 00:38:06.734 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% when that giant always busy 00:38:06.734 --> 00:38:09.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% thrift store, when they were told to leave, 00:38:09.367 --> 00:38:11.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that was like the first red flag 00:38:11.133 --> 00:38:13.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% of like something is happening to Capitol Hill. 00:38:13.801 --> 00:38:15.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -And I think that's the problem with Capitol Hill 00:38:15.834 --> 00:38:18.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% is they just decided not to have any balance. 00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:20.234 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% It was just a free for all. 00:38:20.234 --> 00:38:21.667 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% And I think the, you know, 00:38:21.667 --> 00:38:25.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% the problem with capitalism is that people lose sight. 00:38:25.067 --> 00:38:27.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% They don't understand that a lot of artists, you know, 00:38:27.334 --> 00:38:29.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% may only live on like $800 a month. 00:38:29.968 --> 00:38:34.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -I think we're seeing a lot more of the corporate businesses 00:38:34.267 --> 00:38:36.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% because it's just too difficult for an independent person 00:38:36.367 --> 00:38:38.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% to have an idea and execute it. 00:38:38.868 --> 00:38:41.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It's impossible without massive funding. 00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:44.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Just the rent by itself is, you know, 00:38:44.868 --> 00:38:46.334 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% on average on Capitol Hill, 00:38:46.334 --> 00:38:48.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% 10 to $15,000 a month just for the rent. 00:38:48.934 --> 00:38:50.400 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% So how does an independent 00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:51.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% person navigate that, they don't. 00:38:51.901 --> 00:38:54.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -How do you -- how do you continue 00:38:54.567 --> 00:38:58.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% to bring arts and culture to a space that costs 00:38:58.968 --> 00:39:01.834 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% $10,000 a month to rent 00:39:01.834 --> 00:39:03.734 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and is all-new construction? 00:39:03.734 --> 00:39:07.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And it's kind of cold concrete walls with glass? 00:39:07.234 --> 00:39:08.601 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% That's just not viable. 00:39:08.601 --> 00:39:10.934 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -What is the language? 00:39:10.934 --> 00:39:14.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% The poetry? How do you articulate what happened? 00:39:14.601 --> 00:39:16.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Like all of the feelings that are almost ineffable, 00:39:16.901 --> 00:39:20.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% like, you don't even know how to, like, explain the feelings. 00:39:20.901 --> 00:39:22.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And I guess that's what good art does 00:39:22.267 --> 00:39:24.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% is it explains things you can't put into words maybe. 00:39:24.734 --> 00:39:26.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -When we're moving through something 00:39:26.767 --> 00:39:28.067 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% or when we're evolving, 00:39:28.067 --> 00:39:31.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% there's usually an art movement happening as well, 00:39:31.601 --> 00:39:33.200 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and there are no movements. 00:39:33.200 --> 00:39:37.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% The art movements have become art markets now, 00:39:37.033 --> 00:39:38.767 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% which is obscene. 00:39:38.767 --> 00:39:41.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -It's the same stuff that happened to hip-hop. 00:39:41.100 --> 00:39:43.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It's the same thing that happened to punk. 00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:46.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It's like these things were birthed out of like really 00:39:46.234 --> 00:39:47.434 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% immense struggles of people 00:39:47.434 --> 00:39:49.634 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that felt really, really deep feelings. 00:39:49.634 --> 00:39:52.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -Because that's where we questioned things, right? 00:39:52.567 --> 00:39:53.968 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% Through the arts, 00:39:53.968 --> 00:39:57.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% we question, you're not supposed to accept what is, you know, 00:39:57.334 --> 00:40:01.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% you know, you're supposed to creatively start to seek 00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:04.501 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% what you want. 00:40:04.501 --> 00:40:06.634 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -There was a show that I did 00:40:06.634 --> 00:40:09.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% where we worked with this organization 00:40:09.267 --> 00:40:12.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% to procure a house on Capitol Hill 00:40:12.133 --> 00:40:16.434 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that was going to be demolished this so it's about progress 00:40:16.434 --> 00:40:19.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and it was about a brother and sister 00:40:19.267 --> 00:40:22.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% who are living together in their childhood home 00:40:22.234 --> 00:40:24.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and the sister's mentally ill and the brother's 00:40:24.100 --> 00:40:27.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% trying to sell the house, and their mother has died. 00:40:27.033 --> 00:40:29.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And the very week we were supposed to be open, 00:40:29.400 --> 00:40:32.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% we got locked out by the developers. 00:40:32.100 --> 00:40:36.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% So it was kind of this very sort of meta like 00:40:36.200 --> 00:40:38.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% life imitating art, imitating life, 00:40:38.734 --> 00:40:41.033 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% imitating weird thing. 00:40:41.033 --> 00:40:43.634 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% -Well, we're looking at these high-density buildings 00:40:43.634 --> 00:40:45.434 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% coming up all throughout town. 00:40:45.434 --> 00:40:48.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% The ground floors are made for retail that are sitting empty 00:40:48.567 --> 00:40:50.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% because no one can actually afford the retail. 00:40:50.868 --> 00:40:53.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And the developers would rather than just sit empty, 00:40:53.801 --> 00:40:57.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% than work with an arts organization to fill that space. 00:40:57.367 --> 00:41:01.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And that disconnect, I think, is one of the fundamental problems. 00:41:01.067 --> 00:41:04.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -And that's how colonization works or how classism works, 00:41:04.067 --> 00:41:06.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% like, you know when you're not wanted. 00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:08.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It's clear, it's clear, like it's a $6 latte. 