Columbia City Townhomes Move Forward
Finally! The townhome development that's sat stagnant for years on Renton Ave in Columbia City is finally poised to move forward. Tomorrow, actually! A couple cars parked out in...
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Nalley Valley Viaduct Construction Accident
A brief note on Twitter alerted me that I should get my camera as close to the Highway 16 Nalley Valley viaduct as possible this afternoon. Turns out, a...
Tacoma Sounder Construction Pacific Ave. Preview
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Photos ~ Pillars of Progress
Whether passing by on my Vespa or bike I'm always impressed with the scale of the project going on to get traffic across the Nalley Valley. The human comparison...
Photos ~ Future FUMC Site Construction Update
The other day I updated on the large pit where the former historic First United Methodist Church once stood. FUMC will soon have a new home on the corner...
Photos ~ Former FUMC Site Construction Update
It's been a while since an update on the location of the former historic First United Methodist Church. MultiCare is on its way to building its new emergency departments...
Construction fence graffiti clean-up
Saw this poor construction working wasting his time having to cover up graffiti left on a fence surrounding the new UWT building off Pacific. Anyone else perceive an overall...
Action at the Elks building
KFnet friend Michael pointed out that on his walk to work he saw some activity over at the old Elks building. Though it's not be full-scale renovation just yet,...
New United Methodist and old bricks
Looks like renovation of the First United Methodist is underway at their new location on the corner of 7th and Tacoma. Work began late last month and will be...
Video ~ Narrows bridge goes dark
As I mentioned last week, the new Narrows bridge is no longer going dark but is dark. Efforts to light the bridges are going well and you can always...
New Narrows bridge going dark
There's a great image (at right) on the front page of the News Tribune showing only one strand of lights remaining on the new Narrows bridge. The other is...
Narrows Bridge part rolling toward Tacoma + video (update 1)
As Erik pointed out earlier that huge expansion join is now on the road from Spokane to Tacoma. You can track it's progress here. WSDOT even posted a video...
Narrows Bridge part stuck at ID/WA border
SayWA (to steal a surprised expression from Erik Emery)? A wee, not-so-wee, but friggin' huge piece of the new Tacoma Narrows bridge is being held up at the Idaho-Washington...
Former site of Mattson house update
After some recent comments on a post from last May, I decided to swing by the former Mattson house site for a look-see. There's a new place being built...
I-5 traffic construction alert
Traffic on I-5 around Hwy. 16 will undergo some changes starting tonight. Here's a list of what to watch out for over the coming week or so (schedule weather...
Downtown construction mini mystery solved
Earlier this morning I brought up a bit of construction happening where a fence stood on Pacific blocking direct access to the Bridge of Glass. Didn't know what was...
D and A streets closing this month for construction
Two popular ways of bypassing all the stop lights downtown on Pacific will be closing this month for construction. D and A Streets at the end of the Thea...
D Street closure coming soon
If you commonly cut over to Dock St. from Tacoma's Dome District via D Street you'll soon have to find a different route. D Steet will closed for construction...