South Lake Union Streetcar
Photo by Bejan.
Flickr photophile K-ron75 writes:
Officially, it’s the South Lake Union Streetcar. But in the neighborhood where the new line runs, it’s called the South Lake Union Trolley — or, the SLUT. At Kapow! Coffee, a shop in the old Cascade neighborhood, 100 T-shirts bearing the words “Ride the SLUT” sold out in days, and another 100 are on order.
Apparently the Cascade Neighborhood has hi-jacked the Trolley. SLUT t-shirts are a both a sincere welcome to the addition of better public transit to the neighborhood and a somewhat subversive jab at the highly polished redevelopment of Vulcan’s South Lake Union neighborhood which has largely ignored the adjacent Cascade Neighborhood in planning and marketing. You can get your tshirt directly at Kapow Coffee or ordering at RidetheSlutShirts.com. A definite fashion statement, your support of the SLUT is in spirit only, all proceeds from shirt sales go to Jeremiah “Johnson” St. George and Don Clifton who have vigorously marketed (’Ride the SLUT’ is the one and only sponsored link returned for a google search for ’seattle streetcar’) and trademarked the design/idea. So take caution before rolling your own shirt!
Whatever it is, whatever it’s called, I drove past the ‘Test Train’ yesterday as it was cruising down Terry Avenue and my jaw dropped. It’s finally here! The line has its own website, SeattleStreetcar.com, which details the NextBus! technology that will tell riders when the next car is coming and offers a route map showing the trolley’s route - a loop from Westlake Center downtown to Fairview Ave & Yale Ave.
