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The condo developers buy up, push out, and destroy the local landmarks and now can't even afford to build, or if they have built can't sell the damn things. I would rejoice if not for the fact that the damage has already been done.<br><br>So we're left with redundant, empty, demolished sites where we once had a landmark, a bowling alley, and oh is Archie McPhee still getting pushed out too?<br><br>Can't someone please regulate these people next time we have a development boom?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_03:10:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "5a53a1c296e4f70819b8d27f828242ef", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863306": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Financing is available for companies with profitable business plans.  Condos are not in that category right now!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_03:27:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "97640f884078bebd1ecbc194aee4be40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863307": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Economy get better in a month? wtf? I guess it's dead...good riddance.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_03:54:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Ballardog", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863308": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Manning\u2019s building was no loss to me and I have no issue with condos but I am saddened by yet another empty lot in Ballard.  Likely in a few years we will see rentals built on the site which is a good thing but they will have to be affordable or they will also sit empty.    Developers do eventually catch up to reality, if they want to remain in business that is.  Rental prices historically follow owned houses in price and we will see a drop.  Already rental prices are dropping on the east side and incentives are being offered.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_07:48:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "60b0fb9c94c383c89c88b1b6b5adee08", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863309": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jamie: that's what the spammer scammers all say. Krawk, krawk, krawk, krawk, krawk, krawk, krawk, krawk, krawk, krawk, krawk, krawk, krawk, krawk, krawk, krawk!<br><br>You hominids could build a shelter for the homeless there. You're probably going to need one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_08:49:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "ceadb1b28dece37c529dc8ad4f0e5d19", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863310": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "wow Raven- why the rancor? Jamie's point is valid.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_09:03:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "5fa4ec61a2ccf1c0b7bfdf3cfa133dc3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863311": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "m, it's not true, or only in very, very few cases. There's very little money available for anything--the banks are sitting on their bailout payments, and they didn't have money to lend to begin with--their books are still full of uncollectable loans.<br><br>Gonna be a cold spring.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_09:40:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "ceadb1b28dece37c529dc8ad4f0e5d19", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863312": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CK, you can regulate this yourself. Step up with you wallet and not your mouth. then you can build the beautiful mannings or dennys back. i'm kinda hungry for a grand slam breakfast about now.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_11:07:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "b283543c00d0fdc4727b68a595d83838", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863313": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That thing is so ugly. I hope they don't ever get financing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_11:19:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "16baa9f0af91b75b3717934711bb4c2d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863314": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think of a word when I look at those renderings, and it sure isn't \"iconic\".<br><br>But then again this is America, where we like to build the same garbage over and over again, tell ourselves it \"fits in\" with the older garbage, and watch the rest of the world kick our butts with good design.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_11:54:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "boardbrown", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863315": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Agreed.  Why do we get so nostalgic over brick walls?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_11:57:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "353d3f20ad5b0f5fc545833c490688ee", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863316": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "thanks Raven - a much more civil and relevant answer. I agree with you that there is very little money available out there at the moment, but the financing does exist for those few with the appropriate track record and a profitable long-term business plan. If the financing industry had demanded high standards before, we wouldn't be as deep in as we are now.<br><br>and for those missing Denny's : Moons Over MyHammy = the ultimate hangover breakfast! (or so I've heard)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_11:58:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "5fa4ec61a2ccf1c0b7bfdf3cfa133dc3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863317": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Cookie-cutter design + small gazebo roof = \"iconic\" design inspired by local landmarks.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:02:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "376a5153f2422ea9f6b2827e1ef7fdb1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863318": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree too.  Go to any European city and you'll see sleek modern buildings butting up to old brick and stone ones, yet somehow it all works and looks great.  And those old buildings deserve way more respect than any of ours!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:04:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "boardbrown", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863319": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks for the great reporting My Ballard!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:09:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "315cb1fa4f919e66941dcb695d0f7b9f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863320": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Dennys was such a melting pot. I met so many of my neighbors of all ages there! I also miss having a 24 hour meet-up place near my home.<br><br>They were in such a hurry to tear down a lively (if tacky) restaurant. Sunset Bowl was a happening place too! (Not that I bowled there, but still - active and making money is better than closed up and collecting graffiti...)<br><br>I want a bumper sticker that says \"Developers Eat Their Young.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:11:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "dd2652d13385a13e22ff5b42a25a3542", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863321": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The credit \"freeze\" is the decrease in the rate of lending.  Ever accelerating lending was the nor so a contraction in the rate created the panic, it signaled the end of the debt bubble and asset-backed securities ponzi scheme.  Lending is still occurring but very little is going to real estate ventures.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:12:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "97640f884078bebd1ecbc194aee4be40", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863322": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Where were  all you whiners when the property was for sale and you could have put your own money on the line? Where was your plan for preservation? Let me guess, tax me for your preservation sensibilities.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:12:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "1e1470a732fdc020d0742834abe1c584", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863323": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I hope they get the financing and move forward, but it sure seems like a long shot.  Would you rather have them sell it to Target?  A larger Mars Hill?  If they fall on their faces, who do you think has the money to buy that property?  It's not going to be some cool independent developer anytime soon.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:16:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "18f84a2ebc1823a9662ac3e784e14743", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863324": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I really like the design of the building. All you people who spent one semester abroad in Europe really need to sniffing Europes jock.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:34:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "65065007a68081ea66b657f8a9f0bc8e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863325": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Frankly, they should be forced to make it a green space if they can't build.  The cost of ripping it up and putting some grass in can't be much.  I say have the city fine them until they do something productive with the land and tell them that a green space is a viable option.  If they want to sit on a park while they get their financing in order that's fine by me.  I have no problem with building more condo's (as long as we have roads to support it) but the run down abandonned areas completely brought about by these guys makes me sick.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:55:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "8c90475ece90f0a7e98a3824b5c76277", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863326": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Could we please have some moderation for inappropriate language and trolling? I'd like to see all of \"Joey's\" vowels would fall out.<br><br>Jamie, m: no.  The bad mortgages  were converted into financial instruments which obscured their basic weakness and distributed throughout the economy. The bad paper is still everywhere, and will be until we see financial regulation reimposed. Yes, some people and organizations are still lending, but only very rich people and organizations and only to highly trusted borrowers. There's not much money even for good investments, these days.<br><br>Crossroads are important. Markets--and that includes Safeway, though I don't shop there--aren't a bad choice for crossroads, but they're not the only possibility. Besides, who wants a condo next to a major arterial which is noisy 24 hours a day? It doesn't make sense. The Denny's did make sense. For that matter, a transit station would make a lot of sense.<br><br>Going down a level in scale, the design really isn't there, is it? The cheapest thing to get the floor space and meet code, with a bit of decoration, it looks like. I've real doubts of the integrity of the enclosure system in the Northwestern climate, and suspect that many of the condos built in the last five years will start leaking very quickly.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:59:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "ceadb1b28dece37c529dc8ad4f0e5d19", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863327": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Man - that is one uninspired design. Landmark character is not relayed through the addition of an oversized Gazebo and brick veneer. <br><br>As many of us as possible should plan to attend the DR meeting.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:01:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "11502c06bdcd11cb7a0c94d642e75706", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863328": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Makes me want to cry--this rape and destruction of our community.  FYI re: nostalgia for brick walls--these are not brick buildings--brick building was a skill, an art with many individual laying designs--these are cheap brick facades hiding the cheaply made, mass produced human warehouse buildings.  The battle cry of the current mayor and city council is \"Quantity Over Quality!\"    and nieve transplants buy the line while pushing out the very people who made our city one they wanted to move to in the first place.  Sad.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:11:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "17245cd554280bc5997da25a602d60d6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863329": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Joshua, that is a fantastic proposition. <br><br>Joshua for mayor!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:15:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "e505c708e570e66aeff551de6c8fba27", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863330": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think most of you bloggers are the one who are hanging out in the mannings parking lot now. drinking your colt 45 and throwing yo empties all over the place. Ballard is changing just like the rest of seattle. do you miss the ernst hardware and paysave,tradewell,tux shop, the row of little rat invested houses by wendys. you really need to buy some real estate and put up your own building. and where do you live? i would like to drive by and judge your house or tent or parking lot.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:26:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "b283543c00d0fdc4727b68a595d83838", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863331": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Iconic?\"  This guy is supposedly an architect, I can't believe he can say that with a straight face.   That design couldn't be more generic.   The key word in his quote about playing off the lighthouse idea is \"trying.\"  Honestly, I can't imagine living on that corner would be very pleasant.  Even if they do get financing to build it, will anyone buy?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:33:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "6caba62c6916f58f05fa83a0bfaf2be4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863332": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Joey, don't be rude.  So you like the design.  I'm happy for you.  Others of us do not.  If you can't agree with us, at least do us the favor of curbing your stupid insults.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:34:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "boardbrown", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863333": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lighthouse? this design, well inland is playing off the idea of a LIGHTHOUSE? That makes no sense whatsoever. Instead, it looks more like a guard tower.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:48:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "0797ebfa86a814ad1f4825b7c2b56e62", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863334": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That design is just horrendous. Must re-read article to see when/where the DR meeting will be held.<br><br>I love this town, it's where I grew up, but what is our aversion to good architecture? We have so little of it...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:55:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "da94ec3bde429daf2822bad99686be8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863335": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "To CK and anyone else who wants better regulation: that's what design review board meetings are for! <br><br>Go the meetings, make your opinion heard and be part of the design process that shapes our communities. Developers in this town are afraid to do anything \"risky\" design wise. But if enough people comment and make it clear that the current level of design is unacceptable, perhaps the developers will realize that the \"safe\" approach is actually the risky approach.<br><br>You and all of your neighbors are part of the development process. When people go to the meetings and speak their opinion, they are making a contribution. When people choose not to go to the meetings, they are allowing other people, namely the development community, to speak over for them. <br><br>As for the zero financing currently, if they get Design Review Approval, they'll just shelf the project for now and build it later when financing loosens up again. And then it will be too late for public comment....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:03:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "c6d6b048d470d025ddddaa1f549da187", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863336": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Please note we made a correction in the story to reflect that Rhapsody Partners expects to take this project \u201cthrough the MUP (Master Use Project)\u201d not the \u201cmonth,\u201d as we initially reported.  While there is no financing, Rhapsody says they have interest in the project, but investors are waiting to see how the permit process plays out over the next several months.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:10:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "305f3bd27d8327119deb7a14ea86378c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863337": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"while pushing out the very people who made our city one they wanted to move to in the first place\"<br><br>Who pushed them out? Seems to me they voluntarily sold their property at a handsome profit; no one put a gun to anyone's head. <br><br>If you don't like that system, of private property and the right to buy and sell it,  move to Cuba and cling onto your bitterness.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:11:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "b2aa651bc6041400b566a5affa7ed70d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863338": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Is there really need for so many different materials in the design (&gt;3 brick patterns ,multiple colors)? I'd prefer them take more queues from the old city hall ( <a href=\"http://www.seattle.gov/CityArchives/Exhibits/annexation/panel2_image4.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.seattle.gov/CityArchives/Exhibits/an...</a>) and follow European models of rebuilding town centers in the old style.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:20:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "7b3c5ff7a522c0c757dc22e9d8cc8d03", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863339": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wiggles - they didn't sell the property willingly, the city took it over for the failed monorail and then sold it at auction to Rhapsody. My understanding is that the previous owner was not interested in moving/selling before the monorail came along.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:45:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "5c00e617b23003347e43f554e2fda68d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863340": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "All these new condos are so ugly...people in Seattle are supposedly so creative, why not show it in some of the buildings around here? <br>Oh, and can we please paint them a different color?? enough with the neutral's already!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:48:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "9746e52b4830541693a4f34e20c64006", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863341": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm always amazed at how good some people are at spending other people's money.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:55:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "1e1470a732fdc020d0742834abe1c584", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863342": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ahh....look honey. Its the \"light house\" on the shore of fail.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:02:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "e7c6588743737ec9bbaa37a1374e1b01", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863343": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There probably is a need for historic reservation in Seattle, but I doubt if that location met anyone\u2019s criteria. There were no residences on that corner, so nobody was forced out.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:06:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "845af3cf8dc0c8a51c18f546cbe594f1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863344": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree with Philk.  When I looked at the drawing, I too saw guard tower, not lighthouse.  Ominous. Sorry, but I see nothing \"iconic\" about this design, and nothing about it says \"Ballard\".", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:07:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "2eda7705872d863a449f9bde3b2966d6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863345": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There\u2019s a history of unattractive apartment buildings scattered throughout Ballard.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:09:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "845af3cf8dc0c8a51c18f546cbe594f1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863346": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Is that a prison guardhouse at the top of the tower? It seems ironically appropriate for a building that looks like public housing.<br><br>Kudos to <a href=\"http://myballard.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">myballard.com</a> for the reporting though.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:10:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "7d7661a2b77216de7e9f170dbb5425a4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863347": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nobody's spending other people's money here.<br>We're just baffled by the decisions of those who have it.  Why can't someone with bucks build something like this in Seattle:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.laceydc.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.laceydc.com/</a><br><br>...a building currently under construction in Washington DC.  Yeah, that's right, our nation's capital.   The sad thing is that there are plenty of great architects in this town, but they dont' get the juicy jobs.  And 15th and Market is definately a juicy job!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:25:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "boardbrown", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863348": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My sentiments exactly, it looks like some sort of prison and the feel is very oppressive. Did the genius \"architect\" of this thing graduate from the Wal-Mart design institute or what? It's beyond terrible. A bunch of 5th graders could probably come up with a better design.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:26:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "ebdd00962de5f1425749c0ed9f75a7fb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863349": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm tired of the \"if you don't like it, why didn't you buy it\" approach.  One can have and share an opinion about something without taking ownership of that something.<br><br>True, that opinion has no power...but what is the point of a open to the public comment section if not to share powerless opinions?  <br><br>My disappointment is not so much with the fact that these condos will be ugly--they're always going to be ugly.<br><br>My disappointment was in the rush to tear down active buildings when replacing them was in no way imminent.<br><br>Even if you didn't think that the Denny's/Mannings building was worth saving--an open Denny's restaurant, however ugly, is still more attractive and valuable to the rest of us than an unusable concrete lot.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:29:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "91f05485a815763a66dfc47fb0e75593", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863350": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oops. Looks like the story has been edited/corrected since my original post. <br><br>Regardless, if it is one month or six months I'm guessing that the project eventually gets canceled.  I hate to be doom and gloom but the economy is going to get a lot worse before it gets better.  The condo boom is over.  Banks are not out of the woods yet and job losses continue to grow in our region.  Yes the building is ugly but it will never be built.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:36:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Ballardog", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863351": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It reminds me of the Eastern State Penitentiary:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.easternstate.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.easternstate.org/</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:42:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "a0a34f0399c60a213d4b39135d007480", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863352": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Right , i get it. you don't like the approach\" if you don't like it why don't you buy it\". you can have your opinion. but i want your address, so i can you my opinion of your investment.i am sure i won't find it \"ugly anyways\". maybe the new owner didn't want to own and or manage a dennys. why don't you see if they will lease the dirt to you . you could buy some grills and make a run at it. so that corner would be more attractive and useful to ME.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_16:01:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "b283543c00d0fdc4727b68a595d83838", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863353": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That new design is depressing and ugly. Nothing new, nothing unique.  The Denny's was at least a functioning part of the community, now there is a gross empty lot that will fill with garbage and be a blight on the neighborhood.  See I told you \"depressing\".", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_16:35:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "c8a789fd8de237eee2d805bb492938c7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863354": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Based on current market conditions, evolving lending practices and general permitting time from the City, I would say there is no way any type of work will begin on that site for two years at a minimum. I personally think it will probably be more like 5+ years. Instead of leaving several derelict structures that are attractive nuisances - or even open space, how about making it a temporary art space? This very same thing is about to happen in Burien where due to the changing economy a 1 acre condo site is on hold and is about to be the home of a temporary sculpture garden. Ignition NW and the Burien Arts Commission has obtained permission from the developer (Urban Partners)  to build what is being called the Burien/Interim Arts Space. I kind of know some of the people involved in that project as well as the Architect on this one and if there is local interest maybe we can put something together. It may be a bit premature (from the developer's perspective) but if we can start fleshing out some ideas now maybe we can have something viable to present when the iron is hot. Anyone interested?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_16:57:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "bdd771a3aaa23a2d3dc95aac95b6dda9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863355": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The building is designed to be an apartment building and not Disneyland. Depressing? Seattle often fights and resists things that are new and different, so what do you want on the site?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_16:58:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "845af3cf8dc0c8a51c18f546cbe594f1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863356": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Who's going chip-in some extra money to hire the architect Frank Gehry?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_17:02:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "845af3cf8dc0c8a51c18f546cbe594f1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863357": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "i think disneyland sounds great. but you're buying. but i can tell you what i like. cuz i won't be vested. and only my taste is valid.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_17:07:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "b283543c00d0fdc4727b68a595d83838", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863358": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The design is no good, if the architect wants to give the impression of a lighthouse he needs to add taper.  The architect should take some inspiration from the house on Seaview avenue that flies a pirate flag.  I think the city should allow the developer to build taller on that corner pending an aesthetically pleasing lighthouse design.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_17:07:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "c2e06b7ecf674262ed10a9ffaa2a5c43", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863359": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What happened to the giant  Leif Ercison sculpture idea?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_17:32:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "845af3cf8dc0c8a51c18f546cbe594f1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863360": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Joshua's idea is great! The site is just a heap o' ugly now. Why not put it to good use until they get financing and start building.  An open greenspace would be beautiful and they wouldnt'have to constantly repaint the frequently tagged walls.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_17:45:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "72f2500c0d6ffc57eddbfcb0fd7609e8", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863361": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Boardbrown - while that is a very nice design, it is also very expesive.  the units start in the 300's.  that is for a 500 sq ft studio which means the the majority of the homes will be in the 600 to 800K range! That is not practical for the size and scale of our corner.  If you dont like the design go to the meeting and voice your opionion.  Due to the credit freeze in the financial markets, Nothing will be built on this site for some time.  I was glad to see Denny's go but was optimistic that a nice community would be built in its place.  looks like we will have to wait a VERY long time before something is built.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_18:27:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "5f48677321ed7a4a00576abf4247152c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863362": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "DC is more expensive than Seattle by far, particularly in the U Street cooridor...so that's a big part of the price difference.  I'm just making a point about progressive design, not suggesting a cut and paste.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_18:39:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "boardbrown", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863363": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I would like to see some Parks Levy money go to tearing up the concrete and planting some trees there...The silver lining in the economic cloud might be more greenspace and more neighborhood gathering spots. Like Bergen Place east....Oh, and the design as posted is horrible!!!! Needs setbacks from the sidewalk....look at the hugh ugly thing next to the firestation-lets learn from our mistakes-", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_19:05:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "cd3465b5a1abc01f0475aa92fe97ce99", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863364": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "boardbrown-<br><br>now those look like a prison.  also, can you give your definition of old and new ballard since you seem to be salty to both.  as i recall you've been \"around\" for about 13-16 years now?  just wondering how you arrive at your definition and why.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_19:05:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "2b224763672e60c289d49df2f2308025", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863365": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I like the design. Kudos to the architect for attempting to make a landmark, since this building will be the most noticeable gateway to the neighborhood. <br><br>And as a former resident of The Ballard (that first big condo development, on 57th) who had a condo overlooking Denny's, the neighborhood is better off without that place. Believe me, it was no fun being serenaded every day of the week as the drunks were turned out of that place at 2:00. They simply whipped out flasks and kept the karaoke going. <br><br>That said, it's sad that Sunset is empty. Bowling is a cheap, fun activity, and (based on The Garage, and Lucky Lanes in Bellevue) still popular. It would have been good to see that place continue as is, or get a facelift.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_19:13:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "e2ccdca7238236eea9d5e2aa8e85b921", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863366": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, the neighborhood certainly is better off with an empty, fenced-off lot than the only nearby 24-hour eatery.  Progress!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_19:32:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "376a5153f2422ea9f6b2827e1ef7fdb1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863367": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bergen East? Yes, what a quaint park that'll be. Tip toe thru' the used syringes, step over the condoms, squeeze past the packs of drunken bums ranting about 'condos' destroying Ballard and then sit back and inhale the stench of urine and feces. I'm sure the little ones will really enjoy it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_19:52:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "7606a8e1a134e2528d0022ee2050c76f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863368": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes trees with park levy money. is that just until the work begins? then we can cut them down and start up the bitching process agaian of how unfair life is. how about go buy some chalk and draw some hop scotch squares, and make some fire pits to burn our bras in. thanks god they haven't touched the other landmark the goodyear tire store. i have so many great memories there. and wasn't there a old chinese drive in right by there that was also a beautiful landmark. with really good 18 hour food that was cooking under heat lamps. please i can't handle anymore change. pass the prozac.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_19:59:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "b283543c00d0fdc4727b68a595d83838", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863369": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Maybe next time Dink you won't buy a condo overlooking a 24 hour restaurant.    Sorta like the owners in Belltown whining about the bars that existed long before they came along and bought right over a bar.   Not prudent.  <br><br>Certainly the design is without any creative design quality at all but hey everyone likes something different.  Lots and lots of people buy those cookie cutter houses in Bellevue and appear quite content.  Up until the bottom fell out of the economy this type of condos were selling like hotcakes.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_20:21:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "60b0fb9c94c383c89c88b1b6b5adee08", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863370": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That is so freakin retarded.  I guess that means they won't be cleaning up the homeless or dog shit around it either.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_20:29:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "a12304ca01a2c4f30691220abf027782", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863371": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Kim, I'm not salty to either.  I love all sorts of buildings, old and new...as long as they're designed in a thoughtful manner and are era appropriate.  It's the new buildings designed to look \"old\" that I have the most issue with.  Should we really design a condo building in 2009 that supposedly looks like the old Ballard city hall built in 1899?  Or a light house?<br><br>It never works to fake it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_20:29:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "boardbrown", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863372": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Iconic?\" As the man said, I do not think that word means what you think it means. <br><br>And my schadenfreude at the thought of an arrogant developer pushing through a teardown no reasonable person wanted is only outweighed by my sorrow at seeing yet another empty lot getting squalid in Ballard. Dink, you weren't on the ball enough to notice an entire 24-hour restaurant when you bought your place; have you gotten sufficiently with the program to notice the trash, suspicious activities, and lack of cops hanging out now that the restaurant's gone? The rest of us sure have...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_20:32:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "60181759be7255a66686120322a57d17", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863373": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "i think the idea of drawing inspiration from ballard's past - the courthouse and our maritime culture- is great - i'd just like to see them take it farther than they did.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_20:38:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "63aa6a7d44403fa0b48d327e82190b4c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863374": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "To answer your question a tad more thoroughly Kim, it's worth noting that old crumbling brick buildings have very little to do with Seattle's architectural heritage.  True, there are some fine examples of such scattered about our fair city, but every city in America has them.  And most are better than the one's we have.<br><br>Seattle's architectural legacy is rooted in Moderism.  And by Modernism, I don't mean Frank Gehry.  I'm talking about the classic Moderism of Seattle architects like Paul Kirk and Rolland Terry, characterized by plate glass, post &amp; beam, soaring roofs, and yes, plenty of brick and stone to boot.  The Canlis Resaurant by Terry at the south end of the Aurora Bridge is perhaps the best surviving example of what I'm talking about.<br><br>So my point is, if we're going to pay homage to our built history, let's do so with what's ultimately venacular.  If you'd like to see a good example of a new building which does just that, check out the new Montlake Library.  It has all the attributes I mentioned above.<br><br><a href=\"http://2008honorawards.aiaseattle.org/node/120\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://2008honorawards.aiaseattle.org/node/120</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_20:58:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "boardbrown", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863375": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Don't forget Anhalt also. But you have to build to make a project pencil. I think you would be floored to know how much and how long it takes to get a permit. the developer could redo the taj mahl , but the costs are passed on to the consumer. like any other business. would that make sense? i think people don't understand the real costs of doing business. then there are the design review groups. sometime go to a ballard historical district meeting if you want to see some real nonsense.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_21:32:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "b283543c00d0fdc4727b68a595d83838", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863376": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hot sauce, it's hard to understand the real costs of business when you have  a dead end job at Kinkos*.<br><br>*or the equivalent.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_22:40:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "10335055a171462c582869935a0fc6dc", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863377": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I love all these people who think this financial melt down is going to blow over in one or two years.<br><br>You just do not get it.  This tidal wave is just beginning. The bowling alley property is going to be dead space along with the Denny's property for a long, long, time. How will that make all the new condo's attractive to potential buyers?<br><br>It is too bad there will be no bar at Denny's or the bowling alley to go to when things get worse.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_23:02:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "1981ee1e065ecaf67de27110c3b55965", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863378": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Can someone ask Reuven to read this post and ask what he can do about this?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_23:50:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "082afb8ab65fd67c4debdac6447a5220", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863379": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Also, where are these meetings (that nerka specified) to show up at and share your thoughts regarding such properties?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_23:54:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "082afb8ab65fd67c4debdac6447a5220", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863380": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "broadbrown-<br><br>the clouds have parted and i see the light.  much clearer than entry #10.  thanks!  and i do like the montlake example much so very much much more.  and i would eat green eggs and ham.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-16_00:07:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "2b224763672e60c289d49df2f2308025", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863381": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank god there's no money available.  The architecture is beyond awful.  PLEASE don't let that be built in Ballard.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-16_00:07:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "b074a29dd7ab14a1234dffa201890a94", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863382": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "on another note since this is getting so much attention, have we heard anymore about organizing at LHCC w/crime prevetion for the north precinct about becoming a better community?  it was being hashed over after the baseball bat beating(s).....i recall someone was thinking late january.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-16_00:11:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "2b224763672e60c289d49df2f2308025", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863383": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "kim - see the events calendar on the front page. It's the item at the top of the column.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-16_00:52:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "5e93c67537888ef7b4bd58d045de9325", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863384": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That has got to be the most hideous building plan I have ever seen.  My 7 year old son can design a better looking building!  A \"light house?\"  Come on!!  Looks more like an outhouse.  That corner is essentially the front door of Ballard.  Thanks for making us look like chumps you no talent architects and developers!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-16_11:11:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "60a130df7ea78db283cdf45ed255354c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863385": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There\u2019s a drugstore on one corner, on the second corner a Safeway parking lot w/gas station and a gas station on the third corner. And all the Ballard curmudgeons are worried about adding more housing? What hypocrites.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-16_11:20:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "845af3cf8dc0c8a51c18f546cbe594f1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863386": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hey Meetio-<br>Dont be so negative please regarding my suggestion for a park on the Dennys site-Think of the Ballard Commons-Well used reasonably clean-shared by moms and bums alike...We need to be the change we want to see-not find reasons to naysay. Thanks, Chris", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-16_11:23:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "cd3465b5a1abc01f0475aa92fe97ce99", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863387": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah Kim, my comment #10 comes from a great little attribute I like to call frustration.  My others appear after a half-day of using my brain.  Somehow, it all works together.<br><br>And I think ChrisH and Joshua both have good ideas.  Why not make the site an ammenity to the 'hood until the construction cranes arrive?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-16_11:30:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "boardbrown", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863388": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "mickey<br><br>thanks!  right at the end of my nose.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-16_11:57:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "2b224763672e60c289d49df2f2308025", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863389": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow sorry I touched a nerve with some of you.<br><br>And that building in DC is downright ugly. It is not \"progressive\" (whatever that is supposed to mean).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-16_12:12:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "65065007a68081ea66b657f8a9f0bc8e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863390": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm glad that so many people like the greenspace idea.  Just to follow up, I think it is very doable.  The cost of doing the conversion is A) cheap, B) much of it needs to be done anyway (their going to have to bulldoze and clear the space for construction).  All that we are asking them to do is to pay that small amount (compared to the construction cost) right now and then pay the extra amount for planting some grass.  I could imagine a very small amount of upkeep, but I would be happy to have the city pay for that, and of course have the city take responsibility for any liability.  Hell, trade them an extra floor in the permitting for it, and they would probably do it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-16_12:46:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "8c90475ece90f0a7e98a3824b5c76277", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863391": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Joshua  Why do they have to pay? if its a small amount, why don't you pay. i wouldn't be happy for the city to pay for any of that or take responsibility. where do you think the city gets the money???", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-16_13:05:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "b283543c00d0fdc4727b68a595d83838", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863392": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Joey, everyone has different tastes and that's normal.  But I'd like to see some variety in the buildings around me.  I'm sick of the homogeny among the condo buildings in my neighborhood.  And this building does nothing to raise the bar.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-16_13:36:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "boardbrown", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863393": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "How does the proposed building look anything like the ones adjacent to it?<br><br>Or the on Leary?<br><br>Or the two on 24th?<br><br>Sure they are big and squarly shaped, but the similiarities end there.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-16_14:11:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "65065007a68081ea66b657f8a9f0bc8e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863394": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Green space? Have you seen the bums around there? Without 24 hr security it'll turn into a massive bum park because the only people who'd use a 'green space' next to a major road, across from 2 gas stations and a butt ugly Walgreens, are bums.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-16_14:33:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "b2aa651bc6041400b566a5affa7ed70d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863395": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Joey, open your eyes a little wider and you'll see what everyone is complaining about.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-16_14:47:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "353d3f20ad5b0f5fc545833c490688ee", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863396": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "'Wiggles - they didn\u2019t sell the property willingly, the city took it over for the failed monorail and then sold it at auction to Rhapsody. My understanding is that the previous owner was not interested in moving/selling before the monorail came along.'<br><br>Actually, Benaroya stole , er,  bought the property in a 'blind bid' process and is attempting to hold the sale together with Rhapsody.  They were allowed to demolish the building, (which they nominated for landmark status) despite it's 'landmark status' because the preservation board felt that Benaroya deserved a 'reasonable return'.  Karma.<br><br>Good luck Benaroya.  You totally blew it.  The new design is as bland as the rest of what is being put up in Seattle.  Who would buy a condo on that busy corner.  Build affordable rentals for any chance at filling the building.<br><br>People:  Get involved in the design review process if you want to make any impact.<br><br>I hope they put up affordable rental housing and have some non fast food options and commercial uses  in the ultimate strip mall that they build.  Karma.<br><br>the real story is still untold.  Why did the monorail project get the green light to abuse the eminant domain process and force so many owners to sell.  <br><br>Anybody else notice how the parcels assembled in Interbay using this same eminent domain abuse applied for and received an upzone to build taller buildings??  <br><br>There's a story in there somewhere just waiting for a Pulitzer prize......", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-16_14:54:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "d6d6b3583574655c539c5cf561039669", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863397": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ugh, don't get me started on the monorail.  I'm still pissed they got hundreds of dollars from me through car tabs.  For nothing.  <br><br>I want my f-ing money back!  Not a shitty building to look at.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-16_15:11:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "353d3f20ad5b0f5fc545833c490688ee", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863398": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"zeke you! // Jan 16, 2009 at 11:47 am <br><br>Joey, open your eyes a little wider and you\u2019ll see what everyone is complaining about.\"<br><br>Or how about you all quit complaining for the sake of complaining.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-16_15:18:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "65065007a68081ea66b657f8a9f0bc8e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863399": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@hot sauce <br><br>They have to pay because when you buy such visible property and leave it abandonned you are decreasing the property value of all of the land around it.  The goal is to find a way to make them pay the smallest amount possible.<br><br>As for the city paying upkeep (and of course I understand that means me, I'm happy to pay an extra $0.01 a year in taxes that this would cost), my thinking is that the city already has a large number of people on the payroll to keep the parks in good shape, it would simply be more efficient for the city to do it since they already have the staff and expertise (plus a patch of grass, no facilities, no trees would take the very minimal of upkeep).<br><br>The goal is not to excessively punish the people that bought the land, or cost a bunch for us, but to solve a real problem (an abandonned lot that more then likely many undesirables hide out in).<br><br>While I agree that I doubt the space would get a ton of use (it is on a busy intersection).  It would still be infinitely better then an abandonned, half destroyed lot.  And I think it is less likely to have people camping out in it if it is open, than in its current state.  It is illegal to sleep out in a park and the cops are going to be able to see you in a big field.  Bums sleep in alleys and under bridges for a reason.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-16_15:18:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "8c90475ece90f0a7e98a3824b5c76277", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863400": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Anybody else notice how the parcels assembled in Interbay using this same eminent domain abuse applied for and received an upzone to build taller buildings??\"<br><br>Which buildings?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-16_15:27:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "845af3cf8dc0c8a51c18f546cbe594f1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863401": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Joshua,  i would like to know where you get \"they have to pay\" i am not sure you or most anybody else on this blog understand Private Property Rights. So if the property was not so visable then this would be ok? With all the revenue not being collected for permitting and taxes on development. i really doubt the city is ganna have any extra money for anything. i understand the county is having forced furlough days off, like 2 weeks mandatory. why don't you go test that spot out for me. see if you can stand there for more than 2 hours smelling all the pollution from the cars. and i still want some addresses of you complainers, so i can go admire your private property. but i excessively punish you if see something that i don't like. Peace", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-16_15:42:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "b283543c00d0fdc4727b68a595d83838", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863402": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hot sauce, while I'm not a lawyer I like to think I have some idea of, and a large amount of respect for, private property rights.  Unlike a lot of people here I have no problem with the property owners building a condo that I don't find gorgeous.  What I do have a problem with is basically making it a trash dump.  There are and have always been limits on what you can do with property.<br><br>Let me say, once again, that 95% of what I want them to do, they are going to have to do at some point anyway: Demolishing the buildings, cleaning up the lot.  They have to do that before they can start building anyway.  The ONLY cost I want them to pay that they aren't going to pay at some point in the future is a couple thousand square feet of sod.  I want us (the city) to spend the small amount required for upkeep since we already have department to do exactly this.<br><br>As for whether I would care if this wasn't in such a visible location, my answer is that I would certainly care a lot less.  I live near some pretty run down houses and I don't mind that at all.  There is a huge difference between something being run down and something being abandonned.<br><br>And this is by no means any attempt to get another park (although I do think parks are great), this is a terrible location for a park as everyone would agree.  I simply want the land owners to spend some of the money now that they will need to spend in the future anyway to clean up their mess.<br><br>I don't hate these guys, I don't want to punish them, but basically leaving a pile of trash and abandonned buildings at the main intersection of Ballard for the next 2-5 years is not good for anyone.<br><br>As for how to do it, I see a couple of ways:  A) My first idea, divise some kind of fine and inform them that they can either develop the site, our convert it to greenspace or pay a fine every month.  B) Ask them, for good will of the community.  C) Bribe them by allowing them to build another floor on the building in exchange for this. My order of preference would be B, C and then A.  Unless these guys are in such finacial straights that they aren't going to be able to pay the property taxes on the place anyway I think they can afford to do this.<br><br>Again, it is their property.  If they want to build the ugliest condos in Ballard, that is completely their right.  But they were given permits to build the condos there with the expectation that they were going to do it at some point in the near future.  What I want is not that expensive compared to the development cost, most of it they will need to pay anyway, and a patch of grass is much nicer then grafitti covered abandonned buildings and piles of trash surrounded by a chain-link fence.  With who knows living inside it at night.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-16_18:15:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "8c90475ece90f0a7e98a3824b5c76277", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863403": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Joshua,  so who is \"they\" is it the property owner. or the person under contract to buy the land and build the project. Benaroya/Rhapsody. were they given permits to build condo's? and bribery is ok , just as long as it works for your goals. And i also think you should be in charge of all the vacant and abandonned lots and buildings in the city. thanks for your opinion. peace", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-16_20:22:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "b283543c00d0fdc4727b68a595d83838", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863404": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree with Daisy, thank god they got no money. Like her, I'm happy to see all those construction workers unemployed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-16_20:47:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "7606a8e1a134e2528d0022ee2050c76f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863405": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Seems like they started out to develop an apartment building on that site and not the Gateway to Ballard.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-16_22:06:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "845af3cf8dc0c8a51c18f546cbe594f1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863406": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Why would  you be happy to see construction workers unemployed?  They're folks with families and homes just like you.  Everyone needs a job to put food on the table.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-17_17:46:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "boardbrown", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863407": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This fish has rotted from the head down.  Greg Nickels is himself a developer, and a destroyer of communities.  He opened the floodgates and now we're all drowning.  <br><br>Well, I'm leaving soon enough.  Ballard is dead.  Enjoy your boomtown, Ballardites.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-17_19:48:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "3d4d7a689b0e793a0cafd77cf6f4c720", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863408": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ballard isn't dead. Every year, for 100 years,  it's evolving, changing new Ballard.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-18_15:26:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "845af3cf8dc0c8a51c18f546cbe594f1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863409": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Miss Denny's was a great place for a old geezer to visit:  I would park my van in the close-by parking lot.  Inside I sit in a booth and look at the menu but it was usually a piece of pie and coffee or a plain hamberger and coffee I would order.  The waitress would make eye contact call \"Deary\" or \"Handsome\". The experience would always add to a happy day. Fortunate Ballard has new library.....enjoy visiting plus I can take home  a armload of books.  I sit in my recliner chair near my 42 inch flat-screen TV.  Turn-on TV for short time but decide medium has been high-jacked by corporate america providing ads for stuff I don't want.  Ah, I have my books to read with no interuptions.<br><br>Be patient Ballardities some structure will rise in former Denny's space, after-all when first settlers kicked out native americans and cleared space for commerce it began a never ending process.<br><br>Be of good cheer, Carl", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-19_12:16:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "05ad17eb86321002f28b268849b60e05", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863410": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Is there some reason that they have to build something that looks like a maximum-security prison? <br><br>The firemen across the street have enough trouble getting their trucks out NOW with all the increased traffic/condos on Market- when there are several hundred more, don't complain if it just takes a liiitttllleee longer to get the fire trucks to your house fire.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-23_00:44:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "247c99243b8edde0efe9157e45dd6380", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7863411": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "A handful of us went to the Design Review monday night. Something that isn't obvious from that one picture of the guard tower corner is that the entire building design is MASSIVE. That entire lot -- the grassy hill, the blue house, the boarded up old print shop, the floor of what used to be the Denny's, and the empty lot behind it -- all of it is replaced by a giant building, right up against the sidewalk. As pointed out by one of the 3 of us who spoke up: it will be like walking by a giant Bartell's. We said: open it up at the ground level; commercial space does not equal public access.<br><br>There will probably be another round of work by the architects and another design review. But it sounded like the review board was pretty happy with what's there so far.<br><br>Nordic Woman: on the good side, the developers/architects are working closely with the fire station. On the down side: the garage entrances as currently spec'd are on market and 56th. 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Dsq.POST_BODY_RE = /\s*(<div.*?id="?dsq-comment-message-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*)(<\/div>)/gim;
// HACK: Safari ends with "-->" while other browsers end with "--&gt;" as expected.
Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE = /&lt;!--\[(.*?)\]--(?:>|&gt;)/gim;



