Photos and story by Iustinian Popa “What’s up you dip shits?” yelled a voice from behind the fence as I...
If you’ve been following the saga of Old City Hall, you’ll know that just last week the City of Tacoma announced its favorite from the five most recent proposals for revitalization of the historic structure. The winner was Surge Tacoma.
Nestled in downtown Tacoma in a narrow park stands a totem pole. At one point, it was brightly painted, but the paint is faded. Graffiti is carved into the base. At the top sits an eagle with wings spread, as if surveying the port below.
Illustrations by Oksana Krytska On Sunday November 1, 1908, the Tacoma Daily Ledger ran a column on page 13 titled,...
Photos by Russ Carmack If you’re the parent or guardian of a child in the Tacoma School District, you’re likely...
The locally famous Piling Bike near Dickman Mill Park has a new friend. This one, further northeast near Cummings Park, is a similar type of folding bike but has more than that in common with its rustier counterpart.
Photo by Sierra Hartman I Despite its general reputation for rain and murk, the summer months in Cascadia are dry...
A century ago, Tacoma’s waterfront was a nearly unbroken string of lumber mills. The city was home to at least 38 of them, together churning out 100 million board feet of lumber every day.
In an act of heroic resistance to the ongoing epidemic of exhaust system thievery, Metro Parks Tacoma has refurbished the...
The days of Never Never Land’s remaining statues being housed by Metro Parks are numbered—down to 14, to be exact....
We added a bunch of new houses to the list this year but we’re trying something new with this one....
In May of 1903, Tacoma unveiled what was then the world’s tallest totem pole. It stood next to the Tacoma...
