Exit133.com: Bye Bye to 23 Union Square

Bye Bye to 23 Union Square (25. September 2008, 07:23 by Derek Young) ~ We Hardly Knew You

The News Tribune is reporting that the proposed 23 Union Square project, a development at the corner of South 23rd and Union on property owned by the Elks, is dead.

You weren’t exactly fans of the original plan …

Maybe the next round of ideas will be more interesting to you.

Link to The News Tribune

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Well, it would have been an improvement over the existing acres-of-parking state, but the plans weren’t very exciting. Not that I’ve heard any better specific ideas, just “more” and “bigger” wishes.

1 | Posted by NSHDscott | Sep 25, 09:09 AM

That would have been a great spot for a Whole Foods.

2 | Posted by Jake | Sep 25, 09:28 AM

I agree with Jake…bring in the Whole Foods!

3 | Posted by TacomAroma | Sep 25, 11:47 AM

Sell the whole property and move the Elks back to a refurbished Elks Lodge in DT Tacoma. Bigger isn’t always better.
If this happened, hell, even I’d join.

4 | Posted by Jesse | Sep 25, 01:38 PM

Here’s an idea; one of those feel good community-building projects that everyone can participate in:

Dismantle the old Broadway Street Elks and Spanish Steps and rebuild them at South 23rd & Union.

5 | Posted by Mofo from the Hood | Sep 25, 08:08 PM

Does Tacoma really need a Whole Foods? It is a great store but very much out of my price-range, as is the case with most Tacoma residents I think. I’m all for a new organic market, but there must be a more affordable option. (Trader Joe’s????)We already have Metropolitan Market for expensive groceries, why not support the local company?

6 | Posted by Nicole | Sep 26, 10:01 AM

Is it too much to ask to scrape off that black top parking lot and plant a cornfield?

Maybe some of you folks don’t know this, but just a few miles down the freeway there’s a tortilla chip plant located in the former farm lands of Fife…Does the name Diane’s ring a bell?

There are a lot of vacant lots in Tacoma that could be planted with corn.

Think about it y’all.

7 | Posted by Mofo from the Hood | Sep 26, 09:46 PM

How about getting rid of the blacktop, and planting trees and have Connie Ladenburg get money to build a trail thru it? Maybe she could get this done before she leaves office? Oops, guess not, she wouldn’t have enough time!

8 | Posted by Tacoma Taxpayer | Sep 26, 11:42 PM

Keep the blacktop parking lot. Apply for federal money to plant two columns of trees and make a woodland trail through it.

9 | Posted by Mofo from the Hood | Sep 28, 11:31 AM

The news about 23 Union Square awhile back definitely wasn’t too exciting. Tacoma can do better than just another ubiquitous strip mall.