00:41:08.467 --> 00:41:10.434 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Get out, you're not wanted here anymore. 00:41:10.434 --> 00:41:13.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Or we have to be moved out of 4400 East Pike Street 00:41:13.734 --> 00:41:17.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% because they want to court Howard Schultz as a client. 00:41:17.033 --> 00:41:19.634 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% They want that to be a Starbucks reserve on 14th and Pike. 00:41:19.634 --> 00:41:21.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Not a Love City Love, not an all inclusive, 00:41:21.868 --> 00:41:25.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% creative, multicultural venue valuing health and wellness. 00:41:25.200 --> 00:41:27.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -The way Annex is trying to grow 00:41:27.767 --> 00:41:29.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% is we're trying to make an ADA accessible space. 00:41:29.868 --> 00:41:32.434 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% So we either need to put wheelchair elevator 00:41:32.434 --> 00:41:34.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% in these stairs or we need to find a new space. 00:41:34.968 --> 00:41:38.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% But every time we try to, like, find a secondary space 00:41:38.133 --> 00:41:41.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that we can go to do ADA accessible shows, 00:41:41.067 --> 00:41:43.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% we tell them that we're like a theater company 00:41:43.100 --> 00:41:44.400 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and they literally are like, 00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:45.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% "Well, we don't want a theater company here 00:41:45.868 --> 00:41:47.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% because we don't think that that's lucrative." 00:41:47.767 --> 00:41:51.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -I mean, I pleaded, I tried so hard with 14th and Pike. 00:41:51.167 --> 00:41:52.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I mean, they seemed like somewhat open, 00:41:52.834 --> 00:41:54.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% progressive people, and I would write him 00:41:54.734 --> 00:41:56.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% these emails of like the future of culture. 00:41:56.901 --> 00:41:58.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And that, like, trying to illustrate 00:41:58.534 --> 00:42:01.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% how much power he has over letting us be in the building. 00:42:01.400 --> 00:42:03.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And like, would he want to collaborate? 00:42:03.667 --> 00:42:05.234 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% Like what if you -- 00:42:05.234 --> 00:42:06.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% what if we're not just the tenant anymore? 00:42:06.834 --> 00:42:09.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% What if you could see like who we are as like people? 00:42:09.567 --> 00:42:11.200 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -I'm like ground zero. 00:42:11.200 --> 00:42:12.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% You know, the six months after Pettirosso 00:42:12.934 --> 00:42:15.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% opened was when all the construction on 11th 00:42:15.534 --> 00:42:17.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and we were so sensitive at that time. 00:42:17.934 --> 00:42:19.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% We had no sidewalk for three months. 00:42:19.601 --> 00:42:22.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% We had a massive building getting built across. 00:42:22.567 --> 00:42:25.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And then the next one started and the next one started. 00:42:25.300 --> 00:42:28.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It was like three years of construction for us, 00:42:28.033 --> 00:42:30.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and there was zero help from the city. 00:42:30.501 --> 00:42:31.868 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -You know, you look back 00:42:31.868 --> 00:42:33.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and you start walking around this neighborhood 00:42:33.701 --> 00:42:36.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and thinking like what you could have done, 00:42:36.133 --> 00:42:39.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and it just feels so big and lonely and like, 00:42:39.734 --> 00:42:41.267 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% it all happened without you. 00:42:41.267 --> 00:42:44.334 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -You know, I used to joke 00:42:44.334 --> 00:42:45.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that I was nobody in this neighborhood, 00:42:45.734 --> 00:42:48.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and then for a little while, I felt like I was somebody, 00:42:48.534 --> 00:42:51.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and now when I walk around, I feel like I'm nobody again. 00:42:51.300 --> 00:42:52.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -Individual artists in particular are getting 00:42:52.834 --> 00:42:54.100 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% pushed out every day. 00:42:54.100 --> 00:42:57.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% LGBT seniors are getting pushed out every day, 00:42:57.934 --> 00:43:01.434 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and we could even lose the beloved arts organizations 00:43:01.434 --> 00:43:04.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that we can easily take for granted on Capitol Hill. 00:43:04.601 --> 00:43:06.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -I don't know how to -- I don't know how to preserve 00:43:06.601 --> 00:43:10.834 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% or retain or sustain the soul 00:43:10.834 --> 00:43:12.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% or the culture of this neighborhood, 00:43:12.567 --> 00:43:16.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% because it's so powerful the way money works. 00:43:16.267 --> 00:43:20.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Like, it's just so powerful and it's so crippling. 00:43:20.067 --> 00:43:23.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I do think that investment like really big scale investment 00:43:23.267 --> 00:43:25.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% on the part of the government could really help 00:43:25.133 --> 00:43:27.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% because I think we need to work in that scale. 00:43:27.400 --> 00:43:29.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It can't just be building by building. 00:43:29.100 --> 00:43:31.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It's got to be kind of I'm thinking of it 00:43:31.334 --> 00:43:32.567 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% as a whole district 00:43:32.567 --> 00:43:34.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% because what I'm seeing right now 00:43:34.501 --> 00:43:37.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% is that individual artists and arts organizations 00:43:37.167 --> 00:43:38.801 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% are kind of doing it. 00:43:38.801 --> 00:43:40.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% But we've even taken altogether, 00:43:40.934 --> 00:43:43.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% we just don't have that kind of power. 00:43:43.167 --> 00:43:47.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% So I think if we were able to get that big lift 00:43:47.000 --> 00:43:49.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% from our state and local agencies, 00:43:49.501 --> 00:43:50.601 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% like an even bigger lift 00:43:50.601 --> 00:43:52.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% than what they're giving us right now. 00:43:52.334 --> 00:43:54.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It would really, really be helpful. 00:43:54.033 --> 00:43:57.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -What are the kind of interventions we can create 00:43:57.033 --> 00:43:59.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% maybe on a city level to kind of ensure 00:43:59.567 --> 00:44:03.