// TODO: It might be faster to use string methods to find all <li (...) </li> blocks and pass to Dsq.PostHandler manually.
Dsq.CommentsHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_post = Dsq.Templates.prependPost(post_id);
	var append_post = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(post_id);

	content = content.replace(Dsq.POST_RE, Dsq.PostHandler);
	Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter++;
	head = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContainer(post_id, head);
	return prepend_post + head + content + tail + append_post;
};

Dsq.PostHandler = function(str, h_head, post_id, h_content, h_tail, b_head, b_content, b_tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_header = Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader(post_id);
	var append_header = Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader(post_id);
	var prepend_body = Dsq.Templates.preBody(post_id);
	var append_body = Dsq.Templates.postBody(post_id);
	var append_footer = Dsq.Templates.postFooter(post_id);

	b_content = b_content.replace(Dsq.POST_BODY_RE, Dsq.PostBodyHandler);
	return h_head + prepend_header + h_content + append_header + h_tail + b_head + prepend_body + b_content + append_body + b_tail + append_footer;
};

Dsq.PostBodyHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	content = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContent(post_id, content);
	return head + content + tail;
};

Dsq.MediaPostHandler = function(str, args, offset, s) {
	args = args.split(' ');
	if(args[0] == 'seesmic') {
		return '<br />' + Dsq.Templates.mediaSeesmic(args[1], args[2]);
	}
	return '';
};


/**
 * Shorcuts
 */
Dsq.$ = function(element) { return document.getElementById(element); };
Dsq.$b = document.body || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];


/**
 * Dsq.Debug: Logging functions.
 */

Dsq.Debug = new function() {this.log=function(s){};this.profile=function(f){if(typeof f == 'function')return f();else return eval(f);};};


/**
 * Dsq.Urls: URL paths
 */
Dsq.Urls = new function() {
	this.LOGIN = '/profile/login/';
	this.LOGOUT = '/logout/';
	this.REPLY = 'http://disqus.com/forums/myballard/denny8217s_site_developer_8216there_is_zero_financing8217/reply.html';
	this.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE = '/AnonymousUser/';
	this.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR = 'http://media.disqus.com/images/noavatar92.png';
};
// Dsq.Urls

/**
 * Dsq.Validators: Validation for form fields
 */
Dsq.Validators = new function() {
	this.VALID_EMAIL_RE = /^[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*\@(([a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*)+\.[a-z]{2,}|([0-9]+\.){3}[0-9]+)$/i;
	this.name = function(name) {
		var error = false;

		if(typeof Dsq.Templates.placeholder !== 'undefined' &&
		   name == Dsq.Templates.placeholder.name) {
			error = true;
		}
		if(name.length <= 1) {
			error = true;
		}

		if(error) {
			return "Please enter a name to comment.";
		} else {
			return true;
		}
	};
	this.email = function(addr) {
		if(Dsq.Validators.VALID_EMAIL_RE.test(addr)) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please enter a valid email to comment.";
		}
	};
	this.url = function(addr) {
		if(!addr || addr.indexOf('.') != -1) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please check your website URL (this field is optional).";
		}
	};

	this.validate = function(bulk_validation, failure_callback) {
		failure_callback = failure_callback || function(e){ alert(e); };

		for(var i = 0; i < bulk_validation.length; i++) {
			v = bulk_validation[i];
			ret = v.validator(v.value);
			if(ret !== true) {
				failure_callback(ret);
				return false;
			}
		}
		return true;
	};
};

/**
 * Dsq.Utils: Generic utility functions.
 */
Dsq.Utils = new function() {
	this.ie = /msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent);
	this.ie7 = (document.all && !window.opera && window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true : false;
	this.ie6 = (!window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true: false;
	this.webkit = navigator.userAgent.indexOf('AppleWebKit/') >= 0;
	this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache = {};
	this._styleSheet = null;

	this.gebiFromElement = function(el, id, tag) {
		// This only method only helps IE.
		if(!this.ie) {
			return Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var cacheKey = el.id + '-' + tag;
			tag = tag || 'div';
			if(typeof this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] != 'undefined') {
				collection = this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey];
			} else {
				collection = el.getElementsByTagName(tag);
				this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] = collection;
			}

			for(var i = 0; i < collection.length; i++) {
				if(collection[i].id == id) {
					return collection[i];
				}
			}
			return null;
		}
	};

	this.execOnReady = function(func) {
		var node = document.createElement('document:ready');
		try {
			node.doScroll('left');
			func();
			node = null;
		} catch(err) {
			setTimeout(function() { Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(func); }, 10);
		}
	};


	// Courtesy of http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html
	this.createCookie = function(name,value,days) {
		if (days) {
			var date = new Date();
			date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
			var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
		}
		else var expires = "";
		document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
	};

	this.readCookie = function(name) {
		var nameEQ = name + "=";
		var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
		for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
			var c = ca[i];
			while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
			if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.eraseCookie = function(name) {
		Dsq.Utils.createCookie(name,"",-1);
	};

	this.deleteNode = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			this.deleteChildren(node);
			if(typeof node.outerHTML != 'undefined') { node.outerHTML = ''; }
			else if(node.parentNode) { node.parentNode.removeChild(node); }
			delete node;
		}
	};

	this.deleteChildren = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			for(var x = node.childNodes.length-1; x >= 0; x--) {
				var childNode = node.childNodes[x];
				if(childNode.hasChildNodes()) { this.deleteChildren(childNode); }
				if(typeof childNode.outerHTML != 'undefined') { childNode.outerHTML = ''; }
				else node.removeChild(childNode);
				delete childNode;
			}
		}
	};

	this.findPos = function(obj) {
		var curleft = 0;
		var curtop = 0;
		if (obj.offsetParent) {
			do {
				curleft += obj.offsetLeft;
				curtop += obj.offsetTop;
			} while (obj = obj.offsetParent);
		}
		return [curleft,curtop];
	};

	this.getWindowSize = function() {
		var windowWidth = -1;
		var windowHeight = -1;

		if(typeof(window.innerWidth) == 'number') { //Non-IE
			windowWidth = window.innerWidth;
			windowHeight = window.innerHeight;
		} else if(document.documentElement) { // IE 6+ in 'standards compliant mode'
			windowWidth = document.documentElement.clientWidth || document.body.clientWidth;
			windowHeight = document.documentElement.clientHeight || document.body.clientHeight;
		}

		return [windowWidth, windowHeight];
	}

	this.getScrollPos = function() {
		var scrollWidth, scrollTop;

		if(document.documentElement && (document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.documentElement.scrollWidth)) {
			scrollWidth = document.documentElement.scrollWidth;
			// IE is weird here.  If no doctype is provided, document.body.scrollTop is 0,
			// otherwise document.documentElement.scrollTop is 0.
			scrollTop = document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop;
		} else if(document.body.scrollTop && document.body.scrollWidth) {
			scrollWidth = document.body.scrollWidth;
			scrollTop = document.body.scrollTop;
		}

		return [scrollWidth, scrollTop];
	}

	this.addEventListener = function(instance, eventName, listener) {
		var listenerFn = listener;
		if (instance.addEventListener) {
			instance.addEventListener(eventName, listenerFn, false);
		} else if (instance.attachEvent) {
			listenerFn = function() {
				listener(window.event);
			};
			instance.attachEvent("on" + eventName, listenerFn);
		} else {
			throw new Error("Event registration not supported");
		}
		return {
			instance: instance,
			name: eventName,
			listener: listenerFn
		};
	};

	this.removeEventListener = function(event) {
		var instance = event.instance;
		if (instance.removeEventListener) {
			instance.removeEventListener(event.name, event.listener, false);
		} else if (instance.detachEvent) {
			instance.detachEvent("on" + event.name, event.listener);
		}
	};

	this.fixIframesIE = function(id) {
		var disqusThread = Dsq.$(disqus_container_id);
		var iframes = disqusThread.getElementsByTagName('iframe');

		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-content');
		}

		for(i = 0; i < iframes.length; i++) {
			if (container) {
				iframes[i].style.width = container.offsetWidth;
			}
		}
	};

	this.getElementsByClassName = function(oElm, strTagName, strClassName) {
	/* Credit: Jonathan Snook [http://www.snook.ca/jonathan], Robert Nyman [http://www.robertnyman.com] */
		var arrElements = (strTagName == "*" && oElm.all)? oElm.all : oElm.getElementsByTagName(strTagName);
		var arrReturnElements = new Array();
		strClassName = strClassName.replace(/\-/g, "\\-");
		var oRegExp = new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + strClassName + "(\\s|$)");
		var oElement;
		for(var i = 0; i < arrElements.length; i++) {
			oElement = arrElements[i];
			if(oRegExp.test(oElement.className)) {
				arrReturnElements.push(oElement);
			}
		}
		return (arrReturnElements);
	};

	this.postToUrl = function(url, post_data, opt_redirect) {
		var form = document.createElement('form');
		var iframe_container = document.createElement('div');
		var id = 'dsq-temp-iframe-' + (new Date()).getTime();

		form.method = 'POST';
		form.action = url;
		if (!opt_redirect) {
			form.target = id;
		}
		iframe_container.innerHTML = '<iframe style="display:none" name="' + id + '" id="' + id + '"></iframe>';

		for(var key in post_data) {
			if(post_data.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var input = document.createElement('input');
				input.name = key;
				input.type = 'hidden';
				input.value = post_data[key];

				form.appendChild(input);
			}
		}

		Dsq.$b.appendChild(iframe_container);
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(form);
		form.submit();
	};

	// Strips integer id from id of element in the form ('some-id-###')
	this.extractId = function(e) {
		var chunks = e.id.split('-');
		if(chunks.length <= 1) {
			return 0;
		} else {
			return parseInt(chunks[chunks.length-1]);
		}
	};

	this.getStyle = function(el, styleProp) {
		if(el.currentStyle) {
			var y = el.currentStyle[styleProp];
		} else if(window.getComputedStyle) {
			var y = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(el, null).getPropertyValue(styleProp);
		}

		if(y == 'transparent' || y == '') {
			this.getStyle(el.parentNode, styleProp);
		} else {
			return y;
		}
	};

	this.execScript = function(url, append_qs, container) {
		var script = document.createElement('script');
		append_qs = typeof append_qs == 'undefined' ? true : append_qs;
		container = container || Dsq.container;

		if(append_qs) {
			var j = (url.indexOf('?') >= 0) ? '&' : '?';
			url += j + (new Date()).getTime();
		}
		script.type = 'text/javascript';
		script.charset = 'UTF-8';
		script.src = url;
		container.appendChild(script);
		return script;
	};

	this.pluralize = function(num, singular, plural) {
		return (num != 1) ? plural || 's' : singular || '';
	};

	this.getRequestParams = function(queryString /* optional */) {
		var pairs, tuple;
		var params = {};

		queryString = queryString || window.location.search.substring(1);
		pairs = queryString.split('&');

		for (var i = 0, pair; pair = pairs[i]; i++) {
			tuple = pair.split('=');
			params[tuple[0]] = (tuple[1] || true);
		}

		return params;
	};

	this.addCssRule = function(selector, styleText, index) {
		var stylesheet;
		index = index || 0;

		if(!this._styleSheet) {
			var styleEl = document.createElement('style');
			document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(styleEl);
			this._styleSheet = styleEl.sheet;
			if(!this._styleSheet) {
				// IE does not like our newly created stylesheet.
				this._styleSheet = document.styleSheets[document.styleSheets.length-1];
			}
		}
		stylesheet = this._styleSheet;

		if(stylesheet.insertRule) {
			var ruleText = selector + ' { ' + styleText + ' }';
			if(index == -1) {
				index = stylesheet.cssRules.length;
			}
			stylesheet.insertRule(ruleText, index);
		} else if(stylesheet.addRule) {
			stylesheet.addRule(selector, styleText, index);
		}
	};

	this.forEachIn = function(obj, callback) {
		for(var key in obj) {
			if(obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				callback(key, obj[key]);
			}
		}
	};

	this._interpolateGlobalContext = {
		// values that get used a lot and are global to the request
		'profile_url': Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE,

		'disqus_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url,
		'media_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url,
		'request_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.username,
		'request_display_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username,
		'forum_name': Dsq.jsonData.forum.name
	};

	this.renderFromContextStack = function(key, contexts) {
		// Returns the first instance of `key` in the array of objects `contexts` or else ''
		for (var i=0; i<contexts.length; i++) {
			if (contexts[i][key] !== undefined) {
				return String(contexts[i][key]);
			}
		}
		throw new Error('key ' + key + ' not found in context');
	};

	var that = this;
	this.interpolate = function(fmt, opt_localContext) {
		// Interpolate `fmt` named-format string with an assumed global context.
		// Based on `interpolate` in django.views.i18n
		var contextStack = [opt_localContext || {}, that._interpolateGlobalContext];
		return fmt.replace(/%\(\w+\)s/g, function(match){
			return that.renderFromContextStack(match.slice(2,-2), contextStack);
		});
	};

	this.stripTags = function(s) {
		// Removes HTML tags from `s`
		return s.replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/g,"");

	};

	this.assert = function(b) {
		if (!b) {
			throw new Error('Assertion error.');
		}
	};

};
// Dsq.Utils

/**
 * Dsq.Popup: Popup helper functions.
 */
Dsq.Popup = new function() {
	this.timeHide = new Array();
	this.timeShow = new Array();
	this.activePopup = {};
	this.profileCache = {};
	this.statusCache = {};

	this.showTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the hide timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeHide[post_id]);

		// start the timer
		if(!Dsq.Popup.profileIsOn && !Dsq.Thread.adminIsOn) {
			this.timeShow[post_id] = setTimeout("Dsq.Popup.popProfile(\"" + post_id + "\")", 400);
		}
	};

	this.hideTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the show timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeShow[post_id]);
	};

	this.updateProfile = function(username) {
		// Callback from /embed/profile.js
		if (this.statusCache[username]) {
			var statusEl = Dsq.$('dsq-profile-status-' + username);
			statusEl.innerHTML = this.statusCache[username];
			statusEl.style.display = 'block';
		}

		if (this.profileCache[username]) {
			var _cache = this.profileCache[username];

			var _genhtml = function(text) { return '<span><big>' + text + '</big></span>'; };
			var _no_comments = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS(_cache.comments_count));
			var _no_likes = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_LIKES(_cache.likes_count));
			var _no_points = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_POINTS(_cache.points));

			var statsEl = Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + username);
			statsEl.innerHTML = '';

			if (Dsq.jsonData.users[username].registered) {
				statsEl.innerHTML = _no_comments + _no_likes;
			}
			statsEl.innerHTML += _no_points;

			var activeSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.active_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.active_sites[i];
				activeSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (activeSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = activeSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = 'This site.';
			}

			var moderatedSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.moderated_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.moderated_sites[i];
				moderatedSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (moderatedSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + username).innerHTML = moderatedSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + username).innerHTML = '';
			}
		}

		// Reposition popup after full HTML is rendered
		if(Dsq.Popup.activePopup && Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el) {
			Dsq.Popup.initPopup(Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.type);
		}

	};

	this.showCookieMsgs = function() {
		var title = '';
		var message = '';
		var numAlerts = 0;

		Dsq.Utils.forEachIn(Dsq.jsonData.cookie_messages, function(k, v) {
			if (!v) return;

			switch(k) {
				// Cookie: Twitter
				case 'post_twitter':
					if (v === 'error') {
						title = 'Twitter Error!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-error">Oops, we couldn\'t tweet this comment. Please check your <a href="http://disqus.com/account/services">account settings</a>.</li>';
					} else {
						var _msg = v.split(':');
						title = 'Tweeted!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-success">Your comment was successfully tweeted. <a href="http://twitter.com/' + _msg[0] + '/status/' + _msg[1] + '">Click here to view the tweet</a>.</li>';
					}
					break;
				// Cookie: Unapproved Post
				case 'post_not_approved':
					title = 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-not-approved">Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.</li>';
					break;
				// Cookie: Profile Found
				case 'post_has_profile':
					title = 'Use your existing commenter profile';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-has-profile">You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a></li>';
					break;
				case 'user_created':
					var _data = v.split(':');
					title = 'Profile created!';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-user-created">You have just created a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, the best way to claim, manage, and track your comments all over the web. \
					<br /><br />A confirmation is being sent to <strong>' + _data[1] + '</strong>. Please check for this email in order to verify your profile. \
					<ul class="dsq-list-tick"> \
						<li>Your username is <strong>' + _data[0] +'</strong>. <a href="http://disqus.com/people/' + _data[0] + '/" target="_blank">Click here to view your public profile</a>.</li> \
						<li>Be sure to set your profile picture, as well as connect your <span class="dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> and <span class="dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> accounts. <a href="http://disqus.com/account/" target="_blank">Click here for account settings</a>.</li> \
					</ul> \
					</li>'
					break;
				default:
					break;
			}
			numAlerts++;
		});

		if(numAlerts > 1) {
			message = '<ul class="dsq-list-bluebullet">' + message;
			message += '</ul>';
			title = 'Thanks for posting!';
		}
		if(numAlerts > 0) {
			if(typeof(disqus_cookie_msgs) == 'function') {
				disqus_cookie_msgs(message, title);
			} else {
				Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
			}
		}
	};

	this.helpBadges = function(post_id) {
		var html = ' \
			<ul class="dsq-popup-help"> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile with a confirmed email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, but has not yet confirmed his or her email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span> is not logged in with any account and has not claimed his or her comments.</li> \
				<li class="dsq-help-otheraccts">Other accounts</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> is using his or her Facebook profile via Facebook Connect.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> is using his or her Twitter profile via Twitter Sign-in.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-openid">OpenID</span> is using his or her OpenID.</li> \
			</ul> \
		';

		this.popModal(html, 'Help: Types of Commenters', post_id);
		return;
	};

	this.permalink = function(post_id) {
		var header = 'Link to this comment';
		var body = '<strong>You are anchored to</strong>:<br />' + document.location.protocol + '//' + document.location.host + document.location.pathname + document.location.search + '#comment-' + post_id;

		this.popModal(body, header, post_id);
	};

	this.login = function(header, body) {
		var h = header || 'Login or Register';
		var b = body || '';
		b += Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: 'dsq-popup-login'});
		b += '</iframe>'; // HACK: Sometimes there is something funky with the IFRAME SRC that causes no end tag
		this.popModal(b, h, null, true, 'dsq-popup-login');
	};

	this.blacklist = function(id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		var title = 'Add to Blacklist';
		var message = ' \
		Adding this person to the blacklist will block him or her from commenting on this site. Check the following types that you would like to add to the blacklist:'
		+ (userData['registered'] ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-username" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-username"><strong>Username</strong>: ' + userData['username'] + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ (_meta.email ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-email" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-email"><strong>Email address</strong>: ' + _meta.email + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ '<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
			<input id="dsq-blacklist-ip" type="checkbox" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-blacklist-ip-warning\').style.display=\'block\'"> \
			<label for="dsq-blacklist-ip"><strong>IP address</strong>: ' + _meta.ip + '</label> \
		</div> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p id="dsq-blacklist-ip-warning" style="display:none">	\
				Note: Blocking this person\'s IP address may also unintentionally prevent others, who share his/her IP address, from commenting on this site. \
				This may include people who are sharing the same computer, living in the same house, or using the same Internet provider. Only block an IP address as a last resort. \
			</p> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p style="text-align:center"><button onclick="Dsq.Post.blockUser(' + id + '); this.disabled=true; this.innerHTML=\'Just one moment...\'">Add to Blacklist</button></p> \
		';

