Comments on: McGuire Apartments

By: Mikey

Mikey — Fri, 28 May 2010 23:05:50 +0000

“remember this kiddies” – what an idiot

So let me get this straight. According to conservatives the government is not supposed to do anything because free enterprise will take care of it. The Republican’s have been railing against regulation for as long as I can remember. Then the government kills regulation in construction, predatory lending and just about everything else.

Now we have banks that don’t work, foreclosures, and buildings that are structurally unstable. Then we have people like this fool who say – “look the government can’t do anything.”

So the answer is that we allow the government to do even less? We should strip away the last of the regulations because that will make the situation so much better as opposed to installing stricter regulation and spending more tax money to hire building inspectors. Good work. You seem to have a very solid understanding of the problem.

By: William

William — Wed, 05 May 2010 20:51:35 +0000

I have to say, the building looks a lot better with the scaffolding.

By: OscarPhone

OscarPhone — Tue, 04 May 2010 18:55:52 +0000

Mr. Davenport Sez: “With this project having been approved, I am now certain that the Department of Planning and Development is on the take.” and then proceeds to explain the conversation. I don’t disagree.

But remember this kiddies, these are the same types of corrupt and incompetent bureaucrats who will now be controlling your health care.

By: Wil Wheaton

Wil Wheaton — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:37:12 +0000

May I recommend CheapShitCondos bringing attention the beautiful old buildings the UW going to demolish to build disgusting “modern” dorms?

One of the buildings to be demolished: http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/1003/uwbldg.jpg

Its cheap shit replacement: http://www.hfs.washington.edu/uploadedImages/About_HFS/Housing_Master_Plan/Site%2035B_800.jpg

More info: http://www.hfs.washington.edu/about_hfs/default.aspx?id=2772

By: Bell

Bell — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:54:08 +0000

The danger of cheapshit building has arrived! The total horror of having the sight of these awful buildings seared onto my retina is bad enough. However, the ACTUAL possibility that some of these terrible buildings may be structurally dangerous is a real concern. I hope the city is on it and taking a careful look at some of the worst construction. This one is particularly bad since it’s so tall, but even a four or five story structure that is failing is a danger. Yikes, I say! Bad design and bad construction = disaster.

By: Frank Davenport

Frank Davenport — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:38:49 +0000

With this project having been approved, I am now certain that the Department of Planning and Development is on the take. I imagine a conversation that went something like this:

Developer: We want to construct a super cheap building that will make us lots of money fast.

DPD: Fine, we want a kickback.

Developer: Ok.