30Nov03: New Tacoma Photos

[Troy.One]

A little dedication to my son, who apparently is going to be a good and solid

future urban warrior!

He even took several of the photos (with plenty o'help) below and rode

some of that silk-smooth new Tacoma rail for the first time.

Photos from last Sunday. (Filler quotes above pictures are some Ayn Rand

stuff... heh.)

Conv. Ctr (future spire here...) under construction

Birds. They always do spontaneous photo fly-bys...

First lesson in urban punk training.

I distract traveller, you take the bag.

Need a night photo of this.

"Man's character is the product of his premises."

"No concept man forms is valid unless he integrates it without contradiction into the sum of his knowledge."

"Thinking men cannot be ruled."

"There is nothing to take a man's freedom away from him, save

other men. To be free, a man must be free of his brothers."

"Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent."

"Power-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lot of an empty mind."

"To fear to face an issue is to believe the worst is true."

Shut her up! Blue and Green in the 'Theater District.'

Diggin' it.

His first urban photo.

Sign inside said no drinks on the electric wave-machine kiddo!

His second urban photo.

His third urban photo. Tacoma Dome pit-stop meets Sounder hook-up.

His fourth. Like the sign says. But, you park there.

57 Downtown.

More looks from the Tacoma Dome stop.

Across the street, the entrance to the Sounder. Quiet, as the train

has a special schedule due to Seahawk blue and green up in Seattle.

Austin charting our next course of action. (Too bad it's Dad's Alaska

'water maps'... well, he didn't actually have to 'know' that part.)

Independence.

Random last shot before departing the stop at Tacoma Dome.

His fifth urban shot. And, where we depart from.

All types of urban 'Cruisers.'

UW-T old and new merging.

No chihuahuas.

Back to the conv. ctr. u/c. Skoda gliding again. Steady headway here.

Rainier and center city obstructions.

Escalator is not ready. Do not enter.

Random. Completely.

His last photo. Mini-me pano (with help from remote.) He had a

fine day. So did I!

[turlough]

OMG you are a cool dad and your pics are just awsome god i love you theads

[Allan]

Wow! Awesome pics !!

[tocoto]

Thanks for the great photo tour. Tacoma looks like a very interesting place.

[monsoon]

[edmonton mike]

Looks like a nice city.

There was an article in the Architectural Record (p. 110, Aug. 2003) on the Tacoma Art Museum, and I must say I was impressed. There is a fantastic picture of an overhead view of the museum, those condos in your 5th pic. the suspension bridge, and a domed building in the distance reflecting a beautiful sunset/sunrise.

I like the LRT system but IMO, the paint job on the cars is quite ugly.