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
	};

	this.remoteAccountSettings = function() {
		var body = '';
		// Set up IFrame.
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/forums/myballard/_auth/embed/remote_settings/';
		var attributes = {id: 'dsq-popup-account-settings'};
		if (typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}

		body = Dsq.Templates._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
		this.popModal(body, 'Account Settings', null, true, 'dsq-popup-account-settings');
	};

	this.popModal = function(message, title, post_id, use_listener, extra_classes) {
		var container = document.createElement('div');
		var header, body;

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);

		if(typeof(title) == 'undefined') { title = ''; }
		if(typeof(use_listener) == 'undefined') { use_listener = true; }

		if(post_id) {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message-' + post_id;
		} else {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message';
		}

		header = title;
		body = message;

		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupModal(header, body);
		Dsq.Popup.initPopup(container, post_id, 'message', extra_classes);
		if(use_listener) {
			Dsq.Popup.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', Dsq.Popup._closePopup);
		}
	};

	this.popAlert = this.popModal;

	this.loading = function(post_id) {
		var title = Dsq.Strings.JUST_A_MOMENT;
		var body = '<div style="text-align:center; padding: 5px 0 10px 0"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading.gif" alt="" /></div>'
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
	};

	this.lightbox = function(message, title, post_id) {
		// Wraps Dsq.Popup.popModal

		var overlay = document.createElement('div');
		overlay.id = 'dsq-overlay';
		overlay.className = 'dsq-overlay';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(overlay);
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, post_id, false, 'dsq-lightbox');
	};

	this.popProfile = function(post_id, userKey) {
		var post = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id];
		if (post && post.has_been_anonymized) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('This message was anonymized by its previous owner.', 'Anonymized', post_id);
			return;
		}

		if(post_id) {
			userKey = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id].user_key;	
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][userKey];
		var elId = 'dsq-popup-profile-' + userKey;
		var container = document.createElement('div');

		if(this.activePopup.el) {
			this._closePopup(null, true);
			if(this.activePopup.linkClicked) {
				this.activePopup.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		container.id = elId;
		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupProfile(userKey);

		this.initPopup(container, post_id, 'profile');
		this.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._closePopup);

		if(!this.profileCache[userKey]) {
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/embed/profile.js'
				+ '?username=' + userKey
				+ '&anon=' + (userData['registered'] ? 0 : 1)
				+ '&f=' + Dsq.jsonData['request'].forum);
		} else {
			this.updateProfile(userKey);
		}
	};

	this._closePopup = function(e, force) {
		var activePopup = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el;
		var id = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id;
		var link = 'dsq-avatar-' + id; // HACK: Specific to profile toggle target

		// HACK: This event should be gone if there is no active popup.
		if(!activePopup) {
			return;
		}
		if(force || !Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, activePopup.id)) {
			// TODO: This is breaking iE?
			if(Dsq.Popup.popupListener) {
				Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Popup.popupListener);
			}
			
			// Kill overlay
			var overlay = Dsq.$('dsq-overlay');
			if(overlay) { Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(overlay); }
			
			try {
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(activePopup);
			} catch(e) {
				// HACK: IE6 throws an error when using deleteNode() with a node containing a <table> in the html.
				activePopup.parentNode.removeChild(activePopup);
			}
			Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {};
		}

		if(!force && Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Popup.activePopup.linkClicked = true;
		}

	};

	this.initPopup = function(popup, post_id, type, extra_classes) {
		popup.className = 'dsq-popup dsq-popup-' + type + ' ' + (extra_classes ? extra_classes : '');
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6 || Dsq.Utils.ie7) {
			// HACK: We can't modify the body before it's ready, so we need
			//       to use an IE-safe "DOMReady" workaround before loading
			//       our popup.
			Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(function() {Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup); });
		} else {
			Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup);
		}

		popup.style.display = 'block';

		var xPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[0] - popup.offsetWidth) / 2;
		var yPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[1] - popup.offsetHeight) / 2;

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
			yPos += Dsq.Utils.getScrollPos()[1];
		}

		popup.style.left = xPos + 'px';
		popup.style.top = yPos + 'px';

		Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {
			'el' : popup,
			'id' : post_id,
			'type': type,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};
	};

	this.isClicked = function(e, id) {
		var t = e.target || e.srcElement;
		while(t && t.parentNode) {
			if(t.id == id) {
				return true;
			}

			t = t.parentNode;
		}
		return false;
	};
};
// Dsq.Popup

/**
 * Dsq.Templates
 */
Dsq.Templates = new function() {
	/*
	 * Counter keeping track of the number of posts iterated over.
	 */
	this.postLoopCounter = 0;
	this.filters = {};
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-post-add';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-post-add';

	this.registerTemplate = function(name, func) {
		this['$$_' + name] = func;

		if(typeof DsqLocal.Filters != 'undefined'
		&& typeof DsqLocal.Filters[name] == 'function') {
			// Push filters to this.filters to unify code.
			this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
			this.filters[name].push(DsqLocal.Filters[name]);
		}

		this[name] = function() {
			var ret;

			if(typeof DsqLocal.Templates != 'undefined'
			&& typeof DsqLocal.Templates[name] == 'function') {
				ret = DsqLocal.Templates[name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(ret === undefined) {
				ret = this['$$_' + name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(this.filters[name]) {
				var args = [ret];

				args.push.apply(args, arguments);
				for(var i = 0; i < this.filters[name].length; i++) {
					ret = this.filters[name][i].apply(this, args);
				}
			}

			return ret;
		};
	};

	this.registerFilter = function(name, func) {
		this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
		this.filters[name].push(func);
	};

	/**
	 * Dsq.Templates.Filters
	 */
	this.Filters = new function() {
		this.commentContainer = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var classes = [];
			if(Dsq.jsonData.request.page > 1) {
				classes.push('dsq-append');
			}

			//
			// Extra classes used for custom themes
			//

			if(_meta.depth) {
				classes.push('dsq-comment-child', 'dsq-depth-' + _meta.depth, 'dsq-parent-is-' + _meta.parent_post_id);
			}


			//

			if(_meta.author_is_creator) {
				// TODO: We need to deprecate the "special" class since it is not properly prefixed.
				classes.push('special', 'dsq-special');
			}
			if(_meta.author_is_moderator) {
				classes.push('dsq-moderator');
			}
			classes.push(['dsq-odd', 'dsq-even'][Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter % 2]);

			s = s.substring(0, s.lastIndexOf('>'));
			return s + ' class="dsq-comment ' + classes.join(' ') + '" style="margin-left:' + _meta.depth*30 + 'px">';
		};

		this.commentContent = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			if (_meta.killed) {
				return '<em>Comment removed.</em>';
			} else if (!_meta.approved) {
				return '<em>This comment was flagged for review.</em>';
			}

			s = s.replace(Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE, Dsq.MediaPostHandler);
			return s;
		};
	};

	//
	// Thread
	//
	// TODO: These need to be stripped of all Django template tags.

	this.authPost = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			return '';
		}
		var result = [];
		result = result.concat([
				'<div id="dsq-auth"',
						Dsq.jsonData.integration.reply_position ? 'class="dsq-auth-bottom"' : '',
						'>',
					'<div class="dsq-by">',
						'<a href="http://disqus.com" target="_blank">',
							(Dsq.jsonData.integration.disqus_logo ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/by-disqus.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">') :
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/dsq-button-120x19.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">')
							),
						'</a>',
					'</div>',
					'<div class="dsq-auth-header">',
						'<h3 id="dsq-add-new-comment" class="dsq-h3-addcomment">',
								Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT,
						'</h3>',
						'<div id="dsq-login">',
						(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
								? '<p class="dsq-login-message" id="dsq-login-message">You are commenting as a <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. You may select one to log into:</p>'
								: '')
		]);
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			result = result.concat([
							Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
								'<a id="dsq-login-toggle" href="%(disqus_url)s%(login_url)s?next=article:%(thread_id)s" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsq-profile-btn.png" title="%(log_into)s" alt="%(log_into)s"/></a>',
								{login_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGIN, thread_id: Dsq.jsonData.thread.id, log_into: Dsq.Strings.LOG_INTO_DISQUS}
								),
							'&nbsp; ',
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ?
								'<div id="dsq-fbc-login" onlogin="DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin()" size="medium" background="light" length="short" style="display:inline; margin-right:7px"></div>' :
								''
							),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-twitter-login" class="dsq-twitter-login" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect();" style="display:inline; cursor: pointer"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/twitter-signin-short.png" style="margin-right:7px" /></div>', {}) : ''),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-openid-login" class="dsq-openid-login" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL();" style="display:inline; cursor:pointer;"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/openid-login-button.png"/></div>', {}
								) : '')
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
						'</div>', // dsq-login
					'</div>', // dsq-auth-header
					'<div id="dsq-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated" ',
						Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated ? 'style="display:block"' : '',
						'>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-pic">',
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">' +
																			'<img class="dsq-post-avatar" src="%(avatar_url)s" alt="" /></a>',
																			{avatar_url: Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR,
																			url: (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
																					 ? Dsq.jsonData.request.url
																					 : Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE) }),
						'</div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>', {url:Dsq.jsonData.request.url})
										  )
										: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(profile_url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>')
											)
									),
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">',
									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsqicon12.png" alt="%(logged_in_as)s"/>&nbsp',
											{logged_in_as: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username)})
										: ''),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="%(logout_from_disqus)s">',
											{logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN, logout_from_disqus: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('DISQUS')})
										: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'twitter')
												? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using Twitter (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
												 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
												: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'openid')
													 ? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using OpenID (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
													 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
													 : ''
													)
											)
									),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote ? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('<span class="logo-disqus">DISQUS</span>') : ''),
									'</a>',
								'</li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
		]);
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect) {
			result = result.concat([
					'<div id="dsq-fbc-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated">',
						'<div id="dsq-fbc-profilepic" class="dsq-authenticated-pic" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.ProfilePic" size="square" facebook-logo="true"></div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									'Logged in as <span id="dsq-fbc-name" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.Name" linked="true" useyou="false"></span>',
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">using Facebook Connect <a href="#" onclick="javascript:DisqusFbcParentController.logout();return false;">(Logout)</a></li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
				'</div>', // dsq-auth
				'<div id="dsq-toolbar-items">',
				'</div>'
		]);
		result = result.concat([
					//
					//
					//
				((!Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) ?
					// Needs to be translated:
					('<p id="dsq-no-anon-msg">Required: Please log into <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> ' +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? 'or connect with Facebook ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? 'or sign in with Twitter ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? 'or sign in using OpenID ' : '') +
					Dsq.Utils.interpolate('to comment on <strong>%(forum_name)s</strong>.</p>')) :
					''
				),
				'<div id="dsq-post-add"></div>',
				'<div style="margin:10px 0">',
				((Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media) ?
						'<a href="#" id="dsq-media-link" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, false, \'media\'); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.USE_MEDIA + ' <small>&#9660;</small></a>' :
						''),
				'</div>'
		]);
		return result.join('');
	};


	this.header = function() {

		var html = '\<h3 id="dsq-comments-count" class="dsq-h3-commentcount">\
	 <span id="dsq-num-posts">107</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://disqus.com/forums/myballard/denny8217s_site_developer_8216there_is_zero_financing8217/latest.rss"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png"></a>\
	 </span>\
	 </h3>\
	 <div id="dsq-options" style="margin:15px 0">\
	 <span class="dsq-item-sort">\
	 Sort by\
	 <select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);">\
	 <option value="hot" >Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" >Newest first</option>\
	 <option value="oldest" selected="selected">Oldest first</option>\
	 </select>\
	 &nbsp;\
	 </span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-cp"><a href="http://disqus.com/forums/myballard/denny8217s_site_developer_8216there_is_zero_financing8217/">Community Page</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-subscribe">\
	 <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle">\
	 <span id="dsq-subscribe">\
	 <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a>\
	 </span>\
	 </span>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-alerts">\
	 </div>\
		';

		
			html = Dsq.Templates.authPost() + html;
		

		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) { 
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-alert-message dsq-upgrade-message"> \
				<strong>Disqus upgrade available.</strong> Hi ' + Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username + ', this message is being displayed to you because you are a moderator of this site. <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-upgrade-message\').style.display=\'block\';this.style.display=\'none\';return false">Click here for details.</a> \
				<div style="display:none; margin-top:10px;" id="dsq-upgrade-message"> \
					A new theme is available with added features. <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/settings/' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url + '/?p=customize">To change your theme, click here</a> and choose the theme Narcissus. \
					If you do not upgrade, you are missing out on features such as: real-time commenting, new sign-in integrations, and an upgrade interface. \
					<strong>This message will automatically go away in one week.</strong> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			' + html; 
		}
		return html;
	};

	this.footer = function() {
		var html = Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		

		return html;
	};

	this.pagination = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) { Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = ''; }
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.thread.paginate) { return ''; }

		//
		// TODO: num_paginator still uses the template tag for pagination, 
		// 		while append_paginator does it all in JavaScript.
		//		This should all be in JavaScript.
		//

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages > 1 && Dsq.jsonData.request.page < Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages) {
			html = ' \<a class="dsq-paginate-append-text" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this); return false">Show more comments...</a>\
	 <button class="dsq-button-small dsq-paginate-append-button" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this);">Load more comments</button>\
			';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = html;
			return '';
		} else {
			return '<div id="dsq-pagination" class="dsq-pagination">' + html + '</div>';
		}
	};

	this.trackbacks = function() {
		var html = '';

		if(typeof DsqLocal != 'undefined' && DsqLocal.trackback_url && DsqLocal.trackbacks) {
			var trackbacks = DsqLocal.trackbacks;
			var trackback_url = DsqLocal.trackback_url;
		} else {
			var trackbacks = [
			
			
			];
			var trackback_url = 'http://disqus.com/forums/myballard/denny8217s_site_developer_8216there_is_zero_financing8217/trackback/';
		}

		html += '<div class="dsq-item-trackback">Trackback URL&nbsp;&nbsp;<input class="dsq-trackback-url" onclick="this.select()" readonly="true" value="' + trackback_url + '"></div>';

		if(trackbacks.length) {
			html += '<ul id="dsq-references">'
			for(var i = 0; i < trackbacks.length; i++) {
				var trackback = trackbacks[i];
				html += '<li><cite><a href="' + trackback.author_url + '" rel="nofollow">' + trackback.author_name + '</a></cite> \
						<p class="dsq-meta">' + trackback.date + '</p> \
						<p class="dsq-content">' + trackback.excerpt + '</p></li>';
			}
			html += '</ul>';
			html = '<h3 class="dsq-h3-trackbacks">Trackbacks</h3>' + html;
		}

		return html;
	}

	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
		var source, html = '';

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			if (reaction.id === id) {
				source = reaction.retweets;
			}
		}

		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
			}
		}

		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
		element.innerHTML = html;
		return element;
	};

	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
		var link = document.getElementById('dsq-show-more-reactions');
		var container = link.parentNode;
		container.removeChild(link);

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = reactions[i]; i++) {
			var el = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (el) {
				container.innerHTML += el;
			}
		}

		if (has_more) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			container.innerHTML += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}
	};

	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
		}

		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
		}

		if (reaction.url === '') {
			reaction.url = reaction.get_service_url;
		}

		/* Reaction HTML begins */
		var item = '<li class="dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-header-avatar">';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'">';
		} else {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="#" onclick="return false;">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {
			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar32.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png"/>'
			+ '</a></div>'
			+ '<cite><span>' + reaction.author_name + '</span></cite>'
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"><a class="dsq-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</a></span>'
			+ '</div><div class="dsq-reaction-body">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-footer">From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
			+ 'via ' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? '<a href="http://backtype.com/">BackType</a>' : '<a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">UberVU</a>')
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator ? '&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;<a class="dsq-hide-reaction" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + '); return false;">Hide</a>' : '') + '</div></div>';

		if(reaction.retweets) {
			var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
			if (num_retweets > 0) {
				item += '<div class="dsq-reaction-retweets">';
				if (num_retweets == 1) {
					item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
				} else {
					item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');

					item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
					var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 15) ? 15 : num_retweets;
					item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);

					if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
						item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
							+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
					}
				}
				item += '</div>';
			}
		}

		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

	this.reactions = function() {
		var html, reaction;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.reactions === undefined || Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '';
		for (var i = 0; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this.missingPermissions = function() {
		return '';
	};

	//
	// Post
	//

	this.prependPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="comment-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-comment-reply-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-header-avatar" id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" onmouseover="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')"> \
				<a id="dsq-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-avatar" href="' + userData.url + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.show_avatar
				? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '</a>'
			+ '</div> \
		';
	};

	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];

		return ''
			+ (_meta.author_is_moderator
				? '<img class="dsq-mod-star" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/bullet-star.png" title="Moderator" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"> \
				<a id="dsq-time-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-time" href="#comment-' + post_id + '" title="Permalink">' + _meta.date + '</a> \
			</span>';
	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		return '';
	}

	this.postBody = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Deprecate flagging conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		return ''
			+ (_meta.edited
				? '<p class="dsq-editedtxt">(Edited by a moderator)</p>'
				: '')
			;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Use media should be conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed) { return ''; }

