11 Wonders of Tacoma

The City has released a list of the “11 Wonders of Tacoma” as voted on by anyone who happens to follow KOMO. We see a lot of these “best-of” lists, and there aren’t a lot of surprises here. We somehow missed the invite to vote, but you can see the list of options (as selected by “local leaders such as Former Tacoma Mayor Bill Baarsma, David Fisher from the Broadway Center, Judi Hyman from the Downtown Merchants Group and David Zeeck, from the News Tribune.”) on the Survey Monkey page:

Bob’s Java Jive
Elks Temple
Fort Nisqually
LeRoy Jewelers
Murals
Museum of Glass
Octopus under the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Pacific Lutheran University
Point Defiance Park and Zoo
Port of Tacoma
Pythian Temple
Ruston Way Waterfront
Stadium High School
Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Tacoma’s theatres (Pantages and Rialto)
Thea Foss Waterway
University of Puget Sound
Union Station
University of Washington Tacoma
Views of Mt. Rainier
Wright Park

Those were the choices, and here (drum roll, please) are the winners:

1. Point Defiance Park & Zoo
2. Union Station
3. Ruston Way Waterfront
4. Tacoma Narrows Bridge
5. Views of Mt. Rainier
6. Stadium High School
7. Wright Park
8. Museum of Glass
9. Fort Nisqually
10. Octopus under the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
11. Murray Morgan Bridge

So, what do you think? Do you agree with the choices? What’s missing? Did you get the chance to vote?