Nothing like a visit from the president to remind you just how much life normally runs through Pike and Pine between downtown and Capitol Hill. A large crowd didn’t mind the day’s transit and street disruptions as they waited to greet — and protest – President Barack Obama’s motorcade as it arrived at the Paramount Theater for a Thursday afternoon fundraiser. The motorcade was scheduled to depart the area again sometime after 4:30p as the president is due in Southern California for another campaign stop.
Everybody take a picture (Images: CHS)
The crowd started lining up to enter the Paramount Thursday morning
So what actually happened? Looked like people were leaving the Paramount by 3:45. Except for the police.
A good, local report from the Paramount http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/05/10/this-af