Opinion ~ WSHM fence barrier to a more vibrant downtown
In the ongoing saga of the WSHM donor wall the results now seems clear and unavoidable. Since the stop work order was lifted the time has come to put...
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No 'donor wall' but stop work order lifted
A squirrel in our attic has just sent me info regarding your favorite topic and mine: the downtown WSHM donor wall. The short of it is the stop work...
Donor wall update - Century Park meets the Plaza? (update 1)
There's a bit of buzz going on that may see the proposed pedestrian blocking donor wall and Century Park re-located over to the Plaza. Details are hazy but the...
Donor wall update - Contractor pulls out
Thanks to David Seago over at the News Tribune for doing the leg work someone as interested in this as I have been should've done. Guess I don't get...
Op Ed: Public's insights could solve dilemma over Century Park
In the second of my series of civic-minded editorials I write about how the donor wall/Century Park debate could be solved by ideas received when I called for sketches....
Century Park sketches
After a call for alternative ideas concerning the WSHM donor wall and Century Park from folks reading this website I have to say, you came through. I received a...
Century Park sketch examples [update]
I've received a few donor wall alternative/Century Park sketches from KFnet readers and I wanted to provide a couple as examples to show how other folks are doing it....
Call for donor wall and Century Park ideas
Who's calling? Well, the lack of any viable solution from either the WSHM or the City of Tacoma tells me us folks who live here need to put our...
Councilmember Andersons on the wall (not literally)
Tacoma city councilmember Julie Anderson weights in on the donor wall debacle in an op ed in today's News Tribune. Seems she's trying to play the role of a...
WSHS Donor wall FAQ
Looks as though the WSHS is doing a little campaigning for the building of their controversial donor wall through a FAQ and timeline on their site. As I'm sure...
Follow-up: Winthrop and the Wall
Just want to help make sure a couple important issues in the progress of downtown Tacoma stay on people's radar. More is sure to arise in the coming weeks...
Donor wall remixed
RR Anderson of Holistic Forge Works fame came up with a pretty funny bit of work in Photoshop. It seems he sees a different vision of the proposed wall. Hehe....
Weekly Round-Up for Sept. 30, 2006
Since the pace of blogging has grown more brisk with time, I'm going to try out something new. The following is a round-up of the the week's big entries...
Donor wall editorial and renderings
Plenty of stuff's still flying around about the wall the WSHS wants to erect to honor donors and continue to route pedestrians toward its front doors. There's an editorial...
Wall hurts pedestrian access and view by Erik Bjornson
Thanks to local family lawyer Erik Bjornson for sending in the following post. The City of Tacoma has issued a stop work permit on the proposed brick wall being...
Wall set to block downtown views blocked (for now)
Remember that little mystery wall blogged about here and here on my site and over at Exit133? According to a couple different sources, someone on the City Council asked...