In this series, the Sun explores the city from a thousand feet up. Drawing inspiration from a combination of the cheesy public television “Over..” series, Paul Dorpat’s long running Now & Then column in the Seattle Times, and the Aerial Photography layer of the City of Tacoma’s govME mapping website, we look at different landmarks and neighborhoods to see how land use decisions have impacted our built environment and our community.
This week: The Tacoma Mall
What does the Martin Luther King Housing Development Authority (MLKHDA), an affordable housing non-profit organization, have to do with one of the richest companies in the country?
Certainly it can be argued that without the vision that created the UWT campus and the ability of the state to re-use many long neglected downtown buildings, Tacoma’s current revitalization might not have happened, or at least to the degree that it has happened.
Celebrating people, products, and businesses that make Tacoma unique. Mark Monlux is an award winning freelance illustrator and cartoonist. A northwest native, he has called Tacoma home for the last 16 years.
I’ve been thinking about Kunstler’s recent visit. For all his bombast and bleakness, he does offer some kernels of insight.