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
				<div id="dsq-points-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-likedtxt">'
				+ (_meta.points
					? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.'
					: '')
				+ '</div>'
				+ '<ul class="dsq-comment-options dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.votable
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first dsq-rate" id="dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id + '">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Like</a>'
						: 'You liked this.') + '</li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-report' + (!_meta.votable ? ' dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '"><a href="#" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">Report</a></li> \
				</ul> \
				<ul class="dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first"><a href="#" id="dsq-reply-link-' + post_id +'" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(this, ' + post_id +'); return false;">Reply</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<li id="dsq-edit-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-edit-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="' + (!_meta.can_reply ? 'dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-more-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-more-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'more\'); return false">More <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media
					? '<li id="dsq-media-el-' + post_id +'" style="display:none"><a id="dsq-media-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'media\'); return false">Use Media <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '</ul>'
				+ '<div id="dsq-reply-bar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar" style="display:none"> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-items-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-items"> \
						</div> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-auth-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-auth"> \
							 \
								 \
								 	<a href="#" class="dsq-help dsq-reply-req-opt" title="You are commenting as a Guest. You may choose to log into an existing DISQUS Profile, your Facebook, Twitter or OpenID account to comment on My Ballard" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Optional:</a> \
								 \
								<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/dsq-favicon-16x16.png" alt="" /> \
								<a id="dsq-reply-login-' + post_id + '" href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:15120152" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">Login</a> \
								 \
									&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img class="fb_login_image" src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/images/fbconnect/login-buttons/connect_light_small_short.gif" alt="Facebook Connect"/> \
									<a href="#" onclick="FB.Connect.requireSession(DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin); return false;">Connect</a> \
								 \
								 \
								 \
							 \
						</div> \
					</div> \
					<div id="dsq-reply-' + post_id + '"></div> \
			</div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Iframes
	//

	this._makeAttributes = function(attributes) {
		// Makes a tag attributes string out of an object.
		// Caller is responsible for making sure nothing needs to be escaped.
		var result = [];
		for (key in attributes) {
			result.push(' ' + key + '="' + attributes[key] + '"');
		}
		result = result.join('');
		return result;
	};

	this._frameGeneric = function(base_url, params, attributes) {
		if(typeof(disqus_callback_params) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_callback_params = '';
		}

		var default_params = {
			// TODO: These should be moved to Dsq.jsonData.
			'f'				: 'myballard',
			't'				: 'denny8217s_site_developer_8216there_is_zero_financing8217',
			// Do we need encodeURIComponent here?
			'ifrs'			: encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css),
			'to_redirect'	: encodeURIComponent(window.location),
			'cbp'			: disqus_callback_params,
			'ff'			: Dsq.Thread.ff,
			'fc'			: Dsq.Thread.fc,
			'ac'			: Dsq.Thread.ac,
			'default_text'	: disqus_default_text
		};

		base_url += '?' + (new Date()).getTime();
		// Add params to default_params.
		if(params) {
			for(var key in params) {
				if(params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					default_params[key] = encodeURIComponent(params[key]);
				}
			}
		}
		// Build querystring.
		for(var key in default_params) {
			if(default_params[key] && default_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				base_url += '&' + key + '=' + default_params[key];
			}
		}

		return [
			'<iframe marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" frameborder="0"',
			(' allowtransparency="true" src="' + base_url + '"'),
			this._makeAttributes(attributes),
			'</iframe>'].join('');
	};

	this.frameLogin = function(opt_attributes) {
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/login.html';
		var attributes = opt_attributes || {};
		attributes['class'] = 'dsq-post-login';

		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameReply = function(post_id, extra_params, attributes) {
		// Returns the HTML for a reply iframe. Called by Dsq.Iframes.setReplyIframeToContainer
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY;
		var params = {
			'def_email'		: disqus_def_email,
			'def_name'		: disqus_def_name
		};
		if(extra_params) {
			for(var key in extra_params) {
				if(extra_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					params[key] = extra_params[key];
				}
			}
		}
		if(_meta) {
			params['parent_post'] = post_id;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			params['per_page'] = disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			attributes['class'] += '-authenticated';
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameEdit = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/edit.html';
		var params = {
			'p' : post_id
		};
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, {'class': 'dsq-post-edit', 'name': 'dsq-edit_' + post_id + '-frame'});
	};

	//
	// Menus
	//

	this.menuMore = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: "Remove post" button should hide menu.
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')">Link</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Profile</a></li>'
	+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
		? '	<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>' + (_meta.email ? '<li class="dsq-admin-email">' + _meta.email + '</li>' : '')
		+ '	<li class="dsq-admin-ip">' + _meta.ip + '</li> \
			<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>'
		+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
			? ' <li class="dsq-admin-edit"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
			: '')
		+ ' <li class="dsq-remove"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Remove Comment</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-report-spam"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-block-user"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li>'
		: '');
	};

	this.menuMedia = function(post_id) {
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(this, ' + post_id + ', \'seesmic\'); return false;">Record video</a></li> \
		';
	};

	this.dropProfile = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};


		var menu = '<li class="dsq-drop-showlnk"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Expand &#8663;</a></li>';
		var pointsMessage = '';
		if (userData['registered']) {
			pointsMessage = 'with ' + userData['points'] + ' points (more points are better).';
		}

		if (userData['is_remote']) {
			var domain = userData['remote_domain_name'];
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' is a ' + domain + ' user ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
			menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-' + domain.toLowerCase() + '">' + domain + '</span></li>';
		} else if (userData['registered']) {
			if (userData['verified']) {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a verified commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span></li>';
			} else {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a registered, but unverified, commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span></li>';
			}
		} else {
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has not claimed this commenter profile." onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()"><span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span></li>';
		}

		menu += _includeServices();
		return menu;
	};

	//
	// Popups
	//

	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-top"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-body" class="clearfix"> \
				<div class="dsq-popup-body-padding"> \
					<div class="dsq-popup-header"> \
						<a class="dsq-close-link" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/modal-close.png" alt="" /></a>'
						+ content['header']
					+ '</div>'
					+ content['body']
					+ '<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
				</div> <!-- padding --> \
			</div> <!-- body --> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-bottom"></div> \
		</div> \
		';
	};

	this.popupProfile = function(user_key) {
		var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(user_key, null);
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var html = '';
			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == 0
					? '<h4>Connections</h4><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li> \
					<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" title="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" /> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>'
				+ (i+1 == userServices.length ? '</ul>' : '');
			}
			return html;
		};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<table> \
				<tr> \
					<td> \
						<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><img class="dsq-popup-profile-avatar" src="' + userData['avatar'] + '" alt="" /></a> \
					</td> \
					<td> \
						<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user"> \
							<h3>' + userData['display_name'] + '</h3> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats" id="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + user_key + '">Loading...</div> \
						</div> \
					</td> \
				</tr> \
			</table> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-state"> \
				This is a&nbsp;<span class="'
					+ (userData['registered']
						? (userData['verified']
							? ' dsq-badge-verified'
							: (userData['is_remote']
								? ' dsq-badge-' + userData['remote_domain_name'].toLowerCase()
								: ' dsq-badge-registered')
							)
							: ' dsq-badge-guest') + '">'
			+ (userData['registered']
				? (userData['verified']
					? 'Verified'
					: (userData['is_remote']
						 ? userData['remote_domain_name']
						 : 'Registered')
					)
				: 'Guest')
			+ '</span>&nbsp;commenter profile.'
			+ '&nbsp;<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><strong>View more comments </strong></a>'
			+ (!userData['points']
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice">If this is you, <a href="http://disqus.com/profile" target="_blank">claim it now</a> to manage your comments.</p>'
				: '')
			+ ((userData['registered'] && !userData['verified'] && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username == userData['username'])) && !userData['is_remote'])
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice"><strong>Alert</strong>: You have not verified this account. <a href="http://disqus.com/verify">Verify it now.</a></p>'
				: '')
			+ '</div> \
			<div id="dsq-profile-status-' + user_key + '" class="dsq-popup-profile-status" style="display:none"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-snapshot"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td> \
							<div id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Most active sites</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
						<td>'
							+ _includeServices()
							+ '<div id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Moderator of</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupReblog = function() {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<cite><span>Reblog this comment</span></cite> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div id="dsq-reblog-form" class="dsq-reblog-form"> \
			</div> \
		';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupModal = function(title, message) {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<h3>' + title + '</h3> \
		';

		bodyHtml = message;

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.alertContent = function(name, post_id) {
		var alert = {
			'post_not_approved': {
				'title': 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator',
				'message': 'Thanks for posting. Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.'
			},
			'post_has_profile': {
				'title': 'Use your existing commenter profile',
				'message': 'You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> commenter profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a>'
			}
		};
		return alert[name] || false;
	};

	//
	// Actions
	//

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {
		// Update number of points
		Dsq.$('dsq-points-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.';

		// Update link text
		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.';
		}
	};

	this.subscribed = function(status) {
		var title, message;

		if(status) {
			title = 'Subscribed!';
			message = 'You have subscribed to this comment thread. New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox, where you may read and respond by email.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">Unsubscribe</a> \
			';
		} else {
			title = 'Unsubscribed';
			message = 'You have unsubscribed to this comment thread. New comments will no longer be sent to your email inbox.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a> \
			';
		}

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);

	};
	
	this.highlighted = function() {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('This comment has been highlighted.', 'Highlighted comment');
	};

	//
	// Media
	//

	this.mediaSeesmic = function(id, thumb) {
		return ' \
			<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_preview" class="dsq-seesmic-preview"><a href="http://www.seesmic.com/video/' + id + '" target="_blank" class="see_link">&nbsp;</a> \
				<div style="display:block;width:160px; height:120px; border:none; background-image:url(http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/' + thumb + ')"> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_hide" class="seePlayOverlay" style="display:none;"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',false)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/stopOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_show" class="seePlayOverlay"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',true)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/playOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; border:none; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			<div id="' + id + '_content" style="display:block; width:100%; padding-top:5px"></div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Callbacks
	//

	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(parent_post_id) {
		// Increment post count
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');
		
		if (num_posts) { 
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) { 
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
	};
};
// Dsq.Templates


/**
 * Dsq.Post
 */
Dsq.Post = new function() {
	this.openedMenu = {};
	this.menuEventListener = null;
	this.stateReplyToggled = {};
	this.stateEditToggled = {};
	this.stateRecordLink = {};

	/**
	 * Inserts a new post into the document.
	 *
	 * @param after_id {Number}	Insert a post before specified id.  If after_id
	 *							evaluates to false, then post in the front.  If
	 *							after_id is -1, post at the end.
	 */
	this.insert = function(after_id, id, message, author) {
		// Skeleton template from thread_posts.html.
		var skeleton = ' \
			<li id="dsq-comment-%(id)s"> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-header-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-header"> \
					<cite id="dsq-cite-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-cite"> \
						<a id="dsq-author-user-%(id)s" href="%(author_url)s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">%(author_name)s</a> \
					</cite> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-body-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-body"> \
					<div id="dsq-comment-message-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-message">%(message)s</div> \
				</div> \
			</li> \
		';
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var _user_meta = Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key];
		var markup = Dsq.Utils.interpolate(skeleton, {
			id: id,
			message: message,
			author_url: _user_meta.blog,
			author_name: _user_meta.display_name
		});
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		markup = markup.replace(Dsq.COMMENTS_RE, Dsq.CommentsHandler);
		div.innerHTML = markup;

		if (after_id === -1) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').appendChild(div);
		} else if (!after_id) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').insertBefore(div, Dsq.$('dsq-comments').firstChild);
		} else if (Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + after_id)) {
			// Get next node after "after_id", so we can insert before it.
			// If "after_id" is the last comment, the target node is the
			// last node.
			
			// var append_post_id = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(after_id).replace('<div id="','').replace('"></div>', '');
			var append_post_id = 'dsq-append-post-' + after_id;
			var node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			while (node = node.nextSibling) {
				if (!node || node.nodeType == 1) { // 1 == Node.ELEMENT_NODE
					break;
				}
			}
			if (!node) {
				node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			}
			node.parentNode.insertBefore(div, node);
		}
	};

	this.incrementPostCount = function() {
		
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');

		if (num_posts) {
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) {
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
	}
	
	this.outlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className += ' dsq-comment-outline';
		setTimeout("(function () { Dsq.Post.clearOutlineComment(" + post_id + ") })()", 3000);
	};
	
	this.clearOutlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className.replace('dsq-comment-outline', '');
	};

	this.showMenu = function(el, id, name) {
		var anchorPos = Dsq.Utils.findPos(el);
		var menu = document.createElement('ul');

		if(this.openedMenu) {
			if(this.openedMenu.linkClicked) {
				this.openedMenu.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		switch(name) {
			case 'more':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMore(id);
				break;
			case 'media':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMedia(id);
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}

		// Add menu to document body
		menu.id = 'dsq-menu-' + id;
		menu.className = 'dsq-menu';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(menu);

		// Position and show
		anchorPos[1] += 15;
		menu.style.left = anchorPos[0] + 'px';
		menu.style.top = anchorPos[1] + 'px';
		menu.style.display = 'block';

		// Set global reference
		this.openedMenu = {
			'el' : menu,
			'id' : id,
			'name' : name,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};

		// Set listener
		this.menuEventListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._hideMenu);
	};

	this._hideMenu = function(e) {
		var el = e.target || e.srcElement;
		var openedMenu = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el;
		var id = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.id;

		if(!id) {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link';
		} else {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link-' + id;
		}

		if(!openedMenu) {
			return;
		}

		if(!Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, openedMenu.id)) {
			openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Post.menuEventListener);
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(openedMenu);

		} else {
			// Hide the menu if a link was clicked inside the menu.  We can't
			// completely remove the menu until the onclick event on the link
			// fires, but the menuEventListener will prevent multiple menus
			// from polluting the DOM.
			if(el && typeof el.href != 'undefined') {
				openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el = null;
			}
		}

		if(Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Post.openedMenu.linkClicked = true;
		}
	};


	this.getUserServices = function(user_key, id) {
		if(!user_key && id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
			user_key = _meta.user_key;
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var userServices = [];

		// Keep a full list of supported services. This is the order they will display in the drop-profile.
		// Each service must have a corresponding case in _buildServiceUrl()
		var supportedServices = ['blog', 'twitter', 'facebook', 'tumblr'];

		function _buildServiceUrl(serviceName) {
			var data = userData[serviceName];
			var services = {
				blog:		function(d) { return d; },
				twitter:	function(d) { return d; },
				facebook:	function(d) { return d; },
				tumblr:		function(d) { return 'http://' + d + '.tumblr.com'; }
			};
			return services[serviceName](data);
		}

		for(var i = 0; i < supportedServices.length; i++) {
			if(userData[supportedServices[i]]) {
				var serviceUrl = _buildServiceUrl(supportedServices[i]);
				userServices.push({'name' : supportedServices[i], 'url' : serviceUrl});
			}
		}
		return userServices;
	}

	this.dropProfile = function(id) {
		var dp = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-profile-' + id);

		// IE6 needs JS to display/hide. All other browsers use CSS.
		if(dp) {
			if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) dp.style.display = (dp.style.display == 'inline') ? 'none' : 'inline';
			return false;
		} else {
			dp = document.createElement('ul');
		}

		dp.id = 'dsq-drop-profile-' + id;
		dp.className = 'dsq-drop-profile';

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) { dp.style.display = 'inline'; }

		var container = Dsq.$('dsq-header-avatar-' + id);
		dp.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.dropProfile(id);
		container.appendChild(dp);
	};

	this.dropProfileMore = function(el, id) {
		var hiddenItems = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-hidden-' + id);

		hiddenItems.style.display = 'inline';
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
	};

	this._updateReplyLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "reply / cancel" links based on state.
		var displayDict = {};

		if(id) {
			if(this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				el.innerHTML = 'Cancel';
				displayDict['media'] = 'inline';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'none';
			} else {
				el.innerHTML = 'Reply';
				displayDict['media'] = 'none';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'inline';
			}
		}

		for(var key in displayDict) {
			if(displayDict.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var	linkEl = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-el-' + id),
					spacer = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-spacer-' + id);

				if(linkEl) {
					linkEl.style.display = displayDict[key];
					if(spacer) spacer.style.display = displayDict[key];
				}
			}
		}
	};

	this._updateMediaLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "use media / cancel" links based on state.
		var appendId = (id) ? ('-' + id) : '';
		var link = Dsq.$('dsq-media-link' + appendId);

		if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			link.innerHTML = 'Cancel Media';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(link, id); return false; };
		} else {
			link.innerHTML = 'Use Media <small>&#9660;</small>';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.showMenu(link, id, 'media'); return false; };
		}
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(el, id) {
		// Create reply IFrame
		if (window.disqus_use_postmessage) {
			if (!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				// Create IFrame if it doesn't exist.
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-frame-' + id), id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].init();
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].setState(id, _meta.depth);
				}
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
			}
		} else {
			// DEPRECATED
			if(!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				// Reply toolbar
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id), id);
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Iframes.hideAllInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id));
				if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
					// HACK: Cancel media before canceling self.
					this.toggleMediaReply(Dsq.$('dsq-media-link-' + id), id);
				}
			}
		}

		this.stateReplyToggled[id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[id];
		this._updateReplyLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-reply-' + id); }

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[id]
		});
	};

	this.toggleMediaReply = function(el, id, xtype) {
		id = id || 0;
		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(!this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id, {xtype:xtype}, 'dsq-post-video');
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id);
		}
		this.stateRecordLink[id] = !this.stateRecordLink[id];
		this._updateMediaLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};

	this.edit = function(el, id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.frameEdit(id);
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-comment-message-' + id); }
	};

    this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
                Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
            }

            Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/myballard/vote.js'
                + '?post_id='    + id
                + '&vote='        + vote);

		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login(Dsq.Strings.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN);
		}
    };

	this.report = function(id, confirmed) {
		if(confirmed) {
			Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/myballard/denny8217s_site_developer_8216there_is_zero_financing8217/post_report/', {'post_id': id});
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('Thank you. This comment has been flagged for moderator attention.', 'Successfully flagged');
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$('dsq-post-report-' + id));
		} else {
			var title = Dsq.Strings.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT;
			var message = Dsq.Strings.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR + '? \
			<br /><br /> \
			<button onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.NO + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.NEVER_MIND + '</button>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<button onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + id + ', true);"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.YES + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT + '</button><br /><br />'
			+ Dsq.Strings.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION + '. \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, id);
		}
	};



	this.showAlert = function(id, msg) {
		var msgEl = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id);
		var alert = '<div class="dsq-comment-alert">' + msg + '</div>';

		msgEl.innerHTML = alert + msgEl.innerHTML;
	};

};
// Dsq.Post


/**
 * Dsq.Thread
 */
Dsq.Thread = new function() {
	this.fc = null;
	this.ff = null;
	this.ac = null;

	
	this.adminIsOn = false;

	
	
	

	this.hlComment = null;
	this.hlCommentClass = null;

	this.getNextComment = function(el) {
		var start_id = el.id;
		while(el = el.nextSibling) {
			if(el.id && el.id.indexOf('dsq-comment-') != -1 && el.id != start_id) {
				return el;
			}
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.getActiveCommentId = function() {
		if (document.URL.indexOf('#comment-') >= 0) {
			var anchor = document.URL.slice(document.URL.indexOf('#') + 1);
			return anchor.replace('comment-', '');
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.highlightAnchor = function() {
		var i = this.getActiveCommentId();
		if (i == null) return false;
		var id = 'dsq-comment-' + i;
		var hash = window.location.hash;

		// Toggle the hash incase the comment isn't available when the page loads
		// for WebKit-based browsers.
		if (Dsq.Utils.webkit) {
			window.location.hash = '';
			window.location.hash = hash;
		}

		this.hlComment = Dsq.$(id);
		// Adding this conditional guard pending #289
		if (!this.hlComment) {
			return;
		}
		this.hlCommentClass = this.hlComment.className;
		this.hlComment.className += ' dsq-hl-anchor';

		setTimeout("Dsq.Thread.highlightClear()", 3000);
	};

	this.highlightClear = function() {
		if (!this.hlComment) {
			return;
		}
		this.hlComment.className = this.hlCommentClass;
	};

	this.login = function(toggle) {
		// toggle id is #dsq-reply-login-[id]
		var postId;
		if(toggle.id.indexOf('dsq-reply-login') != -1) {
			postId = toggle.id.slice(16);
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + postId);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(toggle) {
			if(toggle.className == 'dsq-login-active') {
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(container, postId);
				toggle.className = '';
			} else {
				Dsq.Iframes.showLoginIframeInContainer(container, postId);
				toggle.className = 'dsq-login-active';
			}
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showLoginIframeInContainer(container, postId);
		}

