From the Guardian sent in by Frank Conlon: “On a corner of Seattle’s historically black Central Area, Sea Suds car wash and Uncle Ike’s pot shop sit on either side of a well-established African American church, Mt Calvary.
“Across the street, there’s a store that sells $4,000 electric bicycles, soon to be joined on the ground floor of a towering new apartment building, by a Brooklyn-esque barber shop/artisan coffee bar.
“I’m no expert, but those sound more gentrifying than a car wash,” says the owner of both Sea Suds and Uncle Ike’s, Ian Eisenberg.
“Others in the neighborhood would disagree. Uncle Ike’s, which opened in 2014 and sells pot for as little as $10 a gram, has become a symbol to them of the growing displacement and runaway affluence in the Central Area.” Click here for the full article.