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that there's more or more transparent community dialog 00:44:03.701 --> 00:44:06.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% around the structures that go up around this. 00:44:06.701 --> 00:44:09.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -The old narrative is if you want progress, 00:44:09.000 --> 00:44:10.567 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% well, then we need to dismantle 00:44:10.567 --> 00:44:14.534 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% this and people need to suffer. 00:44:14.534 --> 00:44:18.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% That's all life is, right? Somebody is telling a story. 00:44:18.334 --> 00:44:21.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And at the moment, the majority of us believe that story 00:44:21.734 --> 00:44:23.400 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% that becomes a reality. 00:44:23.400 --> 00:44:26.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And it's everybody's always worried about who has the power 00:44:26.467 --> 00:44:29.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and who has the wealth and like who's controlling the narrative. 00:44:29.501 --> 00:44:34.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -I feel like the ability to use our voices 00:44:34.267 --> 00:44:37.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% to tell our story is being lost. 00:44:37.400 --> 00:44:42.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -The only way to keep a community going is to be able 00:44:42.100 --> 00:44:46.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% to have those people be around to support that, you know, 00:44:46.200 --> 00:44:49.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and have places where they can gather 00:44:49.100 --> 00:44:51.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and places where they can create their work 00:44:51.567 --> 00:44:54.133 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and find like-minded people. 00:44:54.133 --> 00:44:58.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -Can we activate those spaces and figure out a way 00:44:58.801 --> 00:45:00.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% to work with developers and say, 00:45:00.367 --> 00:45:04.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% "Hey, how can we work together to activate these empty spaces 00:45:04.100 --> 00:45:06.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% "because they sit empty for months, 00:45:06.033 --> 00:45:10.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% sometimes years after they build up these big condos." 00:45:10.167 --> 00:45:13.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And we really want to think about, can we figure out some, 00:45:13.868 --> 00:45:17.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I don't know, tax loophole or incentive from the city 00:45:17.734 --> 00:45:21.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% or something where there's -- there are spaces 00:45:21.734 --> 00:45:24.634 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that are dedicated to art, music, health, and wellness. 00:45:24.634 --> 00:45:27.434 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -So I'm very much about artists as activists and artists 00:45:27.434 --> 00:45:28.968 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and building momentum together 00:45:28.968 --> 00:45:32.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% because we're generally speaking so poor and powerless 00:45:32.300 --> 00:45:36.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that it does require coordination to move policy 00:45:36.334 --> 00:45:38.234 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% change towards our benefit. 00:45:38.234 --> 00:45:40.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -You know, what I would like is everybody 00:45:40.601 --> 00:45:41.968 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% to be able to come back 00:45:41.968 --> 00:45:44.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and support the artists that still remain here. 00:45:44.133 --> 00:45:45.834 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% And, you know, 00:45:45.834 --> 00:45:49.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% my hope is that the remaining artists and organizations 00:45:49.934 --> 00:45:54.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that are still fortunate enough to have their spot up here 00:45:54.667 --> 00:45:58.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and just keep working as long as we can. 00:45:58.467 --> 00:46:00.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -And it's not longing for some nostalgic time 00:46:00.834 --> 00:46:03.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that once was is just like, we are really creative. 00:46:03.567 --> 00:46:04.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Human beings are really creative. 00:46:04.968 --> 00:46:06.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And so why are we settling for this? 00:46:06.801 --> 00:46:09.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Why can't we curate the Pike Pine corridor 00:46:09.834 --> 00:46:11.200 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% with a lot more soul? 00:46:11.200 --> 00:46:13.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -We need more affordable retail. 00:46:13.234 --> 00:46:15.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% We need more affordable commercial space. 00:46:15.567 --> 00:46:19.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% We need more artist ownership. We need more artist control. 00:46:19.100 --> 00:46:21.434 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% We need a lot more resources. 00:46:21.434 --> 00:46:22.801 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% We need particularly government 00:46:22.801 --> 00:46:26.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% to step up with more dollars to support all of this. 00:46:26.501 --> 00:46:29.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And there's a way that Capitol Hill can remain 00:46:29.100 --> 00:46:31.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% the neighborhood that is both desirable 00:46:31.934 --> 00:46:35.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and affordable for the rest of our lives. 00:46:38.734 --> 00:46:41.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -This film was directed by Angela Bernardoni 00:46:41.067 --> 00:46:43.100 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and Laura Jean Cronin 00:46:43.100 --> 00:46:46.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% who have had studio spaces in and deep ties to Capitol Hill. 00:46:46.701 --> 00:46:49.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Velocity Dance lost its space during the pandemic 00:46:49.467 --> 00:46:50.801 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and is seeking a new home. 00:46:50.801 --> 00:46:52.501 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% While Northwest Film Forum 00:46:52.501 --> 00:46:56.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% will also be searching for a new location in the coming year. 00:46:56.667 --> 00:46:59.501 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% Built in 1962, Four Seas Restaurant 00:46:59.501 --> 00:47:01.033 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% and Dynasty Room Lounge 00:47:01.033 --> 00:47:03.601 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% in Seattle's Chinatown-International District 00:47:03.601 --> 00:47:06.567 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% was a gathering place for people from all walks of life 00:47:06.567 --> 00:47:09.033 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% until its closure in 2017. 00:47:09.033 --> 00:47:11.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% As you can see now, the Four Seas is no longer, 00:47:11.801 --> 00:47:13.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% but the site is being reactivated 00:47:13.400 --> 00:47:16.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and rebuilt to continue to serve community 00:47:16.033 --> 00:47:17.434 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% for future generations. 00:47:17.434 --> 00:47:22.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -In 1978, I remember I was working the front of the house 00:47:22.367 --> 00:47:24.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and I was watching the NBA final 00:47:24.934 --> 00:47:27.