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Sun. July 22, 2007, 10:26am PDT
Tacoma Photo Gang - Stormed on in Steilacoom (update 3)
Despite what you might consider a sure weather bet in July, the Tacoma Photo Gang got a bit wet yesterday. We met up in downtown Steilacoom where were started our outing. We took in soggy views of a hearty wedding party, a great old train station, the ferries, a couple passing trains, and a couple buildings in downtown itself. Doug and Patrick headed out while the rest drove up the hill to Fort Steilacoom Park.
We wandered through the old farm buildings and silos boarded up there and met up with a Rachel who made the drive down from Lynnwood. I wish we had a prize or something to give her for coming all that way for such crappy weather. No matter because the excursion into the ruins of the old Western State hospital were well worth it. Despite the fencing and razor wire, ample graffiti and massive gaps in the surrounding boundary welcomed visitors. The colors and nature of parts of the remaining building itself remind me of ruins of old cathedrals and towns I've seen in Scotland. It's amazing stuff and, done in a group, one doesn't get too worried by the drunken folks that may wander through.
Update (2007-07-24 6:18am)
More over at Flickr: Tuldas | trumpetlamp | Doug Klippert | Rachel-B | sparkrobot | gomer73 | Everyone's Shots
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7/22/2007 @ 11:53am
Rachel came down from Everett, not Lynnwood.
by Tuldas
7/22/2007 @ 2:25pm
Wow. Hard core.
That makes the blight in Tacoma look mild or even the set in Blade Runner or Mad Maxx.
by Erik B.
7/22/2007 @ 7:14pm
Beautiful images--not blight at all.
by Jennifer H.
7/23/2007 @ 4:07pm
Well, I live in Lynnwood, but drove down from my office in Everett, so everyone is right. :) Cool to see everyone's shots!
by Rachel
7/23/2007 @ 7:28pm
Oh yea? Who wants to fight?! ;)
by KevinFreitas
7/23/2007 @ 9:47pm
Great to see your pictures again...stunning as always! Hope all is well with you.
by Anna
7/23/2007 @ 10:40pm
Hey Kevin, Your stuff looks great. I'm still working on the film, but I put up some of the photos of Western State Hospital from Saturday as well.
by sparkrobot
7/24/2007 @ 8:49am
Thanks Mr. spark. Likewise -- that's a great place for some fun shots. Got a link to your stuff up there as well as Gomer's.
Hope to see you at another outing!
by KevinFreitas
7/25/2007 @ 1:43am
Not quite as much graffiti on the Scottish ruins :) but i can see where some of the architectural details are similar. It is such a shame that more old buildingsin America like that one aren't preserved. Just the buildings on your website alone that have been knocked down in the past year makes me sad. I am grateful that I live in a city that fiercely protects its old buildings.
by Toni, KF's sis in Scotland
7/25/2007 @ 6:24am
We could take a page from Edinburgh's playbook and save every cool old building here.
by KevinFreitas