The other other day I showed that urinal photo to a UW plumber on the train ride home in a have-you-ever-seen-such-a-sight-in-your-life kind of way. It’s the Schmitz Hall 2nd floor men’s room by the way. He laughed and quoted me building code center-to-center urinal installation measurements. That Schmitz setup is a joke, like a bad piss joke punchline. As we were talking urinals, the 5 Point periscope came up and another train passenger jumped right in telling us he replaced the roof on the 5 Point many years ago and earned free meals for a long while as interest payments on his delayed roofing job payments. The 5 Point is legit real deal Seattle history and this guy let me know it all the way to Beacon Hill.
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I only visited The 5 Point a few times. But it brings up a certain memory that lingers somewhere in my phantom nostalgia syndrome, all these years later. The lingering memory does not surprise me. But I’m amazed I was able to find these photos to back it up.
I was just beginning my morning routine of legal messenger deliveries at 2101 4th. When these two crusty old messengers were strolling south through Bell Town after opening The 5 Point. Or maybe they closed it at 2am and opened it again at 6am. Either way they definitely opened it and were carrying on with their day. We chatted briefly and I snapped a few shots on my digital camera.
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