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and the Sonics lost in the seventh game 00:47:27.100 --> 00:47:28.367 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and they were at home. 00:47:28.367 --> 00:47:31.267 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% And about five minutes after the game ended, 00:47:31.267 --> 00:47:33.501 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% I got a call from Zollie Volchok, 00:47:33.501 --> 00:47:35.834 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% who was a general manager of the Sonics. 00:47:35.834 --> 00:47:39.601 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% We knew him. He'd come down here many times before, and he said, 00:47:39.601 --> 00:47:42.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% "We're all coming down. Get three bartenders. 00:47:42.267 --> 00:47:45.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% We're coming down in 10 minutes." Click. 00:47:45.067 --> 00:47:48.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% So all of the Sonics, they had just lost a seventh game. 00:47:48.167 --> 00:47:50.601 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% They came down here for dinner. 00:47:50.601 --> 00:47:53.634 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% ♪♪ 00:48:06.834 --> 00:48:09.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% My father, Abe, was one of the original co-owners 00:48:09.534 --> 00:48:11.234 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% of the Four Seas Restaurant. 00:48:11.234 --> 00:48:14.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% He and my Uncle Wilbur and my grandfather. 00:48:14.000 --> 00:48:18.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% They built this place in 1962, and so we were really involved 00:48:18.033 --> 00:48:21.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% with it up until he sold it in 1988. 00:48:21.968 --> 00:48:25.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Back then, people didn't really mix. 00:48:25.200 --> 00:48:26.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% They didn't go to the same restaurants. 00:48:26.601 --> 00:48:28.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% They didn't hang out at the same bars. 00:48:28.534 --> 00:48:31.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% We really had a kind of a segregated town. 00:48:31.567 --> 00:48:33.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And the Four Seas was one of the first places 00:48:33.467 --> 00:48:36.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% where people from all different races, 00:48:36.267 --> 00:48:38.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% all different walks of life could come down 00:48:38.400 --> 00:48:39.534 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and have a drink. 00:48:39.534 --> 00:48:44.167 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% ♪♪ 00:48:44.167 --> 00:48:45.934 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% -The interesting thing about Four Seas 00:48:45.934 --> 00:48:49.100 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% is that the age group was also diverse. 00:48:49.100 --> 00:48:51.701 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% You have people in the middle age at that time. 00:48:51.701 --> 00:48:55.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Bob Santos, for example, would come in quite frequently. 00:48:55.300 --> 00:48:57.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% But we also have younger Americans 00:48:57.567 --> 00:48:59.100 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% like Silme Domingo, 00:48:59.100 --> 00:49:00.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% who was a famous Filipino-American 00:49:00.968 --> 00:49:02.033 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% in the community, 00:49:02.033 --> 00:49:05.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and he used to come here and drink also. 00:49:05.501 --> 00:49:09.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% What we call regular drinkers like in the weekend 00:49:09.167 --> 00:49:13.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% they would come they might start at Four Seas 00:49:13.267 --> 00:49:15.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and then they would go down to Hong Kong 00:49:15.767 --> 00:49:20.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and then they would go to Sanya and do a circuit 00:49:20.033 --> 00:49:23.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% because each spot has slightly different clientele. 00:49:23.567 --> 00:49:28.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And so sometimes you do the circuit, then you see 00:49:28.133 --> 00:49:30.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% pretty much most of your regular drinkers. 00:49:30.901 --> 00:49:33.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -The Four Seas Bar, the Dynasty Room 00:49:33.234 --> 00:49:35.000 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% was a de facto clubhouse 00:49:35.000 --> 00:49:39.634 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% for politically involved people back in the 1960s. 00:49:39.634 --> 00:49:42.434 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% You could see Bob Santos and Bernie Whitebear 00:49:42.434 --> 00:49:44.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% in one corner, and in the other corner 00:49:44.767 --> 00:49:48.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% you could see Senator Warren Magnuson and his wife. 00:49:48.467 --> 00:49:50.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And then the other corner, you could see a very young 00:49:50.968 --> 00:49:54.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Norman, Constance Rice, the future mayor. 00:49:54.133 --> 00:49:56.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% But at that time, they were young on the rise politicians. 00:49:56.901 --> 00:50:00.300 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% ♪♪ 00:50:07.734 --> 00:50:10.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% The relationship between Chinatown, 00:50:10.167 --> 00:50:11.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% the International District, and the Kingdom 00:50:11.567 --> 00:50:13.100 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% was a really complex one. 00:50:13.100 --> 00:50:15.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Many people in the ID were opposed to the Kingdom 00:50:15.901 --> 00:50:18.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that I had known from a business standpoint 00:50:18.000 --> 00:50:20.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% they absolutely wanted more business 00:50:20.534 --> 00:50:23.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% to come through Chinatown and the International District. 00:50:23.701 --> 00:50:25.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% On the other hand, they knew 00:50:25.734 --> 00:50:28.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that there would be parking nightmares. 00:50:28.133 --> 00:50:31.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% There would be pressures on the social services. 00:50:31.968 --> 00:50:34.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% There would be consequences of development 00:50:34.868 --> 00:50:37.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that weren't necessarily desirable. 00:50:37.200 --> 00:50:40.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And so my dad, I remember he was wearing a couple of hats there. 00:50:40.734 --> 00:50:42.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% He wanted the business, definitely, 00:50:42.534 --> 00:50:44.501 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and he was public about that. 00:50:44.501 --> 00:50:48.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% But I know that he talked with a number of the activists about 00:50:48.501 --> 00:50:50.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% some potential problems that come along with that. 00:50:50.567 --> 00:50:53.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Do you want just kind of drive by, 00:50:53.501 --> 00:50:55.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% people just coming by to have Chinese food 00:50:55.567 --> 00:50:56.968 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and without caring about 00:50:56.968 --> 00:51:00.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% the people who actually live there? 00:51:00.100 --> 00:51:04.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -It's easy to come now and see what's wrong 00:51:04.000 --> 00:51:06.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and see the pressures and think this is new, 00:51:06.968 --> 00:51:09.