But I can tell you there’s a new Belltown Messenger on the streets. And work on the Vanishing Seattle book continues apace. I still seek pix and mementos of several long-gone landmarks, including:

• The Last Exit on Brooklyn coffeehouse;
• Free Mars cafe/SCUD artists’ co-op (the “Jell-O mold” building);
• the original Herfy’s drive-in chain;
• punk and “grunge” era nightclubs;
• Jones Fantastic Museum; Seattle Center House;
• Orestes restaurant (“the Blob”);
• The Monastery disco;
• Trade Winds bar;
• the former downtown Nordstrom store;
• Osborn & Ulland sporting goods;
• the Vault and Penthouse jazz clubs.

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