Living at 3rd and Pine in Downtown Seattle, Steve, who didn't want his last name used, sees a lot.
"I've been attacked a few times, I've had people yell at me. I generally feel safe, but I feel like my friends don't feel safe," Steve says.
He's been tweeting from the Twitter handle @3rdandPine for more than a year, documenting what happens in the street from his apartment just a few stories up.
Steve catches the odd, like the guy who tries to impress ladies with push-ups when they walk by, and crimes like drug deals, but he also sees the violent.
That list includes stabbings, shootings and brawls. Steve catches some of it on his camera, and that gets tweeted too.
"It seems like it gets progressively worse. Hoping it gets better, that's all I could really say about it," he says.
Steve is one of at least three downtown residents who document the going-ons of Downtown Seattle in a block radius of 3rd Avenue between Pike and Pine.
Rob, who also didn't want us to use his last name, goes by the Twitter handle @3rdandPike.
He manages a business that overlooks 3rd Avenue near Pike.
Rob's tweets range from crimes to the unusual.
He's found the unusual generates a lot of reaction.
"Last week someone tried to sell me a catfish out of a bag on the corner. People understood that's what happens here," Rob says.
That catfish later made his list of tweets for the day.
Steve, aka @3rdandPine, told us he's called police before on things like drug deals, but was told there wasn't much they could do besides fining the participants.
On Wednesday, Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O'Toole told the media she's making downtown crime an enforcement priority.
"We're working closely with the mayor and his team developing some strategy to address some of the challenges that we're seeing downtown," Chief O'Toole told an assembled media.
KIRO 7 also called the Downtown Seattle Association about the posts, and while they encourage people taking an active interest in their community, they also want the police involved.
Rob, otherwise known as @3rdandPike, says he feels the crime is part of living in a large city, but at the root he feels mental illness is the problem.
"As long as that's not a desire for lowering crime in one intersection or district -- but a real lowering of problems -- then that's great," Rob says.
But as long as the crime and odd things keep happening -- @3rdandPike and @3rdandPine told us they'll keep tweeting it.
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