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Its Time for Tacoma to Repair its Maimed Streetscape By Rebuilding the North...
Perhaps no other action by the City of Tacoma has caused so much long term damage to the downtown streetscape as much as the construction of the North and South Plaza Parking garages. Touted as “urban...
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Half Moon Yard
What would you do with a former railyard near the core downtown? Over the past few decades, Half Moon Yard has been used less and less. I’m not sure why, I’m not a train guy. But I have heard rumors...
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Small Worlds Theory and Livable Downtown
Nerd Blog: Small Worlds Theory and Livable Downtown By Paul Sparks Part One: Short, quircky, amateur commentaries on “Small Worlds Theory” and its relationship to the “Livable Community” of Downtown...
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Tacoma Underground: Never Never Land Figures
Strange things lurk in Tacoma’s Underground! Imagine walking into a dank dark basement in a 110 year old building downtown and turning on the lights to find this eerie and surreal scene. That’s what...
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Mayor Strickland to Deliver Tacoma’s Third State of the City Speech Tonight...
For just the third time in Tacoma’s history, the mayor will deliver a State of the City speech. Tonight’s speech by Strickland will likely be designed to rouse and inspire Tacoma’s citizenry to action...
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34 Years After Stephen Cysewski’s Infamous Tacoma Walking Tour: Is Tacoma...
There have been countless numbers of incredible historical photos taken of Tacoma. However, perhaps no set better captures downtown Tacoma in a moment of time as well as Stephen Cysewski’s 1979...
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Councilmember Ryan Mello Speaks in Support of Ridesharing Services Uber and...
(Here is the end of the first known Lyft ride in Tacoma. Morgan Alexander with Lyft driver Titus, a licensed professional chauffeur driver, in front of Tacoma Brewing Company.) After years of...
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Highly Rated Ridesharing Service Sidecar Arrives in Tacoma
Sidecar in Proctor Sidecar on 6th Avenue by Bluebeard Coffee. . It took over a year. However, it is now confirmed that ridesharing service Sidecar has arrived in Tacoma. Sidecar is currently...
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How To Use Ridesharing Service Uber in Tacoma
Justin Camarata at the official Uber launch at the Murano Hotel in downtown Tacoma . April 8, 2014: the date Tacoma officially joins the list of US cities which have coverage from Uber, giving more...
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