(beyond which is Madison Valley).Ĭapitol Hill's main thoroughfare is Broadway, the commercial heart of the district. Madison Streets (beyond which are First Hill and the Central District) and to the east by 23rd and 24th Avenues E. It is bounded by Interstate 5 (I-5) to the west (beyond which are Downtown, Cascade, and Eastlake) to the north by State Route 520 and Interlaken Park (beyond which are Portage Bay and Montlake) to the south by E. Geography Ĭapitol Hill is situated on a steep hill just east of the city's downtown central business district. The club constructed the building in 1925 to serve as its clubhouse it is now the Mexican consulateĭuring the George Floyd protests of 2020, Cal Anderson Park and much of the upper Pike-Pine Corridor surrounding the SPD East Precinct were barricaded by protesters and declared the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ).
He added, "most tenants close their blinds and look for another apartment when their lease runs out." Ī sign over the rear door of the Harvard Exit Theatre recognizing the Woman's Century Club, founded in 1891.
The neighborhood's architecture did not fare so well in the post- World War II period architect Victor Steinbrueck wrote in 1962 of the "tremendous growth of less-than-luxury apartments" that at first "appear to be consistent with the clean, direct approach associated with contemporary architecture" but whose "open outdoor corridors" totally defeat their "large 'view' windows" by giving occupants no privacy if they leave their blinds open to enjoy the view. The neighborhood is home to many distinguished apartment houses, including several by Fred Anhalt, as well as a few surviving Classical Revival complexes such as the Blackstone Apartments. south of Volunteer Park (family residences on tree-lined streets) and the Harvard-Belmont Landmark District. (Forewarned is forearmed: Being naked in Seattle is not illegal, but "lewd conduct"-touching yourself or someone else who is naked-is.) For sanctioned public indoor sex, there are two bathhouses in town: Steamworks caters to a slightly younger crowd than Club Z, but both are for filthy men and the filthy men who love them.View of Fourteenth Avenue, an area known as Millionaire's Row (published 1909 in an Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition pamphletĬapitol Hill is home to some of Seattle's wealthiest neighborhoods, including "Millionaire's Row" along 14th Avenue E. Nevertheless, if you want to tromp around an outdoor setting making eye contact with strangers for old time's sake, Volunteer Park is your best bet. It used to be that Volunteer Park was overrun with bush bunnies, but the truth is, times have changed: Most people who want sex right now just get it through their smartphone. Vibrators on display, classes on everything from rope bondage to strap-ons to erotic massage, and a friendly staff, Babeland is perfectly suited to women who date women-but gay guys, straight couples, and folks across the spectrum are also welcome.Ī must-stop shop for kinky guys, this place has handmade leather apparel, pup supplies, bondage toys galore, dirty magazines, and a sexy staff. The menu includes “wood pellets” (olives in cheese breading served with marinara) and a mashed potato bar. Logs are omnipresent: logs wrapped around the cords of Edison bulbs, logs chained to walls, log benches, log stools, log pictures, etc. This White Center gay bar is lumberjack-themed. Monday is trivia night, Wednesday is lesbian night, Thursday is karaoke, Friday and Saturday there are DJs, and Sunday is oriented around whatever game is on TV. West Seattle is where gay folks go to retire, and this laid-back bar epitomizes the neighborhood's laid-back spirit. They have pool, darts, Seahawks parties, and karaoke on Wednesdays. This is North Seattle’s gay bar-the closest gay bar to the University of Washington, the Ballard Locks, or Northgate.
This bar used to be strictly a cocktail lounge when it was on Capitol Hill, but now that it is in the new location, there is a full menu. It tends to attract clean-cut, mainstream folks-older men, twinks, lesbians, and the like. This is the only gay bar in its vicinity, over near the Montlake cut. On other nights, go for the slide show of naked men on the TVs, the pool table, and the darts. Guys dress up in the most amazing stuff (or sometimes almost nothing at all). The best night to visit this gay bar is the first Saturday of the month-kink night. True story.) Upstairs is the tiny, fun Timbre Room, with a small bar and small dance floor that plays host to popular house music parties and drag events. Go on the drag nights-but be prepared to get a little blood on you if you sit in the front row. Kremwerk, located downstairs, is sometimes like a Berlin techno club and sometimes like a punk drag performance venue.