If your band had a flyer on the north wall of the old Sun Electric building at 11th Ave and E Pine, we have bad news for you. Seattle fire fighters were dispatched to a report of a building fire at the location Tuesday night around 10:12 PM but it turned out only a section of posters advertising rock shows and club nights was burning. No details on the specific cause or if anybody was caught setting the fire — we’ll follow up in the morning to see what else we can learn. It’s not the first time posters have burned at the location on the same block as East Precinct headquarters. And it seems probable, for whatever reason, it won’t be the last for Capitol Hill.
idiot behavior – good reporting. thanks jc
Another reason to respect the postering regulations, which state that a poster cannot be put on top of another poster, as they then eventually build up to 1-2″ thick in some locations….great material for an arsonist.
Agreed. How many posters are really taken down?
More to the point, why are bars and bands plastering posters on buildings they don’t own?
Didn’t I just read yesterday or so that building will start construction soon for a re-hab? For that spot, at least, it may be a moot point before long.
Why do we let people trash our neighborhoods with all these posters which are ten deep on utility poles and on buildings such as this one? It gives the neighborhoods a trashy look. If you’ve seen the series “Portlandia” there’s one scene where someone puts up a poster and someone else puts *their* poster on top and the original person again puts their poster up and this goes on four or five times. Advertise on craigslist or something. Leave the trashy posters off buildings and utility poles.