From the Archives: Fremont, Seattle

Fremont is a pretty interesting neighborhood, kinda hip and artsy, but very yuppy. A lot of the restaurants and bars attract that whole 35 trying to be 25 crowd. One sign of the areas mixed signals is that they have outdoor summer movies, but they charge admission. Also, the Redhook Brewery moved out and Google and Adobe moved in, which really hurts their cool cred.

But, there is a statue of Lenin (Lenin had a lot of good observations, BTW) rescued from Slovakia:


And a cast aluminum sculpture of people waiting for a defunct light-rail line (what people there wouldn't give to have light-rail back in Seattle, good planning City) that locals like to dress up (I hear that the sculpture has been moved while the road is reconfigured, though):


And a huge rocket:


And a troll that lives under a bridge:


And walking down under the Aurora Bridge from the troll is pretty cool:


And for all of my complaints about Fremont, the signs of intelligent life are obvious:


So there is a sampling of Fremont, Seattle. Some not that great but whimsical and beloved public art, cool location right on the water, a neat public market, art snob yuppies who think they're cool, yuppy tech employees who think they're cool, some random college kids, and a really big bridge.