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% but it's really -- it's been the same struggle 00:51:09.734 --> 00:51:11.133 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% from the beginning, 00:51:11.133 --> 00:51:15.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and it's the same struggle that Uncle Bob started 00:51:15.000 --> 00:51:20.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% when he saw what was happening way back in the early '70s. 00:51:20.200 --> 00:51:22.834 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% And the neighborhood's going to look very different. 00:51:22.834 --> 00:51:28.167 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% Maybe not so much in two years, but in five years, 10 years. 00:51:28.167 --> 00:51:31.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% There are taller buildings proposed. 00:51:31.701 --> 00:51:36.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% The concern for me is that they will overshadow 00:51:36.033 --> 00:51:40.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% the real -- the neighborhood that we know and love today 00:51:40.467 --> 00:51:44.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and push it out, if not like, literally, 00:51:44.200 --> 00:51:47.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% then either economically with rising rents 00:51:47.834 --> 00:51:49.334 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and rising property values. 00:51:49.334 --> 00:51:53.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Culturally with the influx of new people, 00:51:53.100 --> 00:51:55.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% new businesses that might not address 00:51:55.868 --> 00:51:58.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% the traditional population here. 00:51:58.667 --> 00:52:01.501 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% So it's a scary, scary time. 00:52:01.501 --> 00:52:03.767 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% It's also a time for action. 00:52:29.033 --> 00:52:34.434 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% So community-based development, community control of land 00:52:34.434 --> 00:52:37.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% is key for addressing displacement 00:52:37.868 --> 00:52:41.834 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and for helping the community 00:52:41.834 --> 00:52:44.601 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% to thrive into the future. 00:52:44.601 --> 00:52:48.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% So interim's going to own the top floor, 00:52:48.100 --> 00:52:50.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% the residential portion of the building 00:52:50.701 --> 00:52:55.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and the Chan family is going to own the commercial. 00:52:55.133 --> 00:52:56.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% They're very much committed to uses 00:52:56.667 --> 00:53:00.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that will make a contribution to the neighborhood. 00:53:00.467 --> 00:53:04.434 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% You know, I kind of assumed that everybody knows Uncle Bob 00:53:04.434 --> 00:53:06.133 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and knows what he's done. 00:53:06.133 --> 00:53:08.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% But one thing you know, as time goes on, 00:53:08.801 --> 00:53:11.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I'm sure people who did know him 00:53:11.200 --> 00:53:14.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and worked with them were feeling like... 00:53:14.801 --> 00:53:17.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that this is on our shoulders like 00:53:17.567 --> 00:53:21.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% to help people understand just who he was. 00:53:21.400 --> 00:53:23.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% You know, I keep talking about contributing 00:53:23.234 --> 00:53:25.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% to the neighborhood, sustaining the community 00:53:25.701 --> 00:53:28.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% because we have this vibrant community 00:53:28.200 --> 00:53:30.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that welcomes immigrants and refugees 00:53:30.267 --> 00:53:33.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and culturally relevant businesses and services 00:53:33.834 --> 00:53:36.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and that whole range of nonprofits. 00:53:36.400 --> 00:53:39.701 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% And, you know, 00:53:39.701 --> 00:53:42.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I truly believe that this community 00:53:42.534 --> 00:53:47.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% would not be intact and strong the way it is 00:53:47.100 --> 00:53:50.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% without Uncle Bob's vision and commitment 00:53:50.467 --> 00:53:53.267 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% to all these past decades. 00:53:53.267 --> 00:53:57.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% So this project is really coming from the heart. 00:53:57.467 --> 00:53:59.300 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% ♪♪ 00:53:59.300 --> 00:54:00.667 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -The previous owners, 00:54:00.667 --> 00:54:03.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% the Four Seas and Dynasty Room, ready to move on, 00:54:03.334 --> 00:54:05.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and they're waiting for development. 00:54:05.667 --> 00:54:08.033 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% And in that interim, it's going to be a year or two years out. 00:54:08.033 --> 00:54:11.100 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% They didn't want an abandoned building in this neighborhood, 00:54:11.100 --> 00:54:14.701 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% so they had asked me if I wanted to come in 00:54:14.701 --> 00:54:17.601 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and run a bar. 00:54:17.601 --> 00:54:19.467 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% And so while we're here, 00:54:19.467 --> 00:54:21.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% it's not about how much money we can generate 00:54:21.167 --> 00:54:22.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% because I do have other businesses 00:54:22.400 --> 00:54:23.601 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% that can pay the bills. 00:54:23.601 --> 00:54:25.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It's about how to make the biggest impact 00:54:25.534 --> 00:54:27.300 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% in a short amount of time. 00:54:27.300 --> 00:54:30.601 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% ♪♪ 00:54:37.734 --> 00:54:41.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -Coming in here, even in this modified form, 00:54:41.067 --> 00:54:45.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% it brings back incredible memories. 00:54:48.634 --> 00:54:51.400 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% And a lot of it's changed, 00:54:51.400 --> 00:54:53.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% but a lot of it's exactly the same. 00:54:53.501 --> 00:54:59.434 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% You walk in here and this fake leather on the bar 00:54:59.434 --> 00:55:03.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% is exactly the same as it was from the time I remember, 00:55:03.968 --> 00:55:06.033 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% for as long as I can remember. 00:55:06.033 --> 00:55:08.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -I hope there's a, you know, for the time that we're here, 00:55:08.334 --> 00:55:09.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% you know, it's a lot shorter time, 00:55:09.467 --> 00:55:11.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% but we can create a new set of memories 00:55:11.234 --> 00:55:14.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% for a new generation of people for Dynasty Room. 00:55:14.334 --> 00:55:16.901 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% In this day of technology 00:55:16.901 --> 00:55:22.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and where we have the world in our hands on our smartphones, 00:55:22.067 --> 00:55:25.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I think people, as time goes on, 00:55:25.234 --> 00:55:28.