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Re: Art & Culture | What Tacoma Needs: Art Bike Racks

Rue — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:34:31 -0700

Wow, thanks for sharing, ixia. What a nightmare! More »

Re: Art & Culture | What Tacoma Needs: Art Bike Racks

ixia — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:17:09 -0700

yeah, that would be one of ours. Basically any business that has a flower pot, a bench or a bike rack in front needs property owner permission, a 300 buck city permit with an annual 90 bucks permit fee and a million dollar liability insurance. More »

Re: Art & Culture | What Tacoma Needs: Art Bike Racks

beerandhotdogs — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:17:47 -0700

If it's any consolation, a city worker was out in front of our building last week with a measuring tape. I asked what was up, and he said we were getting planters painted by individual artists along the ave, "about 5 or 6" of them. More »

Re: Art & Culture | What Tacoma Needs: Art Bike Racks

ixia — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:43:45 -0700

A Cautionary Tale: A year and a half ago, I wrote an innovative neighborhood grant for the 6th Avenue Merchant’s Association for 5 art planters along 6th Ave. The planters were old damaged surplus stuff from the city. More »

Re: Art & Culture | What Tacoma Needs: Art Bike Racks

Marty — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:07:18 -0700

IT was suggested that the New Tacoma Neighbohood Council funds some, but nobody was willing to take a leadership role in writing the grant. More »

Re: Art & Culture | What Tacoma Needs: Art Bike Racks

jane — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:40:07 -0700

We need those up and down 6th Ave More »

Art & Culture | What Tacoma Needs: Art Bike Racks

Rue — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:27:24 -0700

The NY Times featured super creative Talking Head dude David Byrne and a series of bike racks he designed. Could Tacoma use bike racks? More »