

Babylonia Aivaz says her heart is tied to the 10th and Union warehouse. (Image courtesy Facebook)

The woman that married a building in Seattle says she did it to raise awareness.

“I’m just saying, let’s think of what’s happening to the community as a result of this demolition of this historical warehouse,” said Babylonia Aivaz, in an appearance on 97.3 KIRO FM’s Dori Monson Show.

Aivaz married the 10th and Union Warehouse on Capitol Hill on Sunday. About two dozen people attended the celebration.

After occupying the space with around 200 others as part of the Occupy Seattle protest in December, Aivaz said she grew attached to the building.

“My heart is tied to this warehouse. I can’t come up with a great political platform for why this warehouse, except that my emotions and heart are tied to it because of the transformative event that took place there in December.”

The warehouse is reportedly being demolished to make way for new luxury apartments, but Aivaz says the building would be more useful as a community space.

“There’s other ways of generating revenue other than building luxury apartments,” says Aivaz, suggesting the space be used as a museum or other community oriented space to generate revenue. “The statement I’m trying to make is that, that warehouse which is 107-years-old, should have been a community space, not luxury apartments.”

The marriage with a partially demolished building certainly brought a good deal of attention to her cause. Aivaz tells Monson, in the tradition of her mother, she is keeping her maiden name. She just laughed when Monson asked if she’d consummated the union.

By JAMIE GRISWOLD, MyNorthwest.com Editor