City Rejects Wright Park Museum Proposal
Tacoma's park board unanimously denies historical society's bid for a new building.
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The Ferry Museum and the State Historical Society will not be granted a site in Wright Park for the large building they contemplate putting up. The park board last night unanimously decided to refuse the request for the building site. The board made a report for the last six months of park work showing the expenses for the six months were $26,904.35. The old board spent in the same months in 1907 $45,298.56.
“The park board last night unanimously decided to refuse the request for the building site.”
The tension between preserving public park space and using it for institutional development is a recurring theme in Tacoma, echoing modern debates about the use and expansion of our city’s historic landmark parks.
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