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};


	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked, per_page) {
		// Use extra_params to pass any override parameters that we need to persist.
		var extra_params = '';

		// "Per page" can either be overriden by providing it as an argument
		// (per-call) or setting the disqus_per_page override variable (global).
		if(typeof per_page == 'undefined') {
			per_page = null;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined' && per_page === null) {
			per_page = disqus_per_page;
		}

		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}
		if(per_page !== null) {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + per_page;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			el_clicked.style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/myballard/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'denny8217s_site_developer_8216there_is_zero_financing8217'
			+ '&p='		+ page
			+ extra_params);
	};

	this.sortBy = function(sort) {
		var disqus_script = document.createElement('script');
		var disqus_date = new Date();

		if (location.hash != '') {
			location.hash = '#disqus_thread';
		}

		if(typeof(disqus_url) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_url = disqus_href;
		}
		disqus_script.type = 'text/javascript';
		disqus_script.src = 'http://disqus.com/forums/myballard/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'denny8217s_site_developer_8216there_is_zero_financing8217'
			+ '&sort='	+ sort
			+ '&title='
			+ '&'		+ disqus_date.getTime();

		Dsq.$('dsq-comments').innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading.gif">';
		Dsq.container.appendChild(disqus_script);
	};

	this.subscribe = function(status, email) {
		// `status` is an int -- 1 to subscribe, 0 to unsubscribe
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || email) {
			// If authenticated user OR anonymous email provided

			if(email) {
				Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);
			}

			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/myballard/subscribe.js'
				+'?status=' 	+ status
				+ '&slug='		+ 'denny8217s_site_developer_8216there_is_zero_financing8217'
				+ '&email=' 	+ encodeURIComponent(email));

		} else if(!email) {
			// If anonymous user and no email has been provided yet, prompt for email

			var title = 'Subscribe to this comment thread';
			var message = ' \
				New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox! \
				<div class="dsq-subscribe-submit"> \
					<p><strong>Enter your email address below.</strong></p> \
					<input type="text" id="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
					<button onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1, Dsq.$(\'dsq-subscribe-email\').value)">Subscribe</button> \
				</div> \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
		}
	};

	this.showSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return;
		}

		/* The form has to be re-designed when more options will come out. */
		var html = 'Automatically close comments after <input size="3" id="dsq-thread-days-alive" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.days_alive + '" type="text" /> days. Existing comments will still be displayed.<br /><br />(Using 0 days will disable this feature)<br /><br />'
								 + '<button onclick="Dsq.Thread.updateDaysAlive();" class="dsq-button-small"><span>Save</span></button>'
								 + '<span id="dsq-thread-settings-status" class="dsq-options-status"></span>';
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Settings');
	};

	this.updateDaysAlive = function() {
		var days = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-days-alive').value;
		var status = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-settings-status');
		Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/myballard/update_days_alive.js', {days:days,thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
		status.innerHTML = 'Saved!';
		window.setTimeout(function() { status.innerHTML = ''; }, 1000);
	};
};
// Dsq.Thread

Dsq.Events = function() {
	var obj = {};

	// Private
	var handlers = {};
	var getHandlers = function(event) {
		if (handlers[event] === undefined) {
			handlers[event] = [];
		}
		return handlers[event];
	};

	// Public
	// Value keys : postId, node, xtype
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED = 1;
	// Value keys : postId, opened
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED = 2;
	obj.fire = function(event, opt_value) {
		if (!event) {
			throw new Error('Unknown event');
		}
		var value = opt_value || {};
		for (var i=0; i<getHandlers(event).length; i++) {
			getHandlers(event)[i](value);
		}
	};
	obj.addHandler = function(event, callback) {
		getHandlers(event).push(callback);
	};

	return obj;
}();

/**
 * Dsq.Realtime
 */
Dsq.Realtime = new function() {
	var initialized = false;
	var interval = null;
	var last_checked = Dsq.jsonData.request.timestamp;
	var new_posts = [];
	var ongoing_request = false;
	var prev_script = null;

	function updateNewPostCount() {
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-alert').style.display = new_posts.length ? 'block' : 'none';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-queued').innerHTML = new_posts.length
		+ ' new '
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, 'comment', 'comments')
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, ' was', ' were')
		+ ' just posted.';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.SHOW + ')';
	}

	function insertNewPosts() {
		var post_id = null;
		var after_id = Dsq.$('dsq-sort-select').value === 'oldest' ? -1 : null;

		for (var i=0; i<new_posts.length; i++) {
			post_id = new_posts[i];
			Dsq.Post.insert(after_id, post_id, Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id].message);
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		}
		new_posts = [];
	}

	this.enableInterval = function() {
		interval = setInterval(Dsq.Realtime.check, Dsq.jsonData.context.realtime_speed);
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.ENABLED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.PAUSE + ')';
	}

	this.disableInterval = function() {
		if (interval) {
			clearInterval(interval);
			interval = null;
		}
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.PAUSED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.RESUME + ')';
	}

	this.toggleInterval = function() {
		if (!interval) {
			Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
		} else {
			Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
		}
		return false;
	}

	this.initialize = function() {
		if (!initialized) {
			initialized = true;
			Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').onclick = this.toggleInterval;
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').onclick = this.show;
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
			if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.realtime_paused) {
				Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
			} else {
				Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
			}
		}
	}

	this.show = function() {
		insertNewPosts();
		updateNewPostCount();
		return false;
	}

	this.check = function() {
		if (!ongoing_request && Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			if (prev_script) {
				prev_script.parentNode.removeChild(prev_script);
			}
			ongoing_request = true;
			prev_script = Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/15120152/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

	this.update = function(timestamp, posts, users) {
		ongoing_request = false;
		last_checked = timestamp;

		if (users) {
			for (var user_id in users) {
				if (users.hasOwnProperty(user_id)) {
					if (!Dsq.jsonData.users[user_id]) {
						Dsq.jsonData.users[user_id] = users[user_id];
					}
				}
			}
		}

		if (posts) {
			for (var post_id in posts) {
				if (posts.hasOwnProperty(post_id)) {
					if (!Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id]) {
						Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] = posts[post_id];
						new_posts.push(post_id);
					}
				}
			}

			if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				insertNewPosts();
			} else {
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
		}
	};

}();

// DEPRECATED
Dsq.Iframes = function() {
	// Different style of object from the above. Hoping to switch to this for some reason.
	var obj = {};

	// Private
	var showIframeInContainer = function(container, id, markup) {
		// Look through container for iframes, hiding them, except show one that matches id
		// If none of them matched id, create a new iframe using markup and insert it.
		// Returns the iframe node if and only if it was newly created.
		var found = false;
		for (var i=0; i<container.childNodes.length; i++) {
			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
				if (child.id == id) {
					child.style.display = 'block';
					found = true;
				} else {
					child.style.display = 'none';
				}
			}
		}
		if (found) {
			return;
		}
		// The iframe wasn't found, so construct it and add it to the container.
		// Don't use innerHTML because it might reload iframes
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		div.innerHTML = markup;
		var iframe = div.childNodes[0];
		div.removeChild(iframe);
		container.appendChild(iframe);
		return iframe;
	};

	// Public
	obj.makeReplyIframeId = function(opt_postId, opt_xtype) {
		var id = 'dsq-post-add-iframe';
		if (opt_xtype) {
			id += '-' + opt_xtype;
		}
		if (opt_postId) {
			id += '-' + opt_postId;
		}
		return id;
	};
	obj.makeLoginIframeId = function(opt_postId) {
		if (!opt_postId) {
			return 'dsq-login-iframe';
		}
		return 'dsq-login-iframe-' + opt_postId;
	};
	obj.makeReplyIframeName = function(opt_postId, opt_xtype) {
		var name = 'dsq-reply-frame';
		if (opt_xtype) {
			name += '-' + opt_xtype;
		}
		if (opt_postId) {
			name += '-' + opt_postId;
		}
		return name;
	};
	obj.showReplyIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId, opt_extraParams, opt_className) {
		// Construct the id so we can check if it's already present.
		// Hide any other iframes we find, and show this one if it's found.
		var params = opt_extraParams || {};
		// use xtype in the id and name so we can distinguish media replies from text replies:
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeId(opt_postId, params.xtype);
		var name = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeName(opt_postId, params.xtype);
		var attributes = {
			'id': id,
			'name': name,
			'class': opt_className || 'dsq-post-reply'
			};
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameReply(opt_postId, opt_extraParams, attributes);
		var iframe = showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
		// It was newly created
		if (iframe) {
			Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED, {
				postId: opt_postId,
				node: iframe,
				xtype: params.xtype
			});
		}
	};
	obj.showLoginIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId) {
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeLoginIframeId(opt_postId);
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: id});
		showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
	};
	obj.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed = function(container, opt_postId) {
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			obj.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, opt_postId);
		} else {
			obj.hideAllInContainer(container);
		}
	};
	obj.hideAllInContainer = function(container) {
		for (var i=0; i<container.childNodes.length; i++) {
			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
				child.style.display = 'none';
			}
		}
	};

	return obj;
}();

Dsq.Twitter = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.startTwitterConnect = function() {
		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=400';
		that._twitterWindow = window.open(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/twitter/begin/', 'twitterWindow', popupParams);
		that._twitterInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeTwitterConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeTwitterConnect = function() {
		if (that._twitterWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._twitterInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.Yahoo = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.startYahooConnect = function() {
		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=400';
		that._yahooWindow = window.open(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/yahoo/begin/', 'yahooWindow', popupParams);
		that._yahooInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeYahooConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeYahooConnect = function() {
		if (that._yahooWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._yahooInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.OpenID = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.requestURL = function() {
		var message = '<table class="dsq-openid-form"><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;" rowspan="2"><img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url + '/images/openid-icon-100x100.png" /></td>';
		message += '<td><label for="dsq-openid-url">OpenID URL:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-url" /></td></tr>';
		message += '<tr><td><label for="dsq-openid-username">Display name:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-username" /></td></tr>';
		message += '<tr><td class="dsq-openid-submit" colspan="3"><input type="button" value="Sign in" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.startConnect();" /></td></tr>';
		message += "</table>";

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sign in using OpenID');
	};

	this.startConnect = function() {
		var isblank = function(str) {
			return /^\s*$/.test(str);
		};

		var openid_url = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-url').value;
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-username').value;

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=500';
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/openid/begin/' + '?url=' + encodeURIComponent(openid_url) + '&username=' + encodeURIComponent(username);
		that._openidWindow = window.open(url, 'openidWindow', popupParams);
		that._openidInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeConnect = function() {
		if (that._openidWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._openidInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.Reaction = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.hide = function(id) {
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/myballard/hidereaction.js?' + 'reaction_id=' + id);
	};

	this.reportMissingReactions = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled) {
			return;
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.queued) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('Your report has been received. The system will automatically search for new reactions; if any are found, they will be displayed on this comment thread.<br/><br/>Thank&nbsp;you.',
												 'Reported missing reactions');
			return;
		}

		Dsq.Utils.execScript(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/forums/myballard/queueurl.js');
	};
};

Dsq.CNN = function() {
	var obj = {};

	obj.authenticate = function() {
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + "/saml/cnn/try/";
		Dsq.Utils.postToUrl(url, {'target': document.location}, true);
	};

	return obj;
}();


if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
	(function() {
		DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE = /<div class="dsq-header-avatar"(.*?)>/gim;
		Dsq.Templates.registerFilter('postPrependHeader', function(html, post_id) {
			// Add "onmouseout" for dsq-header-avatar for dropProfile
			// functionality since IE6 cannot use :hover.
			function _headerAvatarReplace(content, inner, _unused, html) {
				return '<div class="dsq-header-avatar" '
					+ inner
					+ ' onmouseout="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')">';
			}
			html = html.replace(DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE, _headerAvatarReplace);
			return html;
		});
	})();
}









(function() {
	//
	// Load theme.  This overrides the base templates with template functions
	// from the respective themes.
	//
	if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
		var theme = 'narcissus';
		// HACK: Set variable on window to use post message.
		window.disqus_use_postmessage = true;

		
		for(var prop in Dsq.Themes[theme]) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
				Dsq.Templates[prop] = Dsq.Themes[theme][prop];
			}
		}
		
		for(var prop in Dsq.Post) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
				Dsq.Post[prop] = Dsq.Themes[theme][prop];
			}
		}
	}

