Justin RenneyBelieve it or not, says a reader, these used to be places where families actually paid good money to stay.Reader barry responds to Aurora Avenue Now Short a Flop House: The Seattle Motor Inn is Closed.”My parents managed this motel in the 60’s and early 70’s when it was originally known as The Flamingo. They supervised construction of the restaurant and the pool. It was, before hotels, one of several really good family motels on Aurora. I grew up there.We left in 1970 after my dad negotiated a lease with Stuart Anderson to open his 4th or 5th restaurant — long since gone.A shame to see it so run-down and full of low-life over the years when I’d drive past….”