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New Tennis Dome For Seminary District? (17. November 2006, 08:16 by Derek Young) ~ Seriously?

The word on the street is that the Tacoma Lawn and Tennis Club is looking to upgrade its facilities with a brand new supersized tennis dome like the one pictured to the left (Richmond, BC). Many of us that live near this area know that they already use white dome like covers over their tennis courts. From what I understand this will be significantly larger. The structure they’re looking to build is normally found in rural areas, college campuses, and county sports complexes and could very well become the dominating feature in the area. The idea hasn’t been presented to the city, but that’s supposedly coming soon. It seems as though this is an odd addition to the Stadium-Seminary district – an area that has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1977. Maybe it’s just me…

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The “small” 2-court dome the Tennis Club erects annually is very ugly. It stands out painfully in the beauty of our historic neighborhood. It is a nuisance-dirty, noisy, and a source of light and even air pollution. (There is some kind of gas leak associated with it, which I have reported for several years.) As I understand it, the permit under which the dome is erected specifies that the dome is to be up not more 6 months a year. I do not know for sure, but I am pretty sure it is up more in the order of 8 months a year.

I never had the opportunity to comment on the present dome when the Club was in the process of obtaining the permit for it, but I certainly intend to make my views known to the City on a dome which is not merely twice the size of the present dome (footprint), but many multiples of that (in cubic measurement and height). What a blight!

1 | Posted by Margaret Hannigan | Nov 17, 12:17 PM

I wouldn’t know, I only get to walk by.

I don’t make enough money to walk down their driveway….

2 | Posted by Lisa | Nov 17, 05:03 PM

This neighborhood is known for it’s historic residential architecture and is one of the oldest historic sites in the city. Next year is the 30th anniversary of the Stadium-Seminary Historical District’s addition to the National Register of Historic Places. This is the wrong way to celebrate!