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% people will yearn for more emotional connection 00:55:28.200 --> 00:55:31.033 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% in a physical space. 00:55:31.033 --> 00:55:34.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% My father would love this remodel 00:55:34.234 --> 00:55:37.000 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% because it makes people happy. 00:55:37.000 --> 00:55:39.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I think this place connects with people, 00:55:39.300 --> 00:55:41.634 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and that's -- isn't that what we're all looking for? 00:55:41.634 --> 00:55:43.200 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% Connection. 00:55:43.200 --> 00:55:46.667 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% ♪♪ 00:56:07.100 --> 00:56:10.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -This film was directed by Tuyen Than and Ryan Catabay, 00:56:10.834 --> 00:56:13.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% who founded the creative studio in 00:56:13.100 --> 00:56:16.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and have extensive relationships in the CID. 00:56:16.567 --> 00:56:19.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Uncle Bob's place is projected to be completed 00:56:19.000 --> 00:56:23.701 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% in late 2022 or early 2023. 00:56:23.701 --> 00:56:25.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% The sixth and final film in the series 00:56:25.801 --> 00:56:28.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% is about the iconic Bush Garden restaurant. 00:56:28.567 --> 00:56:31.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% In addition to being the first karaoke bar in the country, 00:56:31.834 --> 00:56:35.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% since 1953, Bush Gardens has been a hub for connection, 00:56:35.367 --> 00:56:37.300 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% celebration, and multiracial, 00:56:37.300 --> 00:56:39.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% multi-generational organizing. 00:56:39.534 --> 00:56:40.868 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% After the historic building 00:56:40.868 --> 00:56:43.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% was sold to a private developer in 2017, 00:56:43.968 --> 00:56:46.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% a grassroots fight emerged to save both its history 00:56:46.868 --> 00:56:50.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and future as a vital community space. 00:56:50.000 --> 00:56:53.534 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% [ Indistinct conversations ] 00:57:14.033 --> 00:57:17.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -We found out after -- after it was already done, 00:57:17.100 --> 00:57:20.667 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% so we didn't hear about it prior to the beginning 00:57:20.667 --> 00:57:23.534 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% and it didn't quite, you know, 00:57:23.534 --> 00:57:27.167 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% feel real and what does it -- what does it mean, 00:57:27.167 --> 00:57:29.701 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% what it would be like to 00:57:29.701 --> 00:57:33.234 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% not have the Bush. 00:57:33.234 --> 00:57:37.567 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I wasn't sure like how to feel about it in the sense 00:57:37.567 --> 00:57:39.901 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% of what are we going to lose. 00:57:39.901 --> 00:57:43.400 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% A community and our history? 00:57:43.400 --> 00:57:47.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Just having that place that's -- that can stand the test of time 00:57:47.334 --> 00:57:52.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% or has stood the test of time that we don't lose that. 00:57:52.934 --> 00:57:56.701 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% -Seattle losing Bush Garden, what that means. 00:57:56.701 --> 00:58:00.868 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% It means that the second oldest Japanese restaurant 00:58:00.868 --> 00:58:04.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% in the state of Washington closes, 00:58:04.300 --> 00:58:08.033 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% that a community resource, 00:58:08.033 --> 00:58:12.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% a business, a legacy site for the city of Seattle 00:58:12.067 --> 00:58:16.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and all of her citizenry will no longer be here. 00:58:16.300 --> 00:58:20.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It's irreplaceable, and the fact that it's not being respected, 00:58:20.400 --> 00:58:21.868 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% respected by the city, 00:58:21.868 --> 00:58:24.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% respected by the preservation board, 00:58:24.234 --> 00:58:27.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% respected by the new owners who think they can put cash down 00:58:27.767 --> 00:58:33.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and take whatever they want is [bleep] up. 00:58:33.167 --> 00:58:36.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -This building has always been kind of a gathering place. 00:58:36.767 --> 00:58:39.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It's like there's something about this space 00:58:39.400 --> 00:58:42.934 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% that creates that community. 00:58:42.934 --> 00:58:48.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% When Bush Garden moved from the Bush Hotel to here in 1953, 00:58:48.367 --> 00:58:51.334 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% the family actually designed 00:58:51.334 --> 00:58:56.033 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and built all of this. 00:58:56.033 --> 00:58:59.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -My father-in-law started it with Hasegawa 00:58:59.968 --> 00:59:02.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and his sister-in-law... [ speaks indistinctly ] 00:59:02.400 --> 00:59:04.434 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% He had a vision about things, you know, 00:59:04.434 --> 00:59:06.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% it just-- he was before his time. 00:59:06.601 --> 00:59:08.868 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% Invented all the recipes 00:59:08.868 --> 00:59:12.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and designed the interior and everything. 00:59:12.667 --> 00:59:15.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I think it was like a little bit of Japan 00:59:15.067 --> 00:59:18.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% because we had our waitresses dressed in kimonos 00:59:18.501 --> 00:59:20.400 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and we had the tatami rooms. 00:59:20.400 --> 00:59:23.501 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% We had 40 of them. 00:59:23.501 --> 00:59:25.234 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% My father-in-law invented the hole 00:59:25.234 --> 00:59:27.234 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% that was underneath the table. 00:59:27.234 --> 00:59:29.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% So you could sit down like you were in a chair. 00:59:29.901 --> 00:59:31.434 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And he said none of the Americans 00:59:31.434 --> 00:59:33.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% could sit down on their legs and be comfortable. 00:59:33.734 --> 00:59:37.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% So he decided that he put a rug underneath. 00:59:37.534 --> 00:59:40.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And then we had little cushions so we all sat on. 00:59:40.767 --> 00:59:42.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And so and then the tablecloth covered the hole 00:59:42.868 --> 00:59:45.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% so you couldn't really see anything. 00:59:45.100 --> 00:59:48.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% But we had a lot of hanky panky going on. 00:59:48.801 --> 00:59:51.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% We had actually Princess... [ speaks indistinctly ] 00:59:51.067 --> 00:59:55.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ...in Japan now and her aunt and uncle came 00:59:55.834 --> 00:59:58.