Big Win For Skating Downtown

Tacoma offers many legal skateparks around town but nothing downtown. As more and more skaters have come downtown to skate all of this beautiful new pavement many businesses started to install ugly skateboard lugs. Skateboard lugs are basically knobs screwed into curbs and ledges every 3 feet or so to deter people from using the ledges for skating.

These things are not cheap and are quite an eyesore to me. A group by the name of “Skaters for Public Skateparks” has partnered with Metro Parks to work with them to create places to skate in their parks with the condition that local advocates from Skaters for Public Skateparks must become official park stewards through the parks department’s volunteer program. This means that these volunteers will recommend repairs throughout the park having to do with skating. This is a big win towards creating a downtown that all groups of people will enjoy. Below is a render of what a $500 dollar cement manual pad would look like in one of our parks.

(Photo courtesy of Skaters for Public Skateparks)

For more information check out the website: http://www.skatersforpublicskateparks.org/tacoma.html

Anyone remember these guys from the 80s?

High Performance was a group based outa Tacoma, WA.. They were well known for their dancing skills & blending that with emceeing, “Do You Really Want To Party?” put T-Town on the map. We even got KC from The Sunshine band to do a cameo in the video since the hook is from an original KC & The Sunshine band trac
-Nasty Nes

City of Tacoma Targets Artists : Death to the Graffiti Garages: Update 2

Just received a response from the city regarding the death to the graffiti garages, many of you want to know who to talk to. Feel free to contact Dan McConaughy at 591-2047 with any questions.

Good afternoon– Below is the response from Dan McConaughy of Building and Land Use Services — Public Works Department.
Dan said he would talk with you if you had any questions. His contact number is 591-2047.

I am responding to the email sent to the Mayor’s office regarding the graffiti located at the parking garages at 723 Broadway. Code Enforcement received a complaint from the Tacoma Police Department regarding the graffiti. At that time an inspector went and verified the complaint. The parking garages have no doors and the graffiti was visible to the public. A “Notice of Violation” was sent to the property owner requesting that they voluntarily remove the graffiti from the property. Attached with the Notice of Violation are the procedures to request an appeal if the owner so chooses. No appeal was filed and the property was re-inspected on January 11, 2008 and found to be in compliance with city code. To my knowledge, all actions by the owner were voluntary.

Sincerely,
Cindy

Cindy Leingang
Mayor/Council Office

Beer Society Meeting tonight at Top of Tacoma

Don’t forget tonight is a beer society meeting 6:30 at top of tacoma more info at

http://tacomabeersociety.org/

City of Tacoma Targets Artists : Death to the Graffiti Garages: Update 1

No answers yet, glad they are looking into it, ill keep you all posted

Update:

Good afternoon,
We are trying to find an answer regarding your question. I have contacted our Parking Manager and Arts Administrator and once I receive a response I will let you know.
Sincerely,
Cindy

Cindy Leingang
Mayor/Council Office

City of Tacoma Targets Artists : Death to the Graffiti Garages

Exit133 pointed out that they saw the Tacoma Graffiti Garages getting a makeover. I immediately had to see what was going on. It turns out the City if Tacoma has strong armed the owners of the parking garage to paint its wall and remove the art. Who’s next the mural on embellish? 6th ave?

I emailed Amy about the garages and here is her response:

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