![]() ![]() What happened was, we had this massive lockdown and people started spending time at home and people stopped dressing completely, getting up in the morning, making sure things were matching. ![]() And I think when I went to New York, in December, I noticed that Seattle had had an impact on the cities on the way that people dress in that city. They said Seattle is becoming the fashion capital of the world because this no-style is becoming a style. Mudede: I’ve given up that fight a long time ago! What is interesting is, though, there was an article that came out in Esquire December last year. But are you offended when you see me wearing this drab coat? And I know people who can't stand the lack of fashion sense in Seattle. I don't wear it often, but it's warm and lightweight, it does the job. Radke: Yes! I wore this for you, Charles. Radke: Would it be fair to say that, in some world that we don't live in, cities should be a work of art, but in the world we do live in, buildings … they're not works of art, they are works of building codes and design review and profit-per-square foot and we need more, more, more of them or people can't afford a roof over their head? And they'll wonder what the hell was this writer Charles Mudede talking about? So maybe the Urbana will be seen by the future as a perfect work, as magnificent. We never know what the future will say about what our choices were, architecturally. Mudede: (laughing) Yeah, I know, but then that brings up another issue: Maybe that Eiffel Tower is a reminder of how it was loathed when it was made. Radke: You need to move into that building so that you don't have to look at it! Like what's-his-name who used to have lunch under the Eiffel Tower so he wouldn't have to look at that piece of. The Urbana is stunningly, I mean, it is the ground zero of all that you could imagine, you know … in a city where, you know, we live together, we should be a little more cosmopolitan, right? We should have a little more taste, right? Flair! When you look at that building and you think, “My goodness!” Mudede: They’re the worst! A monstrosity! I’ve even said, if the board was made of beavers, we would get a better building than what we have in Ballard. Radke: Your bete noire is the Urbana apartments in Ballard. ![]()
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