Preserving a Denny's. Really.

This guy wants to preserve a Denny's:
Another roadside attraction is about to be demolished.

(Photos Seattle Weekly)

Personally, I don't care about preserving this Denny's (and that is not because I don't like Denny's; I do — give me a Denny's any day as my venue of choice for first dates) And I think anyone arguing in favor of it is simply using it to try to stop development, not because they really, sincerely, in their deep-down hearts care a rip about it.

But if you are going to try to preserve then there are (at least) two realistic options (the City is not going to stop development at that corner to save a Denny's):
1. Move it somewhere else, though I doubt Knute would like that and would start muttering about "context" and "authenticity."
2. Build around it and incorporate it in a new structure.

You want personality and uniqueness, chose option #2.

Comments

[Gomez]

Knute Berger's an agendaic hippie who wishes it were 1985 in Seattle again. That's why he's on crosscut dot com instead of an actual publication and the Weekly devotes a weekly column to making fun of him.

Denny's is expendable and the franchise is easily portable. IIRC they're building a mixed used condo in its place anyway, which serves more of a useful purpose.