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Re: Comics | Meanwhile at Tollefest...

boearc — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:03:21 -0700

Ah yes - but after a night at the Crowne Plaza, do your clothes need to be cleaned because of a pink chalky residue left behind on your behind from sitting on the 'red' concrete steps? It this space is destined to remain in its abstract state, then create it as a memorial columbarium for the internment of Tacoma politicos (sort of a T-Town version of Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner). More »

Re: Comics | Meanwhile at Tollefest...

NineInchNachos — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:35:09 -0700

I suggest folks stuff pockets with free food then hop on the link to see genuine and original folk art down in colorful, bio-diverse frost park More »

Re: Comics | Meanwhile at Tollefest...

ixia — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:27:21 -0700

How about Winter Grass Hotel? More »

Re: Comics | Meanwhile at Tollefest...

izenmania — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:22:28 -0700

"Would you go if it was a free lunch? " Probably not. More »

Re: Comics | Meanwhile at Tollefest...

Mofo from the Hood — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:09:16 -0700

Yeah I get where Demsky going...Tollefson Plaza needs be built over with a Crowne Plaza Hotel Express. That cement lot has mesmerized people to only see it as a permanent vacant lot. More »

Re: Comics | Meanwhile at Tollefest...

ixia — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:00:17 -0700

Or- inspired by Nickels poaching methods - they are luring people from Frost Park to their Friday Lunches at noon. Would you go if it was a free lunch? More »

Re: Comics | Meanwhile at Tollefest...

Crenshaw Sepulveda — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:48:25 -0700

It could be that they'll have to pay people to actually use Tollefson Plaza. I certainly can't imagine anyone paying to use the facility, furnished or not. More »

Re: Comics | Meanwhile at Tollefest...

ixia — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:45:11 -0700

Perhaps, but does that come with 35'000 dollars worth of furniture? And what about parking? More »

Re: Comics | Meanwhile at Tollefest...

NineInchNachos — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:32:19 -0700

BREAKING NEWS: from soon to be leaving TNT MUCKRACKER Ian Demsky: "It's cheaper to rent a pretty much any room smaller than a suite in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Manhattan's Times Square for a night than to rent Tacoma's Tollefson Plaza for five hours." http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/06/23/the_crowne_plaza_is_cheaper More »

Re: Comics | Meanwhile at Tollefest...

fredo — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:43:05 -0800

Erik@ Idea is great. two questions: Do we have enough density downtown and would people like to go there even in bad weather? More »

Re: Comics | Meanwhile at Tollefest...

Erik — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:36:06 -0800

Here's how tollefson could look if they allowed a restaurant or coffee shop in: More »

Re: Comics | Meanwhile at Tollefest...

NineInchNachos — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:27:53 -0800

LeMay could donate a cool Metro Harvester 50's milk truck for taco truck conversion. More »

Re: Comics | Meanwhile at Tollefest...

NineInchNachos — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:26:50 -0800

even cheaper solution: Taco Truck, Hod Dog Carts More »

Re: Comics | Meanwhile at Tollefest...

Erik — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:20:52 -0800

Re: Comics | Meanwhile at Tollefest...

thriceallamerican — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:19:29 -0800

Hmm...what if the city allowed someone to build a small cafe at the skinny end of the park (near the bus stop) with at most a couple of places to sit inside, but by and large relying on the park for it's seating? (Tiny triangle building, which would reflect the look of surrounding buildings.) Also, allow food carts along the Pac Ave edge and possibly also on the upper tier. More »

Re: Comics | Meanwhile at Tollefest...

Erik — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:59:41 -0800

Erik@ Can Tollefson be saved? Or is this going to be like the common area in Boston that Kunstler describes as unsalvageable? More »

Re: Comics | Meanwhile at Tollefest...

fredo — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:51:48 -0800

Erik@ Can Tollefson be saved? Or is this going to be like the common area in Boston that Kunstler describes as unsalvageable? More »

Re: Comics | Meanwhile at Tollefest...

Erik — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:55:51 -0800

The Urbanist predicts failure. Sorry. More »

Re: Comics | Meanwhile at Tollefest...

fredo — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:14:05 -0800

I applaud the effort to make the plaza more user friendly. However, I have little confidence that the chairs and tables which are unsecured will remain there for long. More »

Re: Comics | Meanwhile at Tollefest...

NineInchNachos — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:57:16 -0800

they put the chairs where nobody wants to use them. If people end up using the chairs they take them away. More »