What We Need: Big Slides
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Once upon a time we talked about our pet projects – the one project that we would do to change our city. A new one has been submitted… that I really like. The Tate Modern in London has installed Carsten Höller’s Unilever Series – a set of slides that extend from the upper levels of the massively expansive turbine hall down to the floor. The longest is 56 meters long. We’re a city on a hill. We need slides. Massive slides… Connect Fireman’s Park to Dock Street with low maintenance slides and not some tram system. We can use trolley’s to get back up to downtown. Okay, I’m sure there’s some practical reason (like the objections of lawyers and our insurance agent), but ahhh… to dream.
Link to The Guardian |
3 comments
E Elliot August 6, 2010
Good god, can we stop talking about parking in this town? I have NEVER had to park more than 3 blocks away from where I was going in Tacoma. I suppose if you have an expectation of being able to park 5 feet away from the door of your favorite restaurant every time, parking might seem daunting. This isn’t Sumner, it’s a freaking city. The sooner people realize that, the sooner we can start having more walkable streets with fewer parking lots everywhere.
And seriously, why would you end this post with a warning about parking? I know you think it’s informative, and hey, maybe some folks will decide to carpool, but for anyone with a sane concept of what “tough parking” is (not being able to find parking within a half-mile or more of the address) this only serves to discourage people from coming out to a great neighborhood event.
T Tacoma1 August 6, 2010
I’m planning on walking, since I live about a mile away. Most folks could easily take an 11 or 16 bus right to it and not have to stress about the overabundant parking we have in this city.
R rainlover August 6, 2010
We bike to the farmer’s market every Saturday (from the Wright Park neighborhood) it’s a great way to go to any event where you think parking might be tight. We’ll hit Woofstock on the way home and wont have to keep moving a car around.