	//
	// Register templates.  This must be done after all themes are loaded.
	//
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('authPost', Dsq.Templates.authPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('header', Dsq.Templates.header);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('footer', Dsq.Templates.footer);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('trackbacks', Dsq.Templates.trackbacks);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('reactions', Dsq.Templates.reactions);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('prependPost', Dsq.Templates.prependPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('appendPost', Dsq.Templates.appendPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postPrependHeader', Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postAppendHeader', Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('preBody', Dsq.Templates.preBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBody', Dsq.Templates.postBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postFooter', Dsq.Templates.postFooter);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('_popupGeneric', Dsq.Templates._popupGeneric);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('voted', Dsq.Templates.voted);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('popupProfile', Dsq.Templates.popupProfile);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBox', Dsq.Templates.postBox);
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863305">CK</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863305" class="dsq-comment-message">Big surprise...  The condo developers buy up, push out, and destroy the local landmarks and now can\'t even afford to build, or if they have built can\'t sell the damn things. I would rejoice if not for the fact that the damage has already been done.<br><br>So we\'re left with redundant, empty, demolished sites where we once had a landmark, a bowling alley, and oh is Archie McPhee still getting pushed out too?<br><br>Can\'t someone please regulate these people next time we have a development boom?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863306">JamieWA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863306" class="dsq-comment-message">Financing is available for companies with profitable business plans.  Condos are not in that category right now!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863307">Ballardog</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863307" class="dsq-comment-message">Economy get better in a month? wtf? I guess it\'s dead...good riddance.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863308">Maria</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863308" class="dsq-comment-message">The Manning’s building was no loss to me and I have no issue with condos but I am saddened by yet another empty lot in Ballard.  Likely in a few years we will see rentals built on the site which is a good thing but they will have to be affordable or they will also sit empty.    Developers do eventually catch up to reality, if they want to remain in business that is.  Rental prices historically follow owned houses in price and we will see a drop.  Already rental prices are dropping on the east side and incentives are being offered.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863309" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-7863309" href="http://adviceunasked.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">The Raven</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863309" class="dsq-comment-message">Jamie: that\'s what the spammer scammers all say. Krawk, krawk, krawk, krawk, krawk, krawk, krawk, krawk, krawk, krawk, krawk, krawk, krawk, krawk, krawk, krawk!<br><br>You hominids could build a shelter for the homeless there. You\'re probably going to need one.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-7863310" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mary-land/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">m</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863310" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863310" class="dsq-comment-message">wow Raven- why the rancor? Jamie\'s point is valid.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863311" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863311" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-7863311" href="http://adviceunasked.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">The Raven</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863311" class="dsq-comment-message">m, it\'s not true, or only in very, very few cases. There\'s very little money available for anything--the banks are sitting on their bailout payments, and they didn\'t have money to lend to begin with--their books are still full of uncollectable loans.<br><br>Gonna be a cold spring.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863312">hot sauce</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863312" class="dsq-comment-message">CK, you can regulate this yourself. Step up with you wallet and not your mouth. then you can build the beautiful mannings or dennys back. i\'m kinda hungry for a grand slam breakfast about now.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863313">gz</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863313" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863313" class="dsq-comment-message">That thing is so ugly. I hope they don\'t ever get financing.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863314">boardbrown</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863314" class="dsq-comment-message">I think of a word when I look at those renderings, and it sure isn\'t "iconic".<br><br>But then again this is America, where we like to build the same garbage over and over again, tell ourselves it "fits in" with the older garbage, and watch the rest of the world kick our butts with good design.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863315">zeke you!</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863315" class="dsq-comment-message">Agreed.  Why do we get so nostalgic over brick walls?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-7863316" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mary-land/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">m</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863316" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863316" class="dsq-comment-message">thanks Raven - a much more civil and relevant answer. I agree with you that there is very little money available out there at the moment, but the financing does exist for those few with the appropriate track record and a profitable long-term business plan. If the financing industry had demanded high standards before, we wouldn\'t be as deep in as we are now.<br><br>and for those missing Denny\'s : Moons Over MyHammy = the ultimate hangover breakfast! (or so I\'ve heard)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863317">Duncan</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863317" class="dsq-comment-message">Cookie-cutter design + small gazebo roof = "iconic" design inspired by local landmarks.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863318" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863318">boardbrown</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863318" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree too.  Go to any European city and you\'ll see sleek modern buildings butting up to old brick and stone ones, yet somehow it all works and looks great.  And those old buildings deserve way more respect than any of ours!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863319">robert</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863319" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863319" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for the great reporting My Ballard!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-7863320" href="http://picasaweb.google.com/silverone" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Silver</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863320" class="dsq-comment-message">Dennys was such a melting pot. I met so many of my neighbors of all ages there! I also miss having a 24 hour meet-up place near my home.<br><br>They were in such a hurry to tear down a lively (if tacky) restaurant. Sunset Bowl was a happening place too! (Not that I bowled there, but still - active and making money is better than closed up and collecting graffiti...)<br><br>I want a bumper sticker that says "Developers Eat Their Young."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863321">JamieWA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863321" class="dsq-comment-message">The credit "freeze" is the decrease in the rate of lending.  Ever accelerating lending was the nor so a contraction in the rate created the panic, it signaled the end of the debt bubble and asset-backed securities ponzi scheme.  Lending is still occurring but very little is going to real estate ventures.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863322">swassociates</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863322" class="dsq-comment-message">Where were  all you whiners when the property was for sale and you could have put your own money on the line? Where was your plan for preservation? Let me guess, tax me for your preservation sensibilities.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863323">Thomas</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863323" class="dsq-comment-message">I hope they get the financing and move forward, but it sure seems like a long shot.  Would you rather have them sell it to Target?  A larger Mars Hill?  If they fall on their faces, who do you think has the money to buy that property?  It\'s not going to be some cool independent developer anytime soon.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863324">Joey</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863324" class="dsq-comment-message">I really like the design of the building. All you people who spent one semester abroad in Europe really need to sniffing Europes jock.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863325" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863325">Joshua</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863325" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863325" class="dsq-comment-message">Frankly, they should be forced to make it a green space if they can\'t build.  The cost of ripping it up and putting some grass in can\'t be much.  I say have the city fine them until they do something productive with the land and tell them that a green space is a viable option.  If they want to sit on a park while they get their financing in order that\'s fine by me.  I have no problem with building more condo\'s (as long as we have roads to support it) but the run down abandonned areas completely brought about by these guys makes me sick.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863326" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-7863326" href="http://adviceunasked.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">The Raven</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863326" class="dsq-comment-message">Could we please have some moderation for inappropriate language and trolling? I\'d like to see all of "Joey\'s" vowels would fall out.<br><br>Jamie, m: no.  The bad mortgages  were converted into financial instruments which obscured their basic weakness and distributed throughout the economy. The bad paper is still everywhere, and will be until we see financial regulation reimposed. Yes, some people and organizations are still lending, but only very rich people and organizations and only to highly trusted borrowers. There\'s not much money even for good investments, these days.<br><br>Crossroads are important. Markets--and that includes Safeway, though I don\'t shop there--aren\'t a bad choice for crossroads, but they\'re not the only possibility. Besides, who wants a condo next to a major arterial which is noisy 24 hours a day? It doesn\'t make sense. The Denny\'s did make sense. For that matter, a transit station would make a lot of sense.<br><br>Going down a level in scale, the design really isn\'t there, is it? The cheapest thing to get the floor space and meet code, with a bit of decoration, it looks like. I\'ve real doubts of the integrity of the enclosure system in the Northwestern climate, and suspect that many of the condos built in the last five years will start leaking very quickly.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863327" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863327">Evan</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863327" class="dsq-comment-message">Man - that is one uninspired design. Landmark character is not relayed through the addition of an oversized Gazebo and brick veneer. <br><br>As many of us as possible should plan to attend the DR meeting.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863328">MaryWit</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863328" class="dsq-comment-message">Makes me want to cry--this rape and destruction of our community.  FYI re: nostalgia for brick walls--these are not brick buildings--brick building was a skill, an art with many individual laying designs--these are cheap brick facades hiding the cheaply made, mass produced human warehouse buildings.  The battle cry of the current mayor and city council is "Quantity Over Quality!"    and nieve transplants buy the line while pushing out the very people who made our city one they wanted to move to in the first place.  Sad.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863329">BlackSheep</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863329" class="dsq-comment-message">Joshua, that is a fantastic proposition. <br><br>Joshua for mayor!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863330" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863330" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863330">hot sauce</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863330" class="dsq-comment-message">I think most of you bloggers are the one who are hanging out in the mannings parking lot now. drinking your colt 45 and throwing yo empties all over the place. Ballard is changing just like the rest of seattle. do you miss the ernst hardware and paysave,tradewell,tux shop, the row of little rat invested houses by wendys. you really need to buy some real estate and put up your own building. and where do you live? i would like to drive by and judge your house or tent or parking lot.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863331" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863331">Te</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863331" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863331" class="dsq-comment-message">"Iconic?"  This guy is supposedly an architect, I can\'t believe he can say that with a straight face.   That design couldn\'t be more generic.   The key word in his quote about playing off the lighthouse idea is "trying."  Honestly, I can\'t imagine living on that corner would be very pleasant.  Even if they do get financing to build it, will anyone buy?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863332" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863332" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863332">boardbrown</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863332" class="dsq-comment-message">Joey, don\'t be rude.  So you like the design.  I\'m happy for you.  Others of us do not.  If you can\'t agree with us, at least do us the favor of curbing your stupid insults.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863333" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863333" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863333">philk</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863333" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863333" class="dsq-comment-message">Lighthouse? this design, well inland is playing off the idea of a LIGHTHOUSE? That makes no sense whatsoever. Instead, it looks more like a guard tower.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863334" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863334">Allison</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863334" class="dsq-comment-message">That design is just horrendous. Must re-read article to see when/where the DR meeting will be held.<br><br>I love this town, it\'s where I grew up, but what is our aversion to good architecture? We have so little of it...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863335" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863335">nerka</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863335" class="dsq-comment-message">To CK and anyone else who wants better regulation: that\'s what design review board meetings are for! <br><br>Go the meetings, make your opinion heard and be part of the design process that shapes our communities. Developers in this town are afraid to do anything "risky" design wise. But if enough people comment and make it clear that the current level of design is unacceptable, perhaps the developers will realize that the "safe" approach is actually the risky approach.<br><br>You and all of your neighbors are part of the development process. When people go to the meetings and speak their opinion, they are making a contribution. When people choose not to go to the meetings, they are allowing other people, namely the development community, to speak over for them. <br><br>As for the zero financing currently, if they get Design Review Approval, they\'ll just shelf the project for now and build it later when financing loosens up again. And then it will be too late for public comment....</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863336" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863336" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863336">Geeky Swedes</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863336" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863336" class="dsq-comment-message">Please note we made a correction in the story to reflect that Rhapsody Partners expects to take this project “through the MUP (Master Use Project)” not the “month,” as we initially reported.  While there is no financing, Rhapsody says they have interest in the project, but investors are waiting to see how the permit process plays out over the next several months.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-7863337">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863337" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863337" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-7863337" href="http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Wiggles</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863337" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863337" class="dsq-comment-message">"while pushing out the very people who made our city one they wanted to move to in the first place"<br><br>Who pushed them out? Seems to me they voluntarily sold their property at a handsome profit; no one put a gun to anyone\'s head. <br><br>If you don\'t like that system, of private property and the right to buy and sell it,  move to Cuba and cling onto your bitterness.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863338" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863338" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863338">Chris</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863338" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863338" class="dsq-comment-message">Is there really need for so many different materials in the design (&gt;3 brick patterns ,multiple colors)? I\'d prefer them take more queues from the old city hall ( <a href="http://www.seattle.gov/CityArchives/Exhibits/annexation/panel2_image4.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.seattle.gov/CityArchives/Exhibits/an...</a>) and follow European models of rebuilding town centers in the old style.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863339" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863339" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863339">JR</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863339" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863339" class="dsq-comment-message">Wiggles - they didn\'t sell the property willingly, the city took it over for the failed monorail and then sold it at auction to Rhapsody. My understanding is that the previous owner was not interested in moving/selling before the monorail came along.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863340" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863340" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863340">bunny</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863340" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863340" class="dsq-comment-message">All these new condos are so ugly...people in Seattle are supposedly so creative, why not show it in some of the buildings around here? <br>Oh, and can we please paint them a different color?? enough with the neutral\'s already!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863341" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863341" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863341">swassociates</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863341" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863341" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m always amazed at how good some people are at spending other people\'s money.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863342" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863342" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863342">Elttaes</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863342" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863342" class="dsq-comment-message">Ahh....look honey. Its the "light house" on the shore of fail.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863343" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863343" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863343">jm</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863343" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863343" class="dsq-comment-message">There probably is a need for historic reservation in Seattle, but I doubt if that location met anyone’s criteria. There were no residences on that corner, so nobody was forced out.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863344" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863344" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863344">ClaraBear</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863344" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863344" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree with Philk.  When I looked at the drawing, I too saw guard tower, not lighthouse.  Ominous. Sorry, but I see nothing "iconic" about this design, and nothing about it says "Ballard".</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863345" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863345" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863345">jm</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863345" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863345" class="dsq-comment-message">There’s a history of unattractive apartment buildings scattered throughout Ballard.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863346" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863346" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863346">scotts</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863346" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863346" class="dsq-comment-message">Is that a prison guardhouse at the top of the tower? It seems ironically appropriate for a building that looks like public housing.<br><br>Kudos to <a href="http://myballard.com" rel="nofollow">myballard.com</a> for the reporting though.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863347" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863347" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863347">boardbrown</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863347" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863347" class="dsq-comment-message">Nobody\'s spending other people\'s money here.<br>We\'re just baffled by the decisions of those who have it.  Why can\'t someone with bucks build something like this in Seattle:<br><br><a href="http://www.laceydc.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.laceydc.com/</a><br><br>...a building currently under construction in Washington DC.  Yeah, that\'s right, our nation\'s capital.   The sad thing is that there are plenty of great architects in this town, but they dont\' get the juicy jobs.  And 15th and Market is definately a juicy job!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863348" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863348" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863348">clamster</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863348" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863348" class="dsq-comment-message">My sentiments exactly, it looks like some sort of prison and the feel is very oppressive. Did the genius "architect" of this thing graduate from the Wal-Mart design institute or what? It\'s beyond terrible. A bunch of 5th graders could probably come up with a better design.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863349" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863349" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863349">pgreyy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863349" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863349" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m tired of the "if you don\'t like it, why didn\'t you buy it" approach.  One can have and share an opinion about something without taking ownership of that something.<br><br>True, that opinion has no power...but what is the point of a open to the public comment section if not to share powerless opinions?  <br><br>My disappointment is not so much with the fact that these condos will be ugly--they\'re always going to be ugly.<br><br>My disappointment was in the rush to tear down active buildings when replacing them was in no way imminent.<br><br>Even if you didn\'t think that the Denny\'s/Mannings building was worth saving--an open Denny\'s restaurant, however ugly, is still more attractive and valuable to the rest of us than an unusable concrete lot.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863350" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863350" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863350">Ballardog</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863350" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863350" class="dsq-comment-message">Oops. Looks like the story has been edited/corrected since my original post. <br><br>Regardless, if it is one month or six months I\'m guessing that the project eventually gets canceled.  I hate to be doom and gloom but the economy is going to get a lot worse before it gets better.  The condo boom is over.  Banks are not out of the woods yet and job losses continue to grow in our region.  Yes the building is ugly but it will never be built.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863351" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863351" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863351">Zipper</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863351" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863351" class="dsq-comment-message">It reminds me of the Eastern State Penitentiary:<br><br><a href="http://www.easternstate.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.easternstate.org/</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863352" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863352" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863352">hot sauce</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863352" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863352" class="dsq-comment-message">Right , i get it. you don\'t like the approach" if you don\'t like it why don\'t you buy it". you can have your opinion. but i want your address, so i can you my opinion of your investment.i am sure i won\'t find it "ugly anyways". maybe the new owner didn\'t want to own and or manage a dennys. why don\'t you see if they will lease the dirt to you . you could buy some grills and make a run at it. so that corner would be more attractive and useful to ME.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863353" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863353" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863353">Coco</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863353" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863353" class="dsq-comment-message">That new design is depressing and ugly. Nothing new, nothing unique.  The Denny\'s was at least a functioning part of the community, now there is a gross empty lot that will fill with garbage and be a blight on the neighborhood.  See I told you "depressing".</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863354" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863354" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863354">RobW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863354" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863354" class="dsq-comment-message">Based on current market conditions, evolving lending practices and general permitting time from the City, I would say there is no way any type of work will begin on that site for two years at a minimum. I personally think it will probably be more like 5+ years. Instead of leaving several derelict structures that are attractive nuisances - or even open space, how about making it a temporary art space? This very same thing is about to happen in Burien where due to the changing economy a 1 acre condo site is on hold and is about to be the home of a temporary sculpture garden. Ignition NW and the Burien Arts Commission has obtained permission from the developer (Urban Partners)  to build what is being called the Burien/Interim Arts Space. I kind of know some of the people involved in that project as well as the Architect on this one and if there is local interest maybe we can put something together. It may be a bit premature (from the developer\'s perspective) but if we can start fleshing out some ideas now maybe we can have something viable to present when the iron is hot. Anyone interested?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863355" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863355" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863355">jm</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863355" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863355" class="dsq-comment-message">The building is designed to be an apartment building and not Disneyland. Depressing? Seattle often fights and resists things that are new and different, so what do you want on the site?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863356" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863356" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863356">jm</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863356" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863356" class="dsq-comment-message">Who\'s going chip-in some extra money to hire the architect Frank Gehry?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863357" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863357" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863357">hot sauce</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863357" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863357" class="dsq-comment-message">i think disneyland sounds great. but you\'re buying. but i can tell you what i like. cuz i won\'t be vested. and only my taste is valid.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863358" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863358" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863358">Ben</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863358" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863358" class="dsq-comment-message">The design is no good, if the architect wants to give the impression of a lighthouse he needs to add taper.  The architect should take some inspiration from the house on Seaview avenue that flies a pirate flag.  I think the city should allow the developer to build taller on that corner pending an aesthetically pleasing lighthouse design.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863359" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863359" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863359">jm</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863359" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863359" class="dsq-comment-message">What happened to the giant  Leif Ercison sculpture idea?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863360" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863360" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863360">gordy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863360" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863360" class="dsq-comment-message">Joshua\'s idea is great! The site is just a heap o\' ugly now. Why not put it to good use until they get financing and start building.  An open greenspace would be beautiful and they wouldnt\'have to constantly repaint the frequently tagged walls.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863361" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863361" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863361">Ballardite</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863361" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863361" class="dsq-comment-message">Boardbrown - while that is a very nice design, it is also very expesive.  the units start in the 300\'s.  that is for a 500 sq ft studio which means the the majority of the homes will be in the 600 to 800K range! That is not practical for the size and scale of our corner.  If you dont like the design go to the meeting and voice your opionion.  Due to the credit freeze in the financial markets, Nothing will be built on this site for some time.  I was glad to see Denny\'s go but was optimistic that a nice community would be built in its place.  looks like we will have to wait a VERY long time before something is built.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863362" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863362" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863362">boardbrown</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863362" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863362" class="dsq-comment-message">DC is more expensive than Seattle by far, particularly in the U Street cooridor...so that\'s a big part of the price difference.  I\'m just making a point about progressive design, not suggesting a cut and paste.