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Located in Seattle's vibrant - Fremont - neighborhood, Extraordinary Least - Squares is an exclusive living and working - space dedicated to supporting and promoting quantitative - research methodology, free software and free culture, and - innovative food and drink.
+Extraordinary Least Squares is a semi-virtual community dedicated to supporting and promoting innovative food and drink, quantitative research methodology, technology, and freedom. Community members host semi-regular social events. If you're curious, join the mailing list below!
Extraordinary Least Squares is located at the - heart of - central Fremont - at the following address:
- -920 N 34th Street, Apt 16- -
- Seattle, WA 98103
When visiting us, please enter through the building's - back door which you can find in an alley between - 34th and 35th streets which one can - reach from either Troll Ave or Albion. You'll see a garage door - with large metal bars and a small door to the left (pictured - below). Call us when you are outside this door and we will let you - in.
- - - - -A taxi from SeaTac airport to Extraordinary Least - Squares should cost $50-60 (with tip) and take about 30 - minutes â but might take much more with traffic. Mass - transit requires one transfer, costs $2.75, and take about an - hour.
- -At SeaTac airport, follow signs to ground transportation - and to - the LINK - light rail which is located at the far left of the main - terminal on the check-in level. At the light rail station, - you can buy tickets - and ORCA cards which - are reusable on all Seattle-area mass transit. You can also - buy a single-use paper ticket. If you buy an ORCA card, you - will need to tap it on a yellow terminal both before you - enter, and after you exit the train. The tapping areas are - easy to find.
- -Take the LINK train until the University - Street station which take 36 minutes and stop at 11 - stops. At University Street, you will need to change to a bus to - Fremont.
- -The LINK station is underground and the buses to Fremont - travel on the street above. In the station, walk in the - direction of the train and go up the stairs to the north - platform. Follow signs for an exit onto 3rd - Avenue and University which should be to the left if you are - facing the direction of the train Avenue. You should exit - onto the east side of 3rd Avenue, walk north - (again, the same direction of the train) - to 3rd Avenue and Union Street - (one block up) and look for a large bus stop with several - shelters with the following buses numbers written on - it: 40, 26, 28. These buses all come down - 3rd Avenue frequently and should arrive within - 10-15 minutes at almost any time except between midnight and - 5:00am. You can install the free software phone application - or view the website - for OneBusAway - for real-time data on bus arrivals.
- -Take any 40, 26, or 28 bus North - to Fremont. Tapping your ORCA card at bus entrance - will register a "transfer" from the LINK and you will not be - charged for the bus. Stay on the bus for about 20 minutes to - the stop at FREMONT AVE and N 34TH ST which - will be displayed on a digital display on the ceiling at the - front of the bus.
- -Take a right after immediately exiting the bus and take a - left when you come to the intersection (Fremont Ave & - 34th). Walk down 34th (you should pass - this - sculpture of people waiting, usually dressed up, on the - other side of the street) as you walk toward, and then under, the - enormous "Aurora" bridge and across Troll - Avenue. Extraordinary Least Squares is in a - building called St. James Tower on the - left.
- -The best way to get to our apartment is through the - apartment's back door which means you will take a left on - Troll Ave (up the hill) and then a right down the first - alley you come to. You can follow the directions under - "Visit Us" above. Call one of the proprietors when you have - arrived outside.
- -Street parking is available around our building but be - sure to read signs closely because our guests have been - ticketed. The closest free street parking is on Troll - Ave. It is two hour parking during the day but is - unrestricted overnight and on Sundays. Parking on - 35th is generally free except between 8pm and - 12am and the signs can be hard to see. There are two - self-serve pay lots on either side of the building in the - alley between 34th and 35th but read - the signs carefully before you park because some of the - space is shared with businesses during the week. If you - contact us well in advance, we might be able to get - permission to use an unused spot within our building from - the building manager.
- -Three of the best ways to stay involved with happenings are:
@@ -181,24 +59,28 @@For more information please contact - either member of the ELS management team:
+ -Benjamin Mako Hill
Phone: (+1)
- 206-409-7191
Email: mako@atdot.cc
Mika Matsuzaki
Phone: (h+1)
- 206-890-5155
Email: mika@yukidoke.org
If you would like to be able to add things to the calendar yourself, great! You can email team@leastsquar.es to ask for access.
+If you would like to be able to add things to the calendar yourself, great! You can email any member of the ELS management team to ask for access.
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