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and we had to close up the whole restaurant for security sake 00:59:58.868 --> 01:00:00.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% because they wouldn't allow anybody. 01:00:00.467 --> 01:00:02.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% So we had to make all this Japanese food. 01:00:02.934 --> 01:00:05.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I don't know if it was as good as the ones they got in Japan, 01:00:05.334 --> 01:00:07.133 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% but they ate it. 01:00:07.133 --> 01:00:10.434 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% We had cooks and we had a hard time getting chefs 01:00:10.434 --> 01:00:14.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% because immigration would only let so many people in. 01:00:14.200 --> 01:00:16.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% They kept saying, "Well, they're taking away, 01:00:16.767 --> 01:00:19.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% you know, the jobs from the American people." 01:00:19.701 --> 01:00:22.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% So I said, "How many people here know 01:00:22.601 --> 01:00:25.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% how to make sushi or make Japanese food, you know." 01:00:25.501 --> 01:00:30.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And a lot of the chefs that came over finally got their visas 01:00:30.100 --> 01:00:31.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and they opened up their own restaurant. 01:00:31.834 --> 01:00:34.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% So a lot of the restaurants today 01:00:34.534 --> 01:00:39.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% are run by people that worked for us at one time or another. 01:00:39.334 --> 01:00:44.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% We started that karaoke bar later on in the '60s, 01:00:44.167 --> 01:00:47.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and we are the first karaoke to be 01:00:47.300 --> 01:00:49.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% in the whole United States, actually. 01:00:49.868 --> 01:00:53.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And at that time, they didn't have the key changers 01:00:53.701 --> 01:00:56.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and, you know, the video with the words popping up. 01:00:56.801 --> 01:01:00.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It was more seeing a video that was on a screen. 01:01:00.334 --> 01:01:01.701 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -We had karaoke here, 01:01:01.701 --> 01:01:05.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Japanese karaoke back, you know, eight-track tapes. 01:01:05.200 --> 01:01:07.934 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% You're thinking eight-track. 01:01:07.934 --> 01:01:12.634 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And the menus for the songs were handwritten in Japanese. 01:01:12.634 --> 01:01:14.200 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% So if you didn't read Japanese, 01:01:14.200 --> 01:01:15.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% there's no way you're going to sing 01:01:15.400 --> 01:01:18.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and it was still wasn't popular everywhere. 01:01:18.667 --> 01:01:21.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% So really, in the API community, 01:01:21.267 --> 01:01:24.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% it was a different kind of world here. 01:01:24.501 --> 01:01:26.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I mean, how it looks now and how it looked then 01:01:26.601 --> 01:01:27.868 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% was quite different. 01:01:27.868 --> 01:01:29.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I think now I really like how it feels. 01:01:29.968 --> 01:01:33.667 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% People come in, they sing, they support each other. 01:01:33.667 --> 01:01:36.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% If somebody doesn't remember the song 01:01:36.133 --> 01:01:37.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and they're having a tough time, 01:01:37.234 --> 01:01:39.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% the whole room starts singing with them. 01:01:39.467 --> 01:01:42.501 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% I love that here people are -- 01:01:42.501 --> 01:01:44.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% have learned the culture of karaoke 01:01:44.767 --> 01:01:46.501 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% in a way that, 01:01:46.501 --> 01:01:51.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% you know, is more of a sharing, sharing and supportive way. 01:01:53.200 --> 01:01:55.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Being at Bush Garden and being not only 01:01:55.868 --> 01:01:58.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% with some of the best singers in the city 01:01:58.834 --> 01:02:01.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and the best drinkers in the city, 01:02:01.934 --> 01:02:04.901 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% but also meeting Congress members, 01:02:04.901 --> 01:02:08.634 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% City Council members, right, state legislators, 01:02:08.634 --> 01:02:11.467 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% journalists, artists, 01:02:11.467 --> 01:02:13.834 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% activists, advocates, 01:02:13.834 --> 01:02:16.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and exchanging knowledge, exchanging wisdom, 01:02:16.200 --> 01:02:18.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% working wisdom and lessons learned 01:02:18.334 --> 01:02:20.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and really becoming a stronger organizer, 01:02:20.968 --> 01:02:23.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% becoming a stronger advocate at the same time 01:02:23.868 --> 01:02:27.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% as you build a community, right. 01:02:27.968 --> 01:02:29.934 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -They started in January, 01:02:29.934 --> 01:02:33.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and at that time they said a year, year and a half. 01:02:33.601 --> 01:02:36.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And then as we were approaching the year time, 01:02:36.334 --> 01:02:42.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% they said potentially it could be, you know, two years. 01:02:42.300 --> 01:02:43.801 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% There's been a lot of support 01:02:43.801 --> 01:02:47.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% for us to try and continue somewhere. 01:02:47.067 --> 01:02:51.033 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% ♪♪ 01:03:01.200 --> 01:03:04.467 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I'm feeling a little more hopeful 01:03:04.467 --> 01:03:10.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and energized about the future of Bush. 01:03:10.300 --> 01:03:12.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% When the opportunity came up for us 01:03:12.367 --> 01:03:15.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% to move into the new development, Uncle Bob's Place, 01:03:15.534 --> 01:03:18.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that interim was doing, it was very exciting. 01:03:18.300 --> 01:03:20.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I think all of those things were things 01:03:20.234 --> 01:03:23.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that felt really good for us, that they want to build a space 01:03:23.934 --> 01:03:25.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that is going to be a community gathering space 01:03:25.868 --> 01:03:29.367 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% so people can come in and share right there on the corner. 01:03:29.367 --> 01:03:30.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I think it's going to be really exciting 01:03:30.934 --> 01:03:33.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and then we get to be a part of that. 01:03:33.534 --> 01:03:36.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Just it -- just feels like it is in sync 01:03:36.000 --> 01:03:39.701 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% with what Bush Garden is now. 01:03:39.701 --> 01:03:42.934 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% ♪♪ 01:03:42.934 --> 01:03:45.634 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -♪ Together ♪ 01:03:45.634 --> 01:03:51.