Washington DC Strip Clubs: Turning Washington Mutual’s "Modern Ruin" on Greenville Ave. Into Artistic …
Written on February 9, 2010 – 10:01 pm | by ginger
Longtime Friends of Unfair Park remember this picture — it was taken a little over one year ago, just as Washington Mutual’s box on Greenville Ave. was put on the market after JPMorgan Chase said, “Nah, we’re good.” A busto bank sitting on the former home of a strip club (The Fare) perched right next door to a pawn shop — it was almost like … like … like an art project! Which it is now: Former Observer art critic and Road Agent and troublemaker Christina Rees, now on staff at TCU, sends word this afternoon that she and a bunch o’ artists are taking over the WaMu February 20-21 for an exhibition called Modern Ruin.
Writes Christina:
The two-day exhibition will be the only use for the million-dollar building before the demolition process begins the following week. The bank building is a truly modern ruin — a building that never met its purpose, and only existed as potential activity, potential economy, and hoped-for growth.Seeking to take adva …