Port Smokestack Prepping For Fall ( 8. June 2006, 05:56 by Derek Young) ~ Boom
Back in 1993, the day after I got back to school from winter break but before classes had begun, I rode my bike from my dorm at UPS to Ruston. The event was the demolition of the Asarco smokestack and it was a regular old fashioned street party. Every street, yard, and field was filled with people. The entrepreneurs of the bunch had things to sell. The rest of us were merely spectators hoping for a show. Little did we know we would still be talking about that demolition day.
Back to today – The News Tribune is reporting that a 500 foot tall smokestack in the Port of Tacoma is being prepped for its own demolition day. Tall buildings and explosives…. Always fun.
Update: Photos online here.
Link to The News Tribune
(Pssst… Asarco went down in 1993, not 1992)
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Quality article. Must’ve been an intern. Gotta get their wings somehow.
1 | Posted by KevinFreitas | Jun 8, 07:14 AM
What is happening to our Gritty Tacoma?
2 | Posted by Jake | Jun 8, 07:30 AM
Speaking of “quality articles”, did anyone read about the guy whose daughter was conceived while he was running the Sound to Narrows?
Quoted in case they fix it:
bq. Considering he ran the Sound to Narrows while his daughter was being conceived, it probably won’t surprise you that Thomsen has turned down jobs because of the Sound to Narrows.
Wow, we don’t usually talk about these things in public…was it the pool boy or the postman?
The article in question at the TNT…
HA! I was wondering if anyone else caught that! Makes me want to take up running!
4 | Posted by morgan | Jun 8, 08:59 AM
“Port Smokestack Prepping For Fall”
Good. Perhaps this will help our “branding” and marketing of the town.
5 | Posted by Erik | Jun 8, 09:38 AM
I had a different vision of the STN – talk about a quick rest stop!
6 | Posted by Les | Jun 8, 11:34 AM
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