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -I feel this idea about, you know, losing, you know, 01:03:51.000 --> 01:03:55.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% losing valuable things in in our community and our city, 01:03:55.534 --> 01:03:57.334 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% that there's a part of me 01:03:57.334 --> 01:04:02.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% that really wants to push to preserve 01:04:02.868 --> 01:04:06.400 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and not, you know, not just as a museum place to go 01:04:06.400 --> 01:04:08.167 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% recognize and see the story, 01:04:08.167 --> 01:04:11.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% but something that people can come and experience 01:04:11.534 --> 01:04:13.467 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% in a very authentic way. 01:04:13.467 --> 01:04:16.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% But I don't want to lose the neighborhood 01:04:16.501 --> 01:04:19.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and its history and the story it has to tell. 01:04:19.734 --> 01:04:23.100 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% ♪♪ 01:04:36.767 --> 01:04:39.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -First, we put out every possible 01:04:39.200 --> 01:04:41.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% aspect of demolition of a place where 01:04:41.234 --> 01:04:43.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% civil rights leaders that I looked up to 01:04:43.334 --> 01:04:45.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and mentored me for years saying 01:04:45.834 --> 01:04:47.834 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and taught me to sing and have fun 01:04:47.834 --> 01:04:50.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and do more than just advocate for new laws. 01:04:50.100 --> 01:04:51.567 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% -I pose through redevelopment of 01:04:51.567 --> 01:04:53.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% the historic Bush Garden building 01:04:53.200 --> 01:04:54.567 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% because the proposed building 01:04:54.567 --> 01:04:57.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% will not serve a majority of CID residents, 01:04:57.501 --> 01:05:01.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% immigrants, and refugees in both price and unwieldy scale. 01:05:01.601 --> 01:05:02.868 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% I oppose the redevelopment 01:05:02.868 --> 01:05:04.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% of the historic Bush Garden building 01:05:04.534 --> 01:05:06.133 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% because the very soul of our neighborhood 01:05:06.133 --> 01:05:09.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% is threatened by developments such as this. 01:05:09.200 --> 01:05:12.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -You know, once you lose the building, 01:05:12.267 --> 01:05:14.767 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Bush Garden building, you're going to lose a lot of history. 01:05:14.767 --> 01:05:17.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And it's not -- it's not necessarily Chinese history. 01:05:17.701 --> 01:05:19.000 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% I think the International-District 01:05:19.000 --> 01:05:21.601 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Chinatown was called that for a reason. 01:05:21.601 --> 01:05:25.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It includes a lot of other people besides Chinese people 01:05:25.267 --> 01:05:26.968 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and we all lived and worked together 01:05:26.968 --> 01:05:28.601 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% in the same neighborhood. 01:05:28.601 --> 01:05:32.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% And I don't feel like raising a hundred years of that history 01:05:32.734 --> 01:05:34.067 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% is worth this development. 01:05:34.067 --> 01:05:37.634 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% ♪♪ 01:05:55.801 --> 01:05:58.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -This film was directed by Ellison Shieh, 01:05:58.200 --> 01:06:00.801 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Christopher Woon-Chen, and Martin Tran, 01:06:00.801 --> 01:06:03.167 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% long-time Bush Garden patrons. 01:06:03.167 --> 01:06:05.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Bush Gardens also holds a special place in my heart 01:06:05.868 --> 01:06:07.601 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% as I consider it my "Cheers," 01:06:07.601 --> 01:06:10.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% a home for both my personal and political development. 01:06:10.868 --> 01:06:12.934 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% It's where my parents took me as a kid to eat 01:06:12.934 --> 01:06:14.868 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% in the beautiful to tatami rooms, 01:06:14.868 --> 01:06:18.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and where I later migrated over to the bar as an adult, 01:06:18.167 --> 01:06:21.167 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% making lifelong friendships over a big bottle of kirin 01:06:21.167 --> 01:06:23.767 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% and a karaoke mic. 01:06:23.767 --> 01:06:26.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% Many thanks and gratitude to all the filmmakers 01:06:26.200 --> 01:06:28.067 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% who worked with Vanishing Seattle 01:06:28.067 --> 01:06:29.701 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% and to the small business owners, 01:06:29.701 --> 01:06:32.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% artists, activists, and community leaders 01:06:32.200 --> 01:06:35.200 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% who share their stories with us and who truly make Seattle 01:06:35.200 --> 01:06:37.300 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% a world-class city. 01:06:37.300 --> 01:06:39.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% There are so many more 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align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% -♪ Come gather 'round Seattleites wherever you are ♪ 01:07:14.100 --> 01:07:18.267 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ Those stuck on 520 get out of your cars ♪ 01:07:18.267 --> 01:07:23.234 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ And admit what they're saying in Wallingford bars ♪ 01:07:23.234 --> 01:07:26.801 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ Our lifestyle is fading ♪ 01:07:26.801 --> 01:07:30.734 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ And "The Most Liveable City" is now a parking lot ♪ 01:07:30.734 --> 01:07:35.300 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ For the town it is a changing ♪ 01:07:35.300 --> 01:07:40.033 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ The Food Giant's gone, bid The Dog House adieu ♪ 01:07:40.033 --> 01:07:44.334 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ And Frederick & Nelson it's history, too ♪ 01:07:44.334 --> 01:07:48.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ But we've got lots of Tully's and bagels to chew ♪ 01:07:48.534 --> 01:07:52.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ And there's pesto and sundried tomato ♪ 01:07:52.534 --> 01:07:56.100 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ And you just wash it down with a peach microbrew ♪ 01:07:56.100 --> 01:08:00.501 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ For the town it is a changing ♪ 01:08:00.501 --> 01:08:03.100 align:middle line:00% position:50% size:90% ♪♪ 01:08:03.100 --> 01:08:07.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ Yuppies are taking Ballard they now think it's cool ♪ 01:08:07.534 --> 01:08:09.534 align:middle line:87% position:50% size:90% ♪ And they're kicking out the old farts ♪ 01:08:09.534 --> 01:08:12.434 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% ♪ Who drive slow and drool ♪ 01:08:12.434 --> 01:08:14.901 align:middle line:93% position:50% size:90% [ Spray can shakes ]