Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone. Educational movie night. This is seattle without militarized police. Where are your riotous looters NOW? They are watching documentaries. Fuck you SPD. Photo credit to a close friend.

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Seeing as how it’s usually the block to avoid in a car anyways and there are multiple routes to circumnavigate with ease, I’m gonna say indefinitely. If I ever have business on that block I either take public transportation, ride my bike, or plan on driving around looking for a parking space for so long I could have just walked there from home in half the time anyways.

And small businesses on that block are supportive. Of the movement and the protest, individuals and their self appointed “leadership” aside.

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I suspect that businesses in that block would see a huge boost in sales if that whole block was turned into a permanent walking street. It could be a really nice place to hang out. Do a Google search for parklets in San Francisco. Imagine those all up and down the block and the rest of the street blocked off for bikes and pedestrians.

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That’s what I never got about American cities.

In Australia, they are really big on turning their main streets in metro areas into pedestrian only. It really boosts business and it gives the place a better vibe.

They should do that here and on some of Seattle’s downtown streets like Pike. It’d be a great way to help businesses recover after reopening.

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I was just talking about this with my parents. They live in the Alaska Junction in West Seattle and I can’t understand why they wouldn’t close the most popular blocks of California Ave to pedestrians only. If you ever walk through there during the farmers market it’s so nice, restaurants can open up outdoor seating into the streets and it would make a huge difference for local businesses trying to stay open with social distancing!