Tacoma
I walked around Tacoma a little bit yesterday. I noticed that they'd specifically preserved some buildings...
Today, I walked more and got a gander at how much they have done to preserve & resuse the buildings they have. For example, the old Union Station is now the US Federal Courthouse. (I didn't go inside). Univ of Washington-Tacoma has taken over a bunch of old buildings in what was the old railyards. They have even preserved the names of the buildings instead of naming them after some irrelevant person - so, one building is the West Coast Grocery Co bldg. It's very cool. I had lunch at a brewery restaurant (Hanson), named after the furniture company that appears to have been in the building when it was built (I guess in the early 1900s, maybe as late as 1920). The floor is old wood, the roof beams are all wood 2x12s and there are these huge (24x24?) wood pillars. They make some great beer in there too :)
Goin out tonite with Noreen's grandparents again.
That's it from here!
Today, I walked more and got a gander at how much they have done to preserve & resuse the buildings they have. For example, the old Union Station is now the US Federal Courthouse. (I didn't go inside). Univ of Washington-Tacoma has taken over a bunch of old buildings in what was the old railyards. They have even preserved the names of the buildings instead of naming them after some irrelevant person - so, one building is the West Coast Grocery Co bldg. It's very cool. I had lunch at a brewery restaurant (Hanson), named after the furniture company that appears to have been in the building when it was built (I guess in the early 1900s, maybe as late as 1920). The floor is old wood, the roof beams are all wood 2x12s and there are these huge (24x24?) wood pillars. They make some great beer in there too :)
Goin out tonite with Noreen's grandparents again.
That's it from here!
posted by Andy in San Diego and Elsewhere at 4/01/2005 04:10:00 PM
1 Comments:
How nice that they do preserve and re-use buildings rather than letting them fall into ruins and being torn down. Cool that they keep the original name too.
Glad you & Noreen were able to dine with her grandparents again. We're anxious to hear all. Have a great weekend and give our love to Noreen (and her grandparents).
Love,
Mom & Dad
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