Alarming, to say the least, this should be happening to a person and place that would not at all seem to be an obvious target. But as Hatches makes clear, it is all but a routine in this environment. It is a kind of civic beat-down, and there is no mistakeing the violence quotient. That such a person and thier highly distinctive establishment existed at all for as long as it did is a huge slab of grace. I think of all the people whose intense needs were served, on both the client and provider sides, through the existence of the place. To my mind S'tan's irritation is a sign of how she gets inspired by these kinds of obstacles.