Selling Belltown Airspace Could Save Shorty's Pinball Bar

Without drastic action, Shorty's could face the wrecking ball.by Jake UittiThe Belltown bar could face the wrecking ball any day now.Pete Swanson“I hear it all the time,” says Avout Vander Werf, owner and operator of the beloved Belltown neighborhood pinball bar, Shorty’s. “People always say, ‘I’m super happy your building got Landmark status.’ But we didn’t.”
 
Indeed, although Shorty’s is celebrating its 20th birthday this y