Bye Bye to 23 Union Square
The News Tribune is reporting that the proposed 23 Union Square project, a development at the corner of South 23rd and Union on property owned by the Elks, is dead.
You weren’t exactly fans of the original plan …
Maybe the next round of ideas will be more interesting to you.
Link to The News Tribune
Previously on Exit133
Filed under: Developments, General
10 comments
N NSHDscott September 25, 2008
Well, it would have been an improvement over the existing acres-of-parking state, but the plans weren’t very exciting. Not that I’ve heard any better specific ideas, just “more” and “bigger” wishes.
J Jake September 25, 2008
That would have been a great spot for a Whole Foods.
T TacomAroma September 25, 2008
I agree with Jake…bring in the Whole Foods!
J Jesse September 25, 2008
Sell the whole property and move the Elks back to a refurbished Elks Lodge in DT Tacoma. Bigger isn’t always better.
If this happened, hell, even I’d join.
M Mofo from the Hood September 26, 2008
Here’s an idea; one of those feel good community-building projects that everyone can participate in:
Dismantle the old Broadway Street Elks and Spanish Steps and rebuild them at South 23rd & Union.
N Nicole September 26, 2008
Does Tacoma really need a Whole Foods? It is a great store but very much out of my price-range, as is the case with most Tacoma residents I think. I’m all for a new organic market, but there must be a more affordable option. (Trader Joe’s????)We already have Metropolitan Market for expensive groceries, why not support the local company?
M Mofo from the Hood September 27, 2008
Is it too much to ask to scrape off that black top parking lot and plant a cornfield?
Maybe some of you folks don’t know this, but just a few miles down the freeway there’s a tortilla chip plant located in the former farm lands of Fife…Does the name Diane’s ring a bell?
There are a lot of vacant lots in Tacoma that could be planted with corn.
Think about it y’all.
T Tacoma Taxpayer September 27, 2008
How about getting rid of the blacktop, and planting trees and have Connie Ladenburg get money to build a trail thru it? Maybe she could get this done before she leaves office? Oops, guess not, she wouldn’t have enough time!
M Mofo from the Hood September 28, 2008
Keep the blacktop parking lot. Apply for federal money to plant two columns of trees and make a woodland trail through it.
D drizell October 1, 2008
The news about 23 Union Square awhile back definitely wasn’t too exciting. Tacoma can do better than just another ubiquitous strip mall.