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Thu. February 1, 2007, 06:39am PST
Photos ~ Fawcett House before demolition
Tacoma's troubled and recently burned Fawcett House will be knocked down today. Slated to be office space before the fire it will now be flattened. Don't know what's coming next at the site of the nearly 100 year old (soon to be former) structure but the empty plot will only add to what I call the "Park Blocks" Dead Zone there on Fawcett.
12/17/2006 - Troubled apartment house burns, TNT
1/9 - Transients likely started Fawcett fire, TNT
Anyone sad to see this one go? What do you think part owner Gintz will build there, if anything, to replace it?
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2/1/2007 @ 11:38am
Another example of owners, er "transients" burning down their buildings to collect insurance? Sounds a little to convenient to me. Fishy.
by RR Anderson
2/1/2007 @ 12:28pm
There was a chance to have the building re-built after it was vacated. But not now.
I have seen fights between buildings and heavy equipment before and the bulldozers win most of the time.
by Erik
2/1/2007 @ 3:47pm
Well, I'm glad that I took some pictures of the place before hooking up with the TFG a couple weeks ago. :) The building had been vacant (officially, when closed by the city inspector) since July 06. Levelling the building will make life easier for whomever wanted to make it into office spaces; building new could cost less than cleaning up and reworking a derelect structure, which this was swiftly becoming. And Kevin, you may be right (at first blush) about this becoming part of the Fawcett Dead Zone, but we shall see. I hope you're wrong... this is prime real estate with fewer "what shall we do to fix this?" concerns than other buildings down the street.
by The Damn Mushroom
2/1/2007 @ 5:11pm
Having the building finally torn down will actually help the area at least start with a clean slate.
by Erik