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Welcome to the Neighborhood, Friesenburgers

Welcome indeed. It's always great to see quality business and eats come to the Dome District and Friesenburgers is a promising addition. After hearing they were finally open earlier...

Tacoma Photo Gang - Dome District

Felt good to be out with the gang again. With the dark days of Fall/Winter upon us it's harder for a 8-5er to get out and shoot. Thankfully yesterday...

Big fan of SoDo Tacoma

So while at Third Thursday last night I think I realized how much I love our area of downtown. I say "our area" because my office is down here....

'Dragonfly' lands in Dome District

A couple weeks ago I noted that the old Premium Motors building was undergoing some change. Little did I know something would occupy the space so soon. Dragonfly set...

Old Premium Motors building facade changes

The two large, conjoined brick structures that use to house Premium Motors is getting a little clean-up work done. Nearly all gone now are all the former business' signage....

New parking structure proposed for Dome District (update 1)

After emoting a bit about losing 100 parking spots along Dock Street, I had no idea the Tacoma City Council would listen to me then up the ante 30...

Tacoma housing news blips

The Winthrop, condos near the dome, and some windows you can eat. Here's some news blips from this mornings News Tribune. Winthrop deal grows sweeterCity of Tacoma approves possibility...

Photos ~ Premium Motors downtown showroom

I previously wrote about Premium Motors moving from downtown a couple miles away down South Tacoma Way and wanted to follow up. I had a chat with the owner...

Premium Motors heading south [update]

Saw a sign on the side of local downtown oddity/gem Premium Motors on the way home and it looks like they're moving. Can't say I blame them on purely...

Downtown motel now King's Inn

You know that L-shaped motel that graces Pacific across from the Elephant Carwash? Yeah, not much to think about there but as of today it's known as The King's...

D and A streets closing this month for construction

Two popular ways of bypassing all the stop lights downtown on Pacific will be closing this month for construction. D and A Streets at the end of the Thea...

D Street closure coming soon

If you commonly cut over to Dock St. from Tacoma's Dome District via D Street you'll soon have to find a different route. D Steet will closed for construction...