We don't even know 1621 12th Ave anymore. So much has changed in the building that formerly housed the Capitol Hill Arts Center that it's undertaken a completely new identity. First, there's the obvious: CHAC was kaput as of June 30th (though the un-updated website lives on).

Now Velocity is set to move their dancers in, having just signed a ten-year lease, and the news broke last week that Crave would be out of the building at the end of the October, despite the original reports to the contrary. (Crave has both its lovers and haters; we fall squarely in the former category, and hope to see them find a new home on the Hill--or thereabouts--sometime soon.) Our beloved Pilates Body Fitness, perhaps sensing that a seismic shift was about to take place, got the hell out of dodge earlier this year, moving to a new location near Green Lake.

With all those changes taking place, we should've known better than to try to stop by the Lower Level last night. Lower Level has long been one of our favorite bars on the Hill, since it's never too crowded, even on the weekends, when all you want is to get a drink without having to deal with the bridge and tunnel crowd. So last night, we went down the ramp only to find the entrance dark and the door closed. The weird, dangling, scrotum-like metal sculpture that adorned the entryway was gone too. Looks like another one bites the dust.

"at the CHAC" by Seattlest Flickr Pool member Jeanine Anderson.