We Have Some Color!
Our Summer farmshare has entered week three and things are getting more interesting. A beautiful bunch of carrots brings us a new dose of color. Several pints of raspberries are always a good thing. Rhubarb. Some greens. Broccoli! More fava beans. Some absolutely gorgeous lettuces. Maybe I’ll get around to cooking those fava beans this week…
5 comments
J Jesse November 3, 2011
Hopefully it goes into foreclosure and it’s auctioned off to someone who can do something with it. Perhaps the auction price will be so low that restoring it as a grand hotel would pencil out. One can dream…
C Chris Karnes November 3, 2011
I wouldn’t mind seeing a change of use from residential to commercial. I’m thinking of office space for entrepreneurs. Whatever is done with the building is going to require a lot of capital — and I’m just not sure where that could come from at this point.
A Angela Jossy November 3, 2011
I would love to see it split up into hotel rooms on the top floors, condos in the middle and low-cost apartments for artists near the bottom. This building has potential to be the artists live/work building that Tacoma has long been dreaming of because it has that lovely ballroom for events and so many retail spaces around the bottom. Plus it already has two restaurants attached to it which could become a great resource for ordering room service! :)
C Christine November 3, 2011
I love Angela’s idea. I’ve been inside and viewed the penthouse and ballroom. Gorgeous spaces going to waste, it could easily be the beautiful building it once was. Maybe the McMin/Elk’s building rehab will help drive the renovations? My fingers are crossed.
J Janice November 4, 2011
Sadly, McMin’s renovation of the Elks Club includes plans to destroy that building’s ballroom.
I’m curious if the Winthrop is on the city’s Historic Register… not that this would protect it from demolition… though that commission is looking for new blood which will perhaps bring a stronger spine to the group.