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Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | How would you change Freighthouse?

GL — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:37:59 -0800

Love the new coffee shop with the big tasty cinnamon rolls. That makes 2 places to get a morning latte. More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | How would you change Freighthouse?

KevinFreitas — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:33:02 -0700

Nah, vendors in the food court could be out there during peak visitor hours like during the morning and evening commutes and especially during the summer when the weather's nice. More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | How would you change Freighthouse?

AP — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:06:08 -0700

How about hot dog carts on the sidewalk, a la Pioneer Square. Those things are like magnets. More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | How would you change Freighthouse?

scout — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:15:51 -0700

correction - good idea, not god idea - though you are rather godlike, Kevin! ;-) More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | How would you change Freighthouse?

scout — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:14:24 -0700

"My vote would be to pull more people in by exposing the place more to the nearby street. Knock down some walls and create more entrances to businesses there from the street." That's a really god idea Kevin - When I was there inside at one point I could see the Tuesday market out on the street and it looked much more vibrant and inviting than where I was inside. More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | How would you change Freighthouse?

KevinFreitas — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:39:42 -0700

NineInchNachos: Nice walls! scout: "Dismal" is right. More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | How would you change Freighthouse?

NineInchNachos — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:57:10 -0700

Two Words: DONOR WALLS! Yes friends, the only worthy improvement is to erect Donor Walls to pay tribute to all the people who helped save this historic structure. More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | How would you change Freighthouse?

scout — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:46:29 -0700

Freighthouse was the very first gallery where I showed my work - like at least ten years ago. I went there yesterday (I hadn't been there for at least three or four years) - it seemed kind of dismal. More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | How would you change Freighthouse?

Erik — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:46:43 -0700

"Honestly though, I cant stand being in that building for very long." The courage of the merchants there is unbelievable. Many have been there for years and seem ready to hang on to the end. More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | How would you change Freighthouse?

jenyum — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:44:41 -0700

The lego store would be more popular if they made an effort to make the play area comfortable and had more standardized hours. More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | How would you change Freighthouse?

NineInchNachos — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:21:12 -0700

I like walking past the lego shop in FHS and seeing the shop keeps looking bored out of their minds, surrounded by piles of lego bricks. Honestly though, I cant stand being in that building for very long. More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | How would you change Freighthouse?

jenyum — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:56:56 -0700

One more thing: they might be able to catch some of those thousands of bus riders that go through the Sound Transit terminal facing away from Freighthouse if they got people down there in the early morning with fliers, discounts on lattes, buy one get one free offers, etc. Give them to the commuters in the morning, with offers geared toward the evening when people are returning from work on the express buses. More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | How would you change Freighthouse?

jenyum — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:53:42 -0700

Up the energy level of the events a bit, have more activity that spills onto the street/sound of live music on the train platform when the sounder comes in. I'm kind of a nut about "flow" but it seems like having the quiet space of the art gallery between the bustle of the food court and the event space kills things a little. More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | How would you change Freighthouse?

droid116 — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:01:03 -0700

Keep it open from 10pm to 1am and use the length of it for laser tag. More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | How would you change Freighthouse?

Erik — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:34:18 -0700

"I'm sure Erik would go for that considering his love for Stargate over at Meconi's." Ouch. However, it was only a matter of time Kevin when we had to go mono a mono in a video game. More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | How would you change Freighthouse?

KevinFreitas — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:48:39 -0700

I'm sure Erik would go for that considering his love for Stargate over at Meconi's. More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | How would you change Freighthouse?

OddTodd — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:14:40 -0700

I like the old-school Donkey Kong, Pac Man, Donkey Kong Jr., etc. at Shorty's more than the hot dogs. More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | How would you change Freighthouse?

KevinFreitas — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:54:03 -0700

Hehe. One can only hope. More »

Re: Tacoma's Growth & Development | How would you change Freighthouse?

OddTodd — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:40:52 -0700

Add a 'Shorty's Tacoma' location -- http://www.shortydog.com/ Also: Why do I have a feeling RR is going to hack a photo of Freighthouse Square with his 'vision' for the place, and post it? More »

Tacoma's Growth & Development | How would you change Freighthouse?

KevinFreitas — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:56:46 -0700

The Weekly Volcano is pretty up on Freighthouse currently and I'm certainly no exception with my fondness for SoDo and new stuff coming to Freighthouse. Still, after a paltry attendance in the mid-afternoon hours of their 20th Birthday celebration this last weekend, something seems missing. More »