Nah, I think you're you're overstepping with that characterization. All of those good qualities existed, the fact that they don't anymore doesn't take away from that, and now you have fond memories of experiencing it while it did exist. I get that you feel some sense of betrayal, and you don't need to have any particular impression of him permanently, but you also don't need to retroactively erase his face from your photos (metaphorically). You got to enjoy it for a time, and now you can't, but places come and they go, it's just the nature of things.
I was sad to see that most of your downtown had been replaced with Amazon campuses and seemingly sanitized, and that your council is butchering the already awful waterfront with a new highway, but at least they mounted the pink elephant sign next to some fake grass out front, and have ample parking.
In that context, I can see how a few more sentimental cultural spaces going away would hit a bit harder. Take the Showbox away and that would be another hit. But when it does, it doesn't mean the owner hates the Seattle population, it means time marches on, people value what they value, and you adapt.
I was sad to see that most of your downtown had been replaced with Amazon campuses and seemingly sanitized, and that your council is butchering the already awful waterfront with a new highway, but at least they mounted the pink elephant sign next to some fake grass out front, and have ample parking.
In that context, I can see how a few more sentimental cultural spaces going away would hit a bit harder. Take the Showbox away and that would be another hit. But when it does, it doesn't mean the owner hates the Seattle population, it means time marches on, people value what they value, and you adapt.