Strange things lurk in Tacoma’s Underground!
Imagine walking into a dank dark basement in a 110 year old building downtown and turning on the lights to find this eerie and surreal scene. That’s what happened to me recently while working on this Sun story.
22 responses so far ↓
1 KevinFreitas // Feb 15, 2008 at 7:44 am
Wow, great shots tho I may not be able to sleep now. Eek!
2 RR Anderson // Feb 15, 2008 at 9:53 am
My god man. They’re sitting on a gold mine! How can I get one of those figures for my yard?
3 RR Anderson // Feb 15, 2008 at 9:56 am
How much for the white chickens?
4 TacomaGnome // Feb 15, 2008 at 10:35 am
Truly a find, Mr. Morgan.
The history there. Wow. The Three Little Pigs were carved after 1933, but it doesn’t look like it was much afterwards.
Congratulations. Tacoma waits the story.
5 John Moltz // Feb 15, 2008 at 10:42 am
Wh-why… why are they all SCREAMING?!
Don’t you hear it?!
AAAAAIIIIIIEEEEE!!!
6 Bill Barnett // Feb 15, 2008 at 11:41 am
They won’t come to life and start walking around downtown if exposed to sunlight will they?
7 Andrew Austin // Feb 15, 2008 at 11:41 am
A little creepy I must say…I’m excited to see the story.
8 Erik Bjornson // Feb 15, 2008 at 2:09 pm
The expressions are creepy when the are set out this way. Don’t miss the larger sized Pie Maker in Capers.
9 julie // Feb 16, 2008 at 2:58 pm
lets make a display of them in the urbanX window for the daffodil festival attendees to view…
10 julie // Feb 16, 2008 at 2:59 pm
PS/ i would permanently display a small one somewhere in the store if you are interested….maybe a sheep or a little animal. Make urbanX more of a tacoma experience.
11 julie // Feb 16, 2008 at 3:00 pm
WA state history museum should have most of them?
12 Steve // Feb 17, 2008 at 12:21 pm
WOW, does this ever take me back! I haven’t been to the Point for a while but I remember last time I was there & strolled through the forgotten Never Never (possibly ever) Land. Too bad it got vandalized.
BTW: Sayin’ hi to Kevin. We gotta meet some day. I hear you’re a dynamic designer!
13 Erik Bjornson // Feb 17, 2008 at 3:06 pm
lets make a display of them in the urbanX window for the daffodil festival attendees to view…
There you go. You could dress them up too!
14 Kenny // Mar 31, 2008 at 4:41 pm
When is the article going to be online?
15 Morgan Alexander // Apr 10, 2008 at 10:20 am
The accompanying article to these photos has been postponed indefinitely, sorry.
16 Alice W // Jun 17, 2008 at 6:49 am
This is great to see that they are “safe”.
17 Eunice G // Jun 18, 2008 at 3:25 pm
They belong where another generation of children can see them. If the woods, sadly, aren’t safe anymore, can anyone think of another venue for them to come to life again? Not a historical display, but a living storybook!
18 Morgan Alexander // Jun 20, 2008 at 9:40 am
The owner is open to selling them- but they aren’t cheap. They are custom made figures - fiberglass I think - and each one was hand painted. There was talk with Metro Parks and also the Children’s Museum, but their interest wasn’t deep and the talks didn’t go anywhere. If the community came up with a convincing use and arguement for re-using the figures, I’m sure the owner would be open to ideas.
19 kimberlee // Jun 23, 2008 at 8:47 am
They really should do something with them and make a positive impact. I think using them for the Daffodil Festival is a great idea. Float anyone?
20 Alice // Jun 27, 2008 at 7:16 am
I found some of my pics from Never Never Land and have posted them on flickr.
21 Vickie // Jul 16, 2008 at 8:34 am
So sad to see the demise of Never Never Land.
My family went every year when I was little to picnic and see the sights at Point Defiance. I am glad that I took my children to see it all (and take pictures of them there) before it was trashed and vandalized. It is missed greatly…
22 Tarin // Aug 22, 2008 at 3:14 pm
I was wondering if anyone had any contact info for the owners of the figurines? I am interested in purchasing one. Thanks!
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