Instead of Six Months 116 Artists Must Leave in Two!
Two emails arrived today July 20, 2011
One from Building Management at 3:58 pm. The next from WSDOT at 4:02 pm.
LATEST NEWS HERE
More than One Hundred Artists work from Studios in this Six Story Building.Located at 619 Western Avenue in
the Historic Pioneer Square District at Western and Yesler Way near the Waterfront at the foot of Skid Road.
619 Western is one of the Largest Artist Studio Building on the West Coast if not the World. It has been a
Workspace for Artists since 1979. Artists Work in Many media and Share their Studios with the Public Every
First Thursday for Artwalk which brings Crowds of Art Devotes to 619 Western Avenue and the Gallery and
Cafe Neighborhood.
THE 619 MOVIE
THE FUTURO COMETH !
On Thursday evening December 16, 2010, the Artists at 619 Western Avenue
Met with WDOT & SDOT to Find the Answer to an Important Question!
How would the Alaskan Way Viaduct & Tunnel Project
Affect Their Studios & Building, Studio/Places of Creativity, Education,
Business and Life in the Visual Arts
> WHAT THE CITY AND STATE TOLD THEM <