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Tue. July 10, 2007, 07:08am PDT
Tacoma Photo Gang - 5 Mile Drive
On Saturday I joined the Tacoma Photo Gang on a photoroll at Point Defiance Park's 5 Mile Drive. As if clandestine operatives we all met by the statue of Francis Cushman. Brooks was there along with five new faces. We parked at the top of the lot at Owens Beach then met up with the road just above. We had no particular target for our photos in mind just that the drive is closed off to vehicle traffic until 1pm. We snapped shots of leaves, bugs, each other, spider webs, you name it!
Thanks for the outing idea Brooks and anyone can feel free to join us at our photo show 'n tell Beans & Seens tonight at 7pm at Firehouse Coffee over on 6th and Union.
More Photo Gang 5 Mile Drive shots on Flickr and on SmugMug
Tue. July 10, 2007, 11:20am PDT
New United Methodist and old bricks
Looks like renovation of the First United Methodist is underway at their new location on the corner of 7th and Tacoma. Work began late last month and will be complete next May on the former storage facility. From the FUMC Tacoma blog:
A contract has been signed for $5.286 million. ...Our future home will be ready to serve us and our community well by next May. Starting about June 18 a security fence will go up around the building. The next step will be for a demolition crew to enter the building and remove all the walls, stairs and concrete that will not be needed. Next the steel arrives and new shapes will appear. When it is done there will be new insulation in the roof and all walls, bright new windows on all sides, new elevator, new stairs, new sanctuary, new offices, new classrooms, new parlor, new kitchen, new fellowship hall and many other lovely additions.
You can also pick up a piece of the former FUMC that stood for 90 years and met its demise at the hands of MultiCare's expansion. $15 will get you a brick from the old church with a memorial plaque that reads "TACOMA FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 1916 - 2006".
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