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863363" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863363" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863363">ChrisH</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863363" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863363" class="dsq-comment-message">I would like to see some Parks Levy money go to tearing up the concrete and planting some trees there...The silver lining in the economic cloud might be more greenspace and more neighborhood gathering spots. Like Bergen Place east....Oh, and the design as posted is horrible!!!! Needs setbacks from the sidewalk....look at the hugh ugly thing next to the firestation-lets learn from our mistakes-</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863364" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863364" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863364">kim</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863364" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863364" class="dsq-comment-message">boardbrown-<br><br>now those look like a prison.  also, can you give your definition of old and new ballard since you seem to be salty to both.  as i recall you\'ve been "around" for about 13-16 years now?  just wondering how you arrive at your definition and why.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863365" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863365" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-7863365" href="http://www.myballard.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ballard DINK</a>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863365" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863365" class="dsq-comment-message">I like the design. Kudos to the architect for attempting to make a landmark, since this building will be the most noticeable gateway to the neighborhood. <br><br>And as a former resident of The Ballard (that first big condo development, on 57th) who had a condo overlooking Denny\'s, the neighborhood is better off without that place. Believe me, it was no fun being serenaded every day of the week as the drunks were turned out of that place at 2:00. They simply whipped out flasks and kept the karaoke going. <br><br>That said, it\'s sad that Sunset is empty. Bowling is a cheap, fun activity, and (based on The Garage, and Lucky Lanes in Bellevue) still popular. It would have been good to see that place continue as is, or get a facelift.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863366" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863366" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863366">Duncan</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863366" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863366" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, the neighborhood certainly is better off with an empty, fenced-off lot than the only nearby 24-hour eatery.  Progress!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863367" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863367" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863367">Meetio</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863367" class="dsq-comment-message">Bergen East? Yes, what a quaint park that\'ll be. Tip toe thru\' the used syringes, step over the condoms, squeeze past the packs of drunken bums ranting about \'condos\' destroying Ballard and then sit back and inhale the stench of urine and feces. I\'m sure the little ones will really enjoy it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863368" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863368" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863368">hot sauce</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863368" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes trees with park levy money. is that just until the work begins? then we can cut them down and start up the bitching process agaian of how unfair life is. how about go buy some chalk and draw some hop scotch squares, and make some fire pits to burn our bras in. thanks god they haven\'t touched the other landmark the goodyear tire store. i have so many great memories there. and wasn\'t there a old chinese drive in right by there that was also a beautiful landmark. with really good 18 hour food that was cooking under heat lamps. please i can\'t handle anymore change. pass the prozac.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863369" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863369">Maria</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863369" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863369" class="dsq-comment-message">Maybe next time Dink you won\'t buy a condo overlooking a 24 hour restaurant.    Sorta like the owners in Belltown whining about the bars that existed long before they came along and bought right over a bar.   Not prudent.  <br><br>Certainly the design is without any creative design quality at all but hey everyone likes something different.  Lots and lots of people buy those cookie cutter houses in Bellevue and appear quite content.  Up until the bottom fell out of the economy this type of condos were selling like hotcakes.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-7863370" href="http://ninaforsyth.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">nina</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863370" class="dsq-comment-message">That is so freakin retarded.  I guess that means they won\'t be cleaning up the homeless or dog shit around it either.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863371" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863371" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863371">boardbrown</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863371" class="dsq-comment-message">Kim, I\'m not salty to either.  I love all sorts of buildings, old and new...as long as they\'re designed in a thoughtful manner and are era appropriate.  It\'s the new buildings designed to look "old" that I have the most issue with.  Should we really design a condo building in 2009 that supposedly looks like the old Ballard city hall built in 1899?  Or a light house?<br><br>It never works to fake it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863372">AG</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863372" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863372" class="dsq-comment-message">"Iconic?" As the man said, I do not think that word means what you think it means. <br><br>And my schadenfreude at the thought of an arrogant developer pushing through a teardown no reasonable person wanted is only outweighed by my sorrow at seeing yet another empty lot getting squalid in Ballard. Dink, you weren\'t on the ball enough to notice an entire 24-hour restaurant when you bought your place; have you gotten sufficiently with the program to notice the trash, suspicious activities, and lack of cops hanging out now that the restaurant\'s gone? The rest of us sure have...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863373" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-7863373" href="http://www.megannoel.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">megan noel</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863373" class="dsq-comment-message">i think the idea of drawing inspiration from ballard\'s past - the courthouse and our maritime culture- is great - i\'d just like to see them take it farther than they did.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863374" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863374">boardbrown</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863374" class="dsq-comment-message">To answer your question a tad more thoroughly Kim, it\'s worth noting that old crumbling brick buildings have very little to do with Seattle\'s architectural heritage.  True, there are some fine examples of such scattered about our fair city, but every city in America has them.  And most are better than the one\'s we have.<br><br>Seattle\'s architectural legacy is rooted in Moderism.  And by Modernism, I don\'t mean Frank Gehry.  I\'m talking about the classic Moderism of Seattle architects like Paul Kirk and Rolland Terry, characterized by plate glass, post &amp; beam, soaring roofs, and yes, plenty of brick and stone to boot.  The Canlis Resaurant by Terry at the south end of the Aurora Bridge is perhaps the best surviving example of what I\'m talking about.<br><br>So my point is, if we\'re going to pay homage to our built history, let\'s do so with what\'s ultimately venacular.  If you\'d like to see a good example of a new building which does just that, check out the new Montlake Library.  It has all the attributes I mentioned above.<br><br><a href="http://2008honorawards.aiaseattle.org/node/120" rel="nofollow">http://2008honorawards.aiaseattle.org/node/120</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863375" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863375" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863375">hot sauce</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863375" class="dsq-comment-message">Don\'t forget Anhalt also. But you have to build to make a project pencil. I think you would be floored to know how much and how long it takes to get a permit. the developer could redo the taj mahl , but the costs are passed on to the consumer. like any other business. would that make sense? i think people don\'t understand the real costs of doing business. then there are the design review groups. sometime go to a ballard historical district meeting if you want to see some real nonsense.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863376" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863376">Bark more, wag less</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863376" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863376" class="dsq-comment-message">Hot sauce, it\'s hard to understand the real costs of business when you have  a dead end job at Kinkos*.<br><br>*or the equivalent.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863377" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863377">Busdrivermike</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863377" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863377" class="dsq-comment-message">I love all these people who think this financial melt down is going to blow over in one or two years.<br><br>You just do not get it.  This tidal wave is just beginning. The bowling alley property is going to be dead space along with the Denny\'s property for a long, long, time. How will that make all the new condo\'s attractive to potential buyers?<br><br>It is too bad there will be no bar at Denny\'s or the bowling alley to go to when things get worse.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863378" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863378">tortue</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863378" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863378" class="dsq-comment-message">Can someone ask Reuven to read this post and ask what he can do about this?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863379" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863379" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863379">tortue</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863379" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863379" class="dsq-comment-message">Also, where are these meetings (that nerka specified) to show up at and share your thoughts regarding such properties?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863380" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863380" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863380">kim</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863380" class="dsq-comment-message">broadbrown-<br><br>the clouds have parted and i see the light.  much clearer than entry #10.  thanks!  and i do like the montlake example much so very much much more.  and i would eat green eggs and ham.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863381" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863381">daisymayrobin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863381" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank god there\'s no money available.  The architecture is beyond awful.  PLEASE don\'t let that be built in Ballard.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863382" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863382">kim</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863382" class="dsq-comment-message">on another note since this is getting so much attention, have we heard anymore about organizing at LHCC w/crime prevetion for the north precinct about becoming a better community?  it was being hashed over after the baseball bat beating(s).....i recall someone was thinking late january.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863383">mickey</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863383" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863383" class="dsq-comment-message">kim - see the events calendar on the front page. It\'s the item at the top of the column.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863384">mr. t</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863384" class="dsq-comment-message">That has got to be the most hideous building plan I have ever seen.  My 7 year old son can design a better looking building!  A "light house?"  Come on!!  Looks more like an outhouse.  That corner is essentially the front door of Ballard.  Thanks for making us look like chumps you no talent architects and developers!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863385" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863385">jm</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863385" class="dsq-comment-message">There’s a drugstore on one corner, on the second corner a Safeway parking lot w/gas station and a gas station on the third corner. And all the Ballard curmudgeons are worried about adding more housing? What hypocrites.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863386">ChrisH</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863386" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey Meetio-<br>Dont be so negative please regarding my suggestion for a park on the Dennys site-Think of the Ballard Commons-Well used reasonably clean-shared by moms and bums alike...We need to be the change we want to see-not find reasons to naysay. Thanks, Chris</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863387">boardbrown</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863387" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah Kim, my comment #10 comes from a great little attribute I like to call frustration.  My others appear after a half-day of using my brain.  Somehow, it all works together.<br><br>And I think ChrisH and Joshua both have good ideas.  Why not make the site an ammenity to the \'hood until the construction cranes arrive?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863388">kim</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863388" class="dsq-comment-message">mickey<br><br>thanks!  right at the end of my nose.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863389">Joey</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863389" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow sorry I touched a nerve with some of you.<br><br>And that building in DC is downright ugly. It is not "progressive" (whatever that is supposed to mean).</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863390">Joshua</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863390" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m glad that so many people like the greenspace idea.  Just to follow up, I think it is very doable.  The cost of doing the conversion is A) cheap, B) much of it needs to be done anyway (their going to have to bulldoze and clear the space for construction).  All that we are asking them to do is to pay that small amount (compared to the construction cost) right now and then pay the extra amount for planting some grass.  I could imagine a very small amount of upkeep, but I would be happy to have the city pay for that, and of course have the city take responsibility for any liability.  Hell, trade them an extra floor in the permitting for it, and they would probably do it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863391">hot sauce</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863391" class="dsq-comment-message">Joshua  Why do they have to pay? if its a small amount, why don\'t you pay. i wouldn\'t be happy for the city to pay for any of that or take responsibility. where do you think the city gets the money???</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863392">boardbrown</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863392" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863392" class="dsq-comment-message">Joey, everyone has different tastes and that\'s normal.  But I\'d like to see some variety in the buildings around me.  I\'m sick of the homogeny among the condo buildings in my neighborhood.  And this building does nothing to raise the bar.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863393" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863393">Joey</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863393" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863393" class="dsq-comment-message">How does the proposed building look anything like the ones adjacent to it?<br><br>Or the on Leary?<br><br>Or the two on 24th?<br><br>Sure they are big and squarly shaped, but the similiarities end there.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863394" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-7863394" href="http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Wiggles</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863394" class="dsq-comment-message">Green space? Have you seen the bums around there? Without 24 hr security it\'ll turn into a massive bum park because the only people who\'d use a \'green space\' next to a major road, across from 2 gas stations and a butt ugly Walgreens, are bums.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863395" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863395">zeke you!</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863395" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863395" class="dsq-comment-message">Joey, open your eyes a little wider and you\'ll see what everyone is complaining about.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863396" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863396">G. Manning</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863396" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863396" class="dsq-comment-message">\'Wiggles - they didn’t sell the property willingly, the city took it over for the failed monorail and then sold it at auction to Rhapsody. My understanding is that the previous owner was not interested in moving/selling before the monorail came along.\'<br><br>Actually, Benaroya stole , er,  bought the property in a \'blind bid\' process and is attempting to hold the sale together with Rhapsody.  They were allowed to demolish the building, (which they nominated for landmark status) despite it\'s \'landmark status\' because the preservation board felt that Benaroya deserved a \'reasonable return\'.  Karma.<br><br>Good luck Benaroya.  You totally blew it.  The new design is as bland as the rest of what is being put up in Seattle.  Who would buy a condo on that busy corner.  Build affordable rentals for any chance at filling the building.<br><br>People:  Get involved in the design review process if you want to make any impact.<br><br>I hope they put up affordable rental housing and have some non fast food options and commercial uses  in the ultimate strip mall that they build.  Karma.<br><br>the real story is still untold.  Why did the monorail project get the green light to abuse the eminant domain process and force so many owners to sell.  <br><br>Anybody else notice how the parcels assembled in Interbay using this same eminent domain abuse applied for and received an upzone to build taller buildings??  <br><br>There\'s a story in there somewhere just waiting for a Pulitzer prize......</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863397">zeke you!</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863397" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863397" class="dsq-comment-message">Ugh, don\'t get me started on the monorail.  I\'m still pissed they got hundreds of dollars from me through car tabs.  For nothing.  <br><br>I want my f-ing money back!  Not a shitty building to look at.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-7863398">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863398" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863398" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863398">Joey</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863398" class="dsq-comment-message">"zeke you! // Jan 16, 2009 at 11:47 am <br><br>Joey, open your eyes a little wider and you’ll see what everyone is complaining about."<br><br>Or how about you all quit complaining for the sake of complaining.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-7863399">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863399" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863399" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863399">Joshua</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863399" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863399" class="dsq-comment-message">@hot sauce <br><br>They have to pay because when you buy such visible property and leave it abandonned you are decreasing the property value of all of the land around it.  The goal is to find a way to make them pay the smallest amount possible.<br><br>As for the city paying upkeep (and of course I understand that means me, I\'m happy to pay an extra $0.01 a year in taxes that this would cost), my thinking is that the city already has a large number of people on the payroll to keep the parks in good shape, it would simply be more efficient for the city to do it since they already have the staff and expertise (plus a patch of grass, no facilities, no trees would take the very minimal of upkeep).<br><br>The goal is not to excessively punish the people that bought the land, or cost a bunch for us, but to solve a real problem (an abandonned lot that more then likely many undesirables hide out in).<br><br>While I agree that I doubt the space would get a ton of use (it is on a busy intersection).  It would still be infinitely better then an abandonned, half destroyed lot.  And I think it is less likely to have people camping out in it if it is open, than in its current state.  It is illegal to sleep out in a park and the cops are going to be able to see you in a big field.  Bums sleep in alleys and under bridges for a reason.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-7863400">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863400" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863400" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863400">jm</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863400" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863400" class="dsq-comment-message">"Anybody else notice how the parcels assembled in Interbay using this same eminent domain abuse applied for and received an upzone to build taller buildings??"<br><br>Which buildings?</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-7863401">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863401" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863401" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863401">hot sauce</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863401" class="dsq-comment-message">Joshua,  i would like to know where you get "they have to pay" i am not sure you or most anybody else on this blog understand Private Property Rights. So if the property was not so visable then this would be ok? With all the revenue not being collected for permitting and taxes on development. i really doubt the city is ganna have any extra money for anything. i understand the county is having forced furlough days off, like 2 weeks mandatory. why don\'t you go test that spot out for me. see if you can stand there for more than 2 hours smelling all the pollution from the cars. and i still want some addresses of you complainers, so i can go admire your private property. but i excessively punish you if see something that i don\'t like. Peace</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-7863402">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863402" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863402" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863402">Joshua</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863402" class="dsq-comment-message">Hot sauce, while I\'m not a lawyer I like to think I have some idea of, and a large amount of respect for, private property rights.  Unlike a lot of people here I have no problem with the property owners building a condo that I don\'t find gorgeous.  What I do have a problem with is basically making it a trash dump.  There are and have always been limits on what you can do with property.<br><br>Let me say, once again, that 95% of what I want them to do, they are going to have to do at some point anyway: Demolishing the buildings, cleaning up the lot.  They have to do that before they can start building anyway.  The ONLY cost I want them to pay that they aren\'t going to pay at some point in the future is a couple thousand square feet of sod.  I want us (the city) to spend the small amount required for upkeep since we already have department to do exactly this.<br><br>As for whether I would care if this wasn\'t in such a visible location, my answer is that I would certainly care a lot less.  I live near some pretty run down houses and I don\'t mind that at all.  There is a huge difference between something being run down and something being abandonned.<br><br>And this is by no means any attempt to get another park (although I do think parks are great), this is a terrible location for a park as everyone would agree.  I simply want the land owners to spend some of the money now that they will need to spend in the future anyway to clean up their mess.<br><br>I don\'t hate these guys, I don\'t want to punish them, but basically leaving a pile of trash and abandonned buildings at the main intersection of Ballard for the next 2-5 years is not good for anyone.<br><br>As for how to do it, I see a couple of ways:  A) My first idea, divise some kind of fine and inform them that they can either develop the site, our convert it to greenspace or pay a fine every month.  B) Ask them, for good will of the community.  C) Bribe them by allowing them to build another floor on the building in exchange for this. My order of preference would be B, C and then A.  Unless these guys are in such finacial straights that they aren\'t going to be able to pay the property taxes on the place anyway I think they can afford to do this.<br><br>Again, it is their property.  If they want to build the ugliest condos in Ballard, that is completely their right.  But they were given permits to build the condos there with the expectation that they were going to do it at some point in the near future.  What I want is not that expensive compared to the development cost, most of it they will need to pay anyway, and a patch of grass is much nicer then grafitti covered abandonned buildings and piles of trash surrounded by a chain-link fence.  With who knows living inside it at night.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-7863403">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863403" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863403" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863403">hot sauce</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863403" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863403" class="dsq-comment-message">Joshua,  so who is "they" is it the property owner. or the person under contract to buy the land and build the project. Benaroya/Rhapsody. were they given permits to build condo\'s? and bribery is ok , just as long as it works for your goals. And i also think you should be in charge of all the vacant and abandonned lots and buildings in the city. thanks for your opinion. peace</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-7863404">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863404" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863404" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863404">Meetio</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863404" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863404" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree with Daisy, thank god they got no money. Like her, I\'m happy to see all those construction workers unemployed.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-7863405">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863405" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863405" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863405">jm</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863405" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863405" class="dsq-comment-message">Seems like they started out to develop an apartment building on that site and not the Gateway to Ballard.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-7863406">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863406" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863406" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863406">boardbrown</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863406" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863406" class="dsq-comment-message">Why would  you be happy to see construction workers unemployed?  They\'re folks with families and homes just like you.  Everyone needs a job to put food on the table.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-7863407">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863407" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863407" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863407">tom</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863407" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863407" class="dsq-comment-message">This fish has rotted from the head down.  Greg Nickels is himself a developer, and a destroyer of communities.  He opened the floodgates and now we\'re all drowning.  <br><br>Well, I\'m leaving soon enough.  Ballard is dead.  Enjoy your boomtown, Ballardites.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-7863408">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863408" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863408" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863408">jm</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863408" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863408" class="dsq-comment-message">Ballard isn\'t dead. Every year, for 100 years,  it\'s evolving, changing new Ballard.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-7863409">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863409" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863409" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863409">Carl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863409" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863409" class="dsq-comment-message">Miss Denny\'s was a great place for a old geezer to visit:  I would park my van in the close-by parking lot.  Inside I sit in a booth and look at the menu but it was usually a piece of pie and coffee or a plain hamberger and coffee I would order.  The waitress would make eye contact call "Deary" or "Handsome". The experience would always add to a happy day. Fortunate Ballard has new library.....enjoy visiting plus I can take home  a armload of books.  I sit in my recliner chair near my 42 inch flat-screen TV.  Turn-on TV for short time but decide medium has been high-jacked by corporate america providing ads for stuff I don\'t want.  Ah, I have my books to read with no interuptions.<br><br>Be patient Ballardities some structure will rise in former Denny\'s space, after-all when first settlers kicked out native americans and cleared space for commerce it began a never ending process.<br><br>Be of good cheer, Carl</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-7863410">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863410" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863410" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863410">Nordic Woman</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863410" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863410" class="dsq-comment-message">Is there some reason that they have to build something that looks like a maximum-security prison? <br><br>The firemen across the street have enough trouble getting their trucks out NOW with all the increased traffic/condos on Market- when there are several hundred more, don\'t complain if it just takes a liiitttllleee longer to get the fire trucks to your house fire.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-7863411">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7863411" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7863411" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7863411">New Condo Overlord</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7863411" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7863411" class="dsq-comment-message">A handful of us went to the Design Review monday night. Something that isn\'t obvious from that one picture of the guard tower corner is that the entire building design is MASSIVE. That entire lot -- the grassy hill, the blue house, the boarded up old print shop, the floor of what used to be the Denny\'s, and the empty lot behind it -- all of it is replaced by a giant building, right up against the sidewalk. As pointed out by one of the 3 of us who spoke up: it will be like walking by a giant Bartell\'s. We said: open it up at the ground level; commercial space does not equal public access.<br><br>There will probably be another round of work by the architects and another design review. But it sounded like the review board was pretty happy with what\'s there so far.<br><br>Nordic Woman: on the good side, the developers/architects are working closely with the fire station. On the down side: the garage entrances as currently spec\'d are on market and 56th. OTOH, if Rapid Transit is going to run along 15th, it would be better to keep the car traffic out of its way.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 </ul>\
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		}
		var frameNode = value['node'];
		var rpcServerName = createRpcClient(frameNode, postId);
		updateFrame(rpcServerName);
		if(user && postId) {
			var node = document.getElementById('dsq-reply-bar-auth-' + postId);
			if (node) { // Not present in Mashable
				node.style.display = 'none';
			}
		}
	};

