Monday, June 15, 2009

Monday Morning Mess On Sprague Avenue

I complain about this to co-workers almost every Monday, so I thought I might as well make my complaint public today. Most Mondays I walk to work from the STA Plaza. This involves walking about six blocks down Sprague Avenue. Most Mondays without fail there is a mess of debris in front of both Jimmy'Z bar and the old Ridpath Hotel (which now has a nightclub inside but no hotel ammenities). This includes piles of vomit, puddles that look and smell like urine, occasional condoms, all kinds of litter, cigarette butts, and today a rubber surgical glove.

I bring this up because it's gross for pedestrians to have to walk past, and with summer here, we're going to have a lot more tourists in town on Monday mornings who might not be impressed with our city after seeing that mess. I'm going to write an angry letter to Jimmy'Z and the current Ridpath ownership. I'll let you know if I get any response.

2 comments:

vanillajane said...

Any response, yet? I'm interested in the saga.

SRTC Staff said...

No, haven't even gotten the letters written yet. I started the other day but got bogged down trying to decide between the words 'vomit' or 'puke.' Normally I'd be mature and use 'vomit,' but I think 'puke' might have more of a shock and outrage factor, which is what I'm going for in this case. Will hopefully have time to work on it today.


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