Donald Pittenger writes:

Dear Blowhards --

Credit to an anonymous passerby who noted the following juxtaposition:

Get it? If not, here's some background information. The banner with the Renoir nude is in front of the Seattle Art Museum, advertising an exhibition dealing with Impressionist painters. Across First Avenue is the "Lusty Lady," one of the last of the girlie show theaters on the street.

Immediately to the right of the Lady is a combination condominium-Four Seasons hotel that's scheduled to open later this year. Along with the art museum, it's an indicator of the neighborhood's transition.

When I was young, Seattle's First Avenue catered to sailors from ships that used to dock a few blocks away (that function has moved) as well as various species of derelict men. Besides girlie shows, there were pawn shops, taverns smelling of stale chili and staler beer, flop houses, missions and theaters featuring third-run movies.

Later,

Donald

Renoir is the Lusty Lady for the uppah clahsses.

Posted by: ricpic on July 13, 2008 10:49 AM

Art museums displacing girly show theaters -- along with Times Square, no better sign of the cultural decline and tidal wave of porn that we keep hearing about.

Posted by: agnostic on July 13, 2008 7:15 PM






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