	// Public
	obj.onLogin = function() {
		// This is triggered either when the user connects or when they're already connected on visit
		var dsqReplyAuth = Dsq.Utils.getElementsByClassName(document, 'div', 'dsq-reply-bar-auth');
		var noAnonMsg = document.getElementById('dsq-no-anon-msg');
		
		if(noAnonMsg) { noAnonMsg.style.display = 'none'; }
		loginNode.style.display = 'none';
		for(var i=0; i<dsqReplyAuth.length; i++) {
			dsqReplyAuth[i].style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		authenticatedNode.style.display='block';
		FB.XFBML.Host.addElement(new FB.XFBML.ProfilePic(Dsq.$('dsq-fbc-profilepic')));
		FB.XFBML.Host.addElement(new FB.XFBML.Name(Dsq.$('dsq-fbc-name')));
		FB.Connect.getSignedPublicSessionData(setUser);
		
		if(document.getElementById('dsq-login-message')) {
			document.getElementById('dsq-login-message').style.display = 'none';
		}

		
		if(typeof(fbcLoginCallback) == 'function') {
			fbcLoginCallback();
		}
	};
	obj.logout = function() {
		var dsqReplyAuth = Dsq.Utils.getElementsByClassName(document, 'div', 'dsq-reply-bar-auth');
		var noAnonMsg = document.getElementById('dsq-no-anon-msg');
		
		FB.Connect.logout();
		if (!window.isMashable) {
			loginNode.style.display='inline';
		}
		
		if(noAnonMsg) { noAnonMsg.style.display = 'block'; }
		
		for(var i=0; i<dsqReplyAuth.length; i++) {
			dsqReplyAuth[i].style.display = 'block';
		}
		
		authenticatedNode.style.display='none';
		// Passing null user data to signify logout
		setUser(null);
		
		if(document.getElementById('dsq-login-message')) {
			document.getElementById('dsq-login-message').style.display = 'block';
		}
		
		if(typeof(fbcLogoutCallback) == 'function') {
			fbcLogoutCallback();
		}

		return false;
	 };
	obj.ensureInit = function(callback) {
		// If the controller hasn't already been initted, will wait until it has been before calling
		// callback; otherwise, calls it immediately. Does not attempt to call init.
		if (initted) {
			callback();
		} else {
			onInit.push(callback);
		}
	};
	obj.init = function() {
		// This method should be called after the FB scripts have loaded, FB.init has been called, 
		// and XdComm loaded.
		if (initted) {
			// I think this double init is caused by a bug with FB.ensureInit
			return;
		}
		var frameNode = Dsq.$(Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeId());
		var rpcServerName = createRpcClient(frameNode);
		defaultRpcClient = iframes[rpcServerName][0];
		if (!window.isMashable) {
			FB.XFBML.Host.addElement(new FB.XFBML.LoginButton(loginNode));
		}
		Dsq.Events.addHandler(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED, onCreateReplyIframe);
		if (Dsq.Thread.getActiveCommentId()) {
			// If there's a highlighted comment, we may have just posted, so check the cookie
			// to see if we should post to newsfeed.
			defaultRpcClient.send('queryNewsfeed', null, postToNewsfeed);
		}
		if (window.isMashable) {
			// Right now only Mashable needs this, because only they have a Connect button
			// inside the iframe, and that's the only iframe-> server communication
			var exportedMethods = {
				requireSession : {'method': requireSession}
			};
			rpcServer = new FB.XdComm.XdRpcServer('disqusParentFbcRpcServer', exportedMethods);

		}
		initted = true;
		for (var i=0; i<onInit.length; i++) {
			onInit[i]();
		}
	};

	return obj;
})();

		ExecuteWhen.add(window.fbIsReady,
			function() {
				FB.ensureInit(function () {
					DisqusFbcParentController.init();
					FB.Connect.ifUserConnected(DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin);
				});
			});
	


if(typeof(disqus_callback) == 'function') {
	var callback_params = Dsq.Utils.getRequestParams()['dsq_cbp'] || null;

	// We don't care about any errors in third-party code
	try {
		disqus_callback(callback_params);
	} catch (x) {
		if (typeof(console) != 'undefined' && typeof(console.log) == 'function') {
			// But it would be nice to let developers know about them
			console.log(x);
		}
		// pass
	}

	// HACK: We don't know if the callback wraps our container, which may
	// possibly result in a new DOM element.
	Dsq.container = document.getElementById('dsq-content');
}

})();




