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Re: Comics | A City of Parking Lots...

Maria — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:47:33 -0800

Thanks, that looks interesting--I added it to my Amazon Wishlist. More »

Re: Comics | A City of Parking Lots...

Thorax O'Tool — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:06:42 -0800

"The Pensacola Parking Syndrome"Very astute. And thank god it's not called "The Tacoma Parking Syndrome".I've mentioned it before, but I wish to again recommend a book called "Downtown: Its rise and fall, 1880-1950".It's available at (coincidentally) the downtown library branch. More »

Re: Comics | A City of Parking Lots...

Maria — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:27:41 -0800

Another Catch-22Downtown core not yet filled with residents = businesses relying on workers / students / tourists / visitors in cars to drive into the city for jobs, entertainment, shopping, etc. = need for parking = economic successHealthy downtown with more CBD residents= workers / residents doing their commerce, shopping and commuting within dense core = parking spaces previously useful no longer necessaryThe New York Times has a great article about this subject (it's one coming up in cities across the nation):http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/arts/design/taking-parking-lots-seriously-as-public-spaces.html But what does this entail? More »

Re: Comics | A City of Parking Lots...

Thorax O'Tool — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:51:28 -0800

Catch-22.Too many spaces and not enough jobs/retail/habitation = blightNot enough spaces for big demand = flight to the 'burbs. More »

Re: Comics | A City of Parking Lots...

tacoma1 — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:52:20 -0800

Excellent question ixia, but apparently no one knows. I say we open it up to WAG's, or wild ass guesses. More »

Re: Comics | A City of Parking Lots...

ixia — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:48:24 -0800

just wondering...how many stalls/spaces per car does Tacoma have? More »

Re: Comics | A City of Parking Lots...

NineInchNachos — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:42:16 -0800

update! http://www.thenewstribune.com//2012/02/21/2034747/plan-limits-parking-stalls.html More »

Re: Comics | A City of Parking Lots...

cisserosmiley — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:15:20 -0800

RR you swapped com n org...real site: http://www.downtowntacomaparking.org More »

Re: Comics | A City of Parking Lots...

NineInchNachos — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:36:32 -0800

what happened to our awesome 50K worth of Jay Ray parking lot site? http://www.downtowntacomaparking.com/ More »

Re: Comics | A City of Parking Lots...

fredo — Sun, 16 May 2010 07:23:25 -0700

Morgan, great picture. You know, in a few years merchants will be complaining about how bad business is and will be demanding that the city remove the new pay stations just like before. More »

Re: Comics | A City of Parking Lots...

morgan — Sun, 16 May 2010 00:23:35 -0700

The more things change, the more they stay the same. "By November of 1935 Tacoma's merchants were demanding that something be done about "parking hogs." Even with diagonal parking there was little room on the streets for shoppers to park their cars. More »

Re: Comics | A City of Parking Lots...

Thorax O'Tool — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:52:00 -0700

Best idea of them all... contribute all $700,000 to the MWF. More »

Re: Comics | A City of Parking Lots...

Jesse — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:23:29 -0700

Even more ideas: -- $700k worth of LID team members to organize LID projects around town sot this money can become millions in projects. -- Digging out planter strips around the city and planting trees and in-fill ground cover plants instead of the asphalt that is in most of them now. More »

Re: Comics | A City of Parking Lots...

ixia — Fri, 14 May 2010 13:23:29 -0700

Eric Anderson is master of three things: parking parking parking He is Tacoma's Par King More »

Re: Comics | A City of Parking Lots...

NineInchNachos — Fri, 14 May 2010 11:09:37 -0700

Eric Anderson's idea: parking lot freebie to DaVida a company that has already decided to stay in tacoma (after extortion attempt 1) More »

Re: Comics | A City of Parking Lots...

Nick — Fri, 14 May 2010 10:35:35 -0700

Some more ideas: - Supplement funding for expanding the LINK. - Fill some of the gaping potholes around town. More »

Re: Comics | A City of Parking Lots...

Jesse — Thu, 13 May 2010 17:22:42 -0700

Indeed. Why should Pac Ave be the only major street in town? More »

Re: Comics | A City of Parking Lots...

morgan — Thu, 13 May 2010 16:55:57 -0700

To follow up on Jesse's #4 bullet: Broadway used to be a thriving and desirable place to do business: More »

Re: Comics | A City of Parking Lots...

NineInchNachos — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:49:35 -0700

Hey Jesse have you thought about applying for a city manager position? More »

Re: Comics | A City of Parking Lots...

Jesse — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:06:23 -0700

Better ideas for the $700k? Right here: 1. More »