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December 31, 2006

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MDizz

Dude -- You suck. They have been in this area longer than you. They provide a service. The photo you took of their storefront looks cleaner than most businesses in SE. If the product they offer isn't needed, they will leave on their own recognizance. You are not going to make a difference so shut up.

the guy at the next table

I don't mind your crusade against bad taste and unpleasantness in Portland at all. I think it's very civic-minded, Blows-Against-The-Empire, and David-and-Goliath. I hope you continue.

I want to say a word about their sign, though. As the years pass, this self-important 1960's monolithic style becomes funnier and funnier. It was intended as a sonorous, heavy-handed statement, and now simply seems dated and foolishly arrogant. I would hate to see IBM suddenly wake up to the joke they've been sporting for forty years, just because you're pointing out their poor hygiene...

I'm just sayin'.

Steve

MDizz: Don't come to MY blog and tell me to shut up. And how pathetic is it to show up and start with a childish personal insult? Given the fact that this post has generated over 100 comments here and elsewhere, I'd say I'm already making a huge difference -- much more than I expected, frankly.

The photo you took of their storefront looks cleaner than most businesses in SE.

Did you even read my post? I'm betting you've never even seen Imperial Business Machines. Please at least read what you're commenting on before you comment.

Eyesore

This place is a disgrace...along with 25% of the businesses along Hawthorne. I am still blown away by the people who rant against change...as if the architecture of the 1960's and 70's left us with a tremendous legacy. But worse, are those fine neighbors who don't even bother to take care of what they have. And we have to look at it and live with it. If a new condo unit is going in the neighborhood association gets all riled up...but if a longtime business continues to look like s--- and is a bad neighbor, nothing.

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