For the past few weekswe’ve asked for your ideas on what to do with the recently purchased former home of the Lusty Lady. Now, we’re ready to move on to the next step.
After listing six reader-submitted concepts for a vote, the tally is currently tiedbetween turning the building into a history museum or an affordable housing complex for artists. With that in mind, we have a couple of follow-up questions that will help us finalize visuals.
Take the poll and then we’ll come up with rough designs as soon as we can.
Initial Reader Suggestions
(Published March 30)
The new buyer of the Lusty Lady’s former building is looking for community input on what to do with the empty space — so we thought it’d be great fun to collaborate with you all.
After putting out a call for suggestions on the space, we received plenty of fantastic ideas.
Concert hall
“A place where those of us who cannot afford concerts could attend local amazing events that charge.” — Cheryl U.
“The Lusty Lady should be a small crocodile-like music venue with a bar and possibly a small number of hotel rooms. This is Seattle’s cultural corridor, let’s lean in on the arts and nightlife.” — Don B.
History museum
“A museum focused on the history of Seattle [...] Each floor could have a focus, with a retail store on ground level selling (mostly local) art, crafts, and goods related to the exhibits.” — Jason P.
“It would be nice to have at least one of the old buildings take on the mantel of collecting and presenting the stories of all the buildings that are gone."— Tony G.
“We need a Seattle History Museum! Complete with giant photos and music through our long and beautiful past. Local families can contribute photos to be inclusive of our developing communities.” — Lisa M.
Signage
“Just like the Rainier Brewery, the Wonder Bread building and Elephant car wash, the Lusty Lady billboard should be put back to life! The genius of these signs brought so much character to the neighborhood and highlighted the quirkiness of PNW humor (which I’m not native to).” — Chang C.
Housing
“Affordable housing for artists to keep Seattle creative! Many of my creative friends have moved away because they could not afford to live here anymore.” — Lindsay P.
Other ideas
- A campy strip/burlesque club — Zoe B.
- A restaurant — Lorna A.
Vote on your favorite. From there, we’ll prep something more concrete to send to the new owner.