There are just a few businesses in the neighborhood – largely beer-related! – that were obviously the realization of the...
There are just a few businesses in the neighborhood – largely beer-related! – that were obviously the realization of the longtime dream of one of the more shit-together young local residents of the pre-Portlandia neighborhood from the rap-rock era and it is honestly a little touching but tragic to see sometimes
Like “aww, you must have been a shining jewel in the rough back when this was meth country! This amateur-hour stuff only made sense on a block with vacant commercial space and there is no chance you exist in three years”
Unless they do! That is also possible.
On a related note, that stupid Doctor Who themed bar still exists (despite being a punchline about a decade ago), and once in a blue moon I see someone in there while walking past it. Presumably whoever owns it & the adjacent ice cream place (also desolate) doesn’t care enough to sell the building, despite being a solid location. Across the street did get developed recently, and it’s a block away from transit, but on the other hand there’s an outright empty lot next to the MAX station.
The TARDIS Room? It’s literally a house inside, it has atrocious layout