strict.  When they finally built an above-ground sewage pipe to carry it out to sea, they neglected to place the end of the pipe above the tide line, so every time the tide came in, the pipe's flow reversed itself.  The few <a href="http://www.seattle.com/crappers/">toilets</a> in the region would become fountains of a particularly evil kind.
</p>

<h2>Fire as Urban Renewal</h2>
<p>
When the financial district <a href="http://www.seattle.com/fire/">burned to the ground</a>, the city fathers looked on it mor