Historic Tacoma is nearing the end of a study with the South Tacoma Business District to focus on their historic character and image-identity enhancing options available. On August 6th, they are looking at conducting a half-day visioning workshop based on their historical foundation work to help the District imagine the possibilities of their built environment. They are looking for architectural firms, individual architects and associate architects willing to sit with members of the District for a few hours (9-12) on a Saturday to brainstorm possibilities as well as architects who would be interested in preparing a few quick sketches (from a list of specific buildings) prior to the workshop showing how a facade could be transformed back to its original character. The goal is for the property/business owners of historic structures to understand that it is possible to bring these structures back even after decades of inappropriate design renovations in order to receive facade grants and in some cases perhaps special tax valuations. There are no 'hard' goals from the exercise, except to help them begin to make more tangible their new sense of themselves. There will be no on-going commitment and might be good exposure for future work. Some interest in performing upgrades has been expressed by some in the group.
If interested contacts are:
Gary Knudson, gknudson@harbornet.com
Caroline Swope, cswope@nventure.com
Lauren Perez, lkp2114@columbia.edu
Randy Cook, Randy@tcfarchitecture.com
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