Sound Transit Phase 2 Public Comment Today Only
I’ve been asked to remind all of you that the only public forum regarding Sound Transit Phase 2 is today.
Where: Main Library at South 11th and Tacoma Avenue
When: 4:30 TO 7:30 pm
A couple of relevant links include:
Sound Transit – Press Release
Sound Transit – Mapping the Future
Sound Transit – Sound Transit 2 is Our Connection To The Future
I’m sure you have opinions. Be a part of the process.
8 comments
C crenshaw sepulveda September 26, 2010
Hey, it was blocking the view of the Pacific Plaza, it had to go. Those Pacific Plaza people can get what ever they want. Want the Luzon gone, poof it is gone and we’ll make the owners of the Luzon pay for the demolition. Want a Link stop at your door, poof, it is done, even in this economy we’ll make sure Pacific Plaza has a link stop.
D Dave_L September 26, 2010
Thanks for the coverage Daniel and TDI.
I wouldn’t think of being anywhere else tonight. Though it won’t feel much like party party to me. Wake, maybe. I’ve seen the plans that were to be used for the Luzon’s restoration, and worked on brick buildings in worse structural shape that were stabilized and restored. The sting remains, and it still feels personal.
J Jesse September 26, 2010
I know it’s of little conciliation but perhaps the plans for this block and others on Pacific Avenue can use the magic of brick-ties and creative concrete work to recreate the grand Pacific Ave of yesteryear while building upward at the same time with creative architectural prowess. The street level and the fronts of buildings can look exactly like original with facades and building upward beyond its original formats with glass front buildings. I think that’d be neat.
P PointDexter September 26, 2010
Dateline:.9.26.10:
Except.for.a.few.strays,.the.cult.of.the.Luzon.has.been.effectively.neutralized.
T TacomaTank September 27, 2010
It’s sad but it clearly had to go, the owner of the Pacific Plaza building was having trouble filling his building and when that happens clearly the City needs to : 1. demolish historic structures that the owner dislikes, 2: disregard whatever zoning rules apply to the building so that the owner can get an above market rate lease for a non-conforming use and; 3. construct whatever transportation infrastructure the owner needs or wants. The city does this for all building owners right?
D Dave_L September 28, 2010
Informative and balanced talk (and informal discussion afterward) by Jennifer Mortensen of Washington Trust for Historic Preservation, and author of Lost Urgency: The Luzon Building, including some nuances that didn’t fit into the edited print version. Sharon Winters of Historic Tacoma spoke on where we are as a city and where we still are not, and what we can do collectively, and as individuals. It was good to see the massive Fidelity Building, even if only in reduced scale.
[ [email removed] September 28, 2010
what was that little green one Dave L ?
F Florence October 3, 2010
Look at the other buildings in that photo, surrounding the Luzon… especially that gorgeous one across Pacific Avenue. When did they go? Was there an outcry when they were razed? What a crime those are gone, too.