In April the Clear Alleys program went into effect, along with the new city waste disposal contract. In an effort to get dumpsters out of alleys to improve visibility and curb drug-related and other antisocial activities, trash is now put into bags and picked up several times a day. In some cities cleaning up the alleys has led to businesses opening off of them, and they get their own names, usually with "lane" or mews or something like that attached. This is the alley in Belltown between 2nd and Third, behind the newly (and successfully) reopened Crocodile music venue. The pizzeria serves the Croc and the public; the (pretty fancy) dining room can only be accessed off the alley. They have a big red Via Tribunali pizza oven.
November 26, 2008
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Wow, that's an amazing change! Even the glass got cleaned up and looks so much better. Nice documentation on the evolution.