Felony Flats, Aberdeen, Washington
Felony Flats is a nickname of a poor neighborhood of Aberdeen, Washington, best known for being the childhood home of Kurt Cobain at 1210 East First Street (46°58′58″N 123°48′24″W / 46.98276°N 123.80655°W).[1][2]:10[3]:16[4]:35 Kurt Cobain Memorial Park sits at the south end of Young Street Bridge in the flats (46°59′05″N 123°48′19″W / 46.98468°N 123.80515°W).
The placement of a "Q-Mart" tribal convenience store and smoke shop, on Indian trust land in Felony Flats owned by the Quinault Indian Nation, caused controversy when it was proposed in 2012 (46°58′42″N 123°48′44″W / 46.97831°N 123.81211°W). The city's mayor said "Look here, 500 block of East Wishkah, the 600 block of East Wishkah...commonly known as felony flats...We don't need any more problems for Downtown Aberdeen" with drunkenness.[5]
Five women who robbed a bank in Olympia in 1998, inspired by the movie Set It Off, lived as part of a group of about a dozen women in a run-down house at 708 E. First St. in Felony Flats (46°58′49″N 123°48′46″W / 46.98027°N 123.81279°W).[6]
See also
- Skid row the equivalent district in many cities, term coined in Seattle
- The Flats, once an Irish ghetto in Cleveland
References
- ↑ Seminara, Dave (2014-03-25). "Chasing Kurt Cobain in Washington State". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-08-06.
- ↑ Cross 1993.
- ↑ Luerssen 2014.
- ↑ Sounes 2015.
- ↑ Steven Friederich (February 10, 2012), "Mayor not in favor of proposed Quinault store", The Daily World, Aberdeen
- ↑ Hugo Kugiya (August 11, 1998), "Three More Arrested In Olympia Bank Heist -- Girls From 'Felony Flats' Caught In California", The Seattle Times
- Books
- Cross, Charles R. (1993), Heavier than Heaven: A biography of Kurt Kobain, Doubleday
- Luerssen, John D. (2014), Nirvana FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Most Important Band of the 1990s, Hal Leonard Corporation, ISBN 9781617135880
- Sounes, Howard (2015). 27: A History of the 27 Club Through the Lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-82368-8.
Coordinates: 46°58′52″N 123°48′32″W / 46.981°N 123.809°W