Ever Wonder What Happened to Galloping Gertie’s Broken Bits?
January 4, 2019The image of Leonard Coatsworth’s car stuck on the swaying Tacoma Narrows Bridge known as Galloping Gertie might be one of the most well known from that disaster, but though it’s dramatic it does little to give viewers a true sense of just how large a span of the bridge collapsed. Here’s a different view…
After 88k Likes We Can Tell You a Few Things About Tacomans
December 30, 2018For starters, you’re all a bunch of suckers for photos of Mt. Rainier. And bridges. Apparently showing off your top nine Instagram posts at the end of the year is a thing, and though we do generally try to cut our own path when it comes to content it’d be a lie to say we…
A Dome of Our Own: The Tacoma Dome Story
October 26, 2018In celebration of the Tacoma Dome’s recent renovation, we were invited to look through the archives at the Tacoma Dome to see what kinds of historical tidbits we could find. From David Bowie to the Backstreet Boys, Truckzilla to RV shows, the archives held all the Dome’s most cherished memories. The story of how the…
‘Tis the Season for Giant Spiders in Your Bathtub
October 9, 2018Every year in late Summer or early Fall an old and wise spider crawls to the top of a large oak tree in Wright Park and proclaims, Rafiki style, “It is time.” Then all the biggest hairiest spiders Tacoma has to offer find the nearest bathtub, crawl inside, and wait patiently for you to come…
Here’s the Plan for Old City Hall
September 26, 2018If 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. Their proposal hit all the right points